CLAUSES WITH

UNTIL, BEFORE, AFTER

1. Find the three things the speaker does. breakfast, workout,
have breakfast, work out, take a showershower
2. Write them in the order he does them.
work out, take a shower, have breakfast
I always have breakfast
after I work out. I don’t
leave the gym until I’m
really tired. Before I
have breakfast, I take a
shower.
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Before I have exams, I always study a lot!

I go out with my friends after I finish school.

We usually play computer games until 10 o’clock.

Before/After/Until go …

a) at the end of a clause.

b) between clauses or at the start of a clause.
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1. I always study a lot before I have exams.

2. After I finish school, I go out with my friends.

1. Look at the sentences. Find the two events/actions in

each sentence.
1. study, have exams 2. finish school, go out
2. Which event comes first in each sentence?
1. study 2. finish school
3. We use after / before with the first event, and after /
before with the second event.
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I have my guitar lesson until 8 o’clock.

After 8 o’clock …
a) the guitar lesson continues.
b) the guitar lesson stops.
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To talk about the order of events …

after After I arrive home, I We use after with
eat dinner. first event.
the ______
before I always study before We use before with
exams. second event.
the ______
To talk about the duration of events …
until I have a guitar lesson We use until to talk
until 10 o’clock. about an event
stops at a
that _____
specific time.
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We use until, before, and after to join

two clauses. The clauses can come in
any order.

I brush my hair. I go out.

Before I go out, I brush my hair.

I brush my hair before I go out.
After I brush my hair, I go out.
I go out after I brush my hair.
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Choose the correct option.

1. I always watch TV after I come home from school.

a) I come home from school first.
b) I watch TV first.

2. Until his friends come to his house, he reads a book.

a) His friends come to his house first.
b) He reads a book first.

3. Before starting work, I read my email.

a) I read my email first.
b) I start work first.
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Write a timeline of your perfect day with five

events. For example:

Wake up at Have a picnic Go to a

10 o’clock Have dinner
Play soccer in with friends concert with
with my family
the park my best friend
in an Italian
restaurant
Then ask your classmates questions to find out
about other perfect days. For example: What do
you do first? What do you do after that?
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Grammar wrap-up

1. When do we use after?

2. When do we use before?

3. When do we use until?