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UNIT 94 13 when 6 + c They had to buy the
14 when machine abroad since the
94.1 15 when prices at home were sky high.
1 Before you know it 16 as/when 7 + b 'Hello, again,' was an odd
2 As I took my seat 17 When/As thing to say, seeing that they
3 / 18 As had never met before.
4 'After I have painted' is more
likely. 95.2 96.2
5 after he has served 2 The chair broke when Sam sat 1 (We can't use 'owing to' here
6 / down. after 'was')
7 When the two leaders met 3 Everyone shouted 'Happy 2 due to a mechanical failure.
8 'when they had eaten' is more Birthday' when Judith stepped 3 due to / owing to the postal
likely: 'when they ate' through the door. strike.
suggests 'at the time they were 4 The students waited patiently 4 due to the dry weather.
eating their main course'. while the results were being 5 due to / owing to an ankle
9 / distributed. injury
10 before I have finished 5 He shook me by the hand 6 because I have other
when he recognised me. commitments.
94.2 (In 1 and 4, 'while' is more likely 7 because of the strong wind.
until as we are talking about two 8 because of her illness.
before/until
because of flooding on the
3 before longer events going on at the 9 road.
same time.)
until 10 because my computer isn't
before/until 95.3 working.
until 2 + b Parents become good at
before holding a conversation while 96.3
they arc also keeping a 2 She couldn't hear John talking
94.3 watchful eye on their children. for all the noise, ('with all the
Suggested answers: 3 + f It is essential to take anti- noise' (= because there was a
2 Scarcely had the road been malarial tablets when you arc lot of noise) is also possible)
completed when/before
3 Hardly had the research visiting certain countries in 3 With prices falling, ...
...we couldn't see anything for
Africa.
4
findings been published 4 + e My parents were watching the mist, ('with the mist'
when/before
4 I had no sooner got to work television downstairs while I (= because there was mist) is
was reading in my bedroom.
also possible)
than
5 Donna had scarcely stepped (The two clauses have different 5 6 With the snow,...
subjects, so subject + be can't
I've been
left to do all the
into the house than be left out in the second work, with Ron and Bill
when/before clause.)
6 No sooner had the new runway 5 + a The manufacturers claim (being) on holiday.
been built than
that the insecticide is perfectly
safe when it-is-used as directed. UNIT 17
6 + c She was found guilty of
UNIT 95 driving while she was under 97.1
the influence of alcohol. 2 + e We crept up the stairs in
95.1 order not to wake Suzanne.
1 When
2 as/when 3 (or so as not to wake)
+ d
I swept the broken glass off
3 As/When/While ('As' could UNIT §6 the path in order to prevent an
also mean 'because' here: 96.1 accident, (or so as to prevent)
Because they were waiting for
2 + d She walked carefully 4 + g We wrote Katie's name on
a taxi...) because the streets were the calendar in order not to
4 as/when/while covered in ice. forget her birthday, (or so as
5 as/when 3 + a As he is now 17 years old not to)
6 When he can learn to drive. 5 + a I didn't say anything about
7 when 4 + g I had to ask for help as I Colin's red nose in order not to
8 when had no idea how it worked. embarrass him. (or so as not to
9 when embarrass)
+ f
Because they had been
10 As/When 5 married for ten years, they 6 + f He bought a truck in order
11 as/when were going to have a party. to carry out his business, (or so
12 as/when/while
as to carry)
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