内容正文:
Adverbial Clause
Compare:
1. I will call you tomorrow.
I will call you when he comes.
2. He learned English in America.
He learned English where he lived .
Key sentences:
(1) I was doing some cooking when the doorbell rang.
(2) While my mom was cooking, I was doing my homework.
(3) As time goes by, we grow up.
(4) I had felt hungry before I arrived home.
(5) It has been four years since I came to Shanghai.
(6) I slept until the clock went off.
(7) I didn't sleep until my father came back.
(8) I’ll ring you up as soon as I get to New York.
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(1) He will play basketball after school if he finishes his work.
(2) I will not attend the meeting unless I am invited.
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(1) He likes winter because he can make a snowman.
(2) He didn’t come to school, for he was ill.
(3) Since you can't answer the question, I'll ask someone else.
(4) As it's dark, we'd better go off work now.
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(1) The house is so expensive that I can‘t afford it.
(2) This is so interesting a book that we all want to read it.
(3) There are so many new words in the passage that I can't understand it.
(4) He is such a clever boy that we all like him.
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(1) We got up early in order that we could catch the first bus.
(2) She eats much less than before so that she can lose some weight.
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(1) Although he is rich, he never wastes a coin.
(2) Even if it snows tomorrow, we shall still go on business.
(3) He's the best teacher, even though he has the least experience.
(4) No matter who (=Whoever) breaks the rule, he will be punished.
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(1) I am not so young as you think.
(2) The more we share, the more we have.
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