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When clauses







                                     I can recognize and use when to join clauses.







                I Ao  my homework when                                     1 1 starteA raining When I gotto the \>us stop.
                 I get home -from school.                                  When I got to the bus stop, itstarteA raining.
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               School, I Ao my homework















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          We use when as a conjunction to join two actions.The when clause can be the first or second clause in a
          sentence. If the when clause comes first in a sentence, it is followed by a comma.



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        *  1 Use the prompts to write sentences. Add when or a comma.                      12 Match the first clause of the
              ÿ  John saw his friends / he waved and shouted                     O              sentences 1-4 with the second
                 When John saw his frienAs, he Wa\/eA anA shouteA.                              clause a-e.

              1 the rain stopped/ they started playing football                                  ÿ  When I was a baby e_        _
                 When   _                                                                       1 You didn't do any work
                                                                                                                             _
                                                                                                2 She didn't like coffee
              2 we went to Italy/ we hada lot of ice cream
                 When   _                                                                       3 When we lived in France
              3 Sara was tired / she got off the train                                          4 When he started the piano
                 Sara _                                                                         a he was very bad at it.
             4 we cheered /the show finished                                                    b I spoke French every day.
                 We  _                                                                          c when you were on holiday.

              5 my dad went to school / he had to wear a uniform                                d when she was young.
                 When   _                                                                       e I couldn't walk or talk.


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