Time linkers

englische Grammatik erklärt

Time Linkers

 

 AFTER

  • After I have breakfast, I go to school.
  • After he finishes breakfast, he goes to school.
  • After she has finished breakfast, she goes to school.
  • After he had finished breakfast, he went to school

 

BEFORE

  • Before I watch  TV, I do my homework.
  • Before he watches TV, he does his homework. 
  • Before he went to university, he had worked as a waiter. 

UNTIL bis - gibt einen Endzeitpunkt an

  • I can watch TV until 9:00 p.m. 

 

WHEN

  • When I see her, I will give it to her. 
  • When he was 5 years old, he learnt to read. 

 

WHILE - zwei Handlungen gleichzeitg stattfinden

  • While I was watching TV, my brother was playing computer games.