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Prepositions

96 until, before, after

• before and after can be followed by a noun, pronoun, clause or gerund:
I'll see you after lunch..
John arrived before me.
She phoned after the party started.
We had some coffee before starting the meeting.

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96a Join the sentences with before or until.
1 I should stay here. The snow stops.
/ should stay here until the snow stops.

2 I learnt to speak some Turkish. I went to Turkey.
/ learnt to speak some Turkish before I went to Turkey.

3 They stayed awake. Their daughter came home.

4 I'm going to stay here. It's time to go home.

5 I'm going to finish working. I'm sixty.

6 The meeting started. I arrived.

7 We waited. The ambulance came.

8 Are you going to carry on working at the cafe? You can find a better job.

9 I'd like to visit the Acropolis. I leave Greece.

10 He usually has a big breakfast. He goes to work.

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