TIME CLAUSES

   

   1 Join each pair of sentences using the word in brackets.

   

   1 You can apply for a better job soon. But you need to have more experience first. (when)

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   2 I’m going to listen to this CD. I’ll be travelling on the motorway tomorrow. (as)

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   3 You shouldn’t decide now. You need to think about it first. (until)

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   4 I’ll think of you next week. I’ll be lying on the beach. (when)

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   5 We can leave in a minute. I need to pay the bill first. (as soon as)

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   6 We can discuss it later. We’ll be sitting on the plane together. (while)

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   7 You can use the computer in a minute. I’ll have finished with it soon. (when)

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   2 Underline the correct word/phrase in italics and put the verbs in brackets into the correct
   tense form. More than one word/phrase and tense for may be possible.

   

   1 I can’t do anything until/while you (be) here, so please come quickly.

   2 I (stay) here until/when/by you (get) back, but not for long.

   3 If you (manage) to finish this until/by Friday, I (give) you a bonus.

   4 Don’t worry, I (let) you know as soon as/when I (have) any news.

   5 While/Until I (live) in Tokyo, I (not realize) what being a commuter was like.

   6 When/As soon as he (finish) the report, he (read) it through very carefully.

   7 They said they (tell) me by/until the weekend if I (get) the job.

   8 Call me as soon as/when you (arrive) at the hotel – I need to speak to you urgently.

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   DECISION

   This is one of the classic cola war stories and also a very
   (1)________________________________ for international marketing because it shows how
   (2)________________ for a company, even one like Coca-Cola, (3)____________________________
   when they enter (4)______________________. Parle, the owner of Thums Up, actually decided to
   (5)____________________________ to Coca-Cola, and Coca-Cola imagined that in
   (6)__________________ they would be able to get Indian customers (7)_________________________.
   But that’s not what happened, and after several years of (8)_______________________________,
   Coca-Cola’s managers realised that many (9)____________________________________ actually
   preferred Thums Up. So they (10)_____________________________, and today Thums Up is the
   best-selling cola on the continent.