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GRAMMAR 1 2 Ask and answer. Work with a partner. Spin the spinner and ask

your partner a question. Compare your activities. Were they the
Time clauses with as soon as TR: 9.4 same or different?

As soon as the Santa Margarita sank, people began looking for the silver.
Water poured into the Titanic as soon as it hit the iceberg. What did you do as soon as you . . . ?
What happened as soon as you . . . ?

1 Read and write. Read the sentences. Write 1 above the action

that happened first. Write 2 above the action that happened next.
Rewrite and join the sentences. left had
home this breakfast
morning? yesterday?
1. The sailors put on their life jackets. They got into the boat.

finished woke up this
breakfast today? morning?
2. They pushed the boat away from the dock. They untied the ropes.

finished lunch went to bed
yesterday? last night?
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3. The sailors pointed the boat into the wind. They found out what direction the

wind was blowing. left school finished
yesterday? dinner last
night?

4. The sails were raised. The wind filled up the sails and the boat started to move.

What happened as soon as As soon as I went to bed, I
you went to bed last night? remembered I hadn’t done my
homework! What about you?
5. The captain changed direction to bring the boat back on course. The boat
I fell asleep as soon
started getting too far off course. as I went to bed.

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