3- CONNECTORS

I. PRESENT AND FUTURE:

CONNECT
-ORS

USAGE

TENSES

EXAMPLES

- Thoi quen S. Present + when + S. - She usually listens

hien tai
Present
to music when she is
stressed.
when
- H noi tiep,

S. Future + when + S. - They will send me a

Present
postcard when they
arrive in Paris.

- Nhan manh h S. Future + when

sau when
Perfect
2
until

4
5

- H se lam cho S. Future + until

en khi h sau Present
xay ra

- Nhan manh S. Future + until + Pr. - I will come and see

menh e vi Perfect
you as soon as Ive
until a hoan
finished my work.
tat.
- 2 h ke tiep
S. Future + as soon as - Nam will go to
as soon
+ S. Present
university as soon as
as
I graduate from high
school.
- nhan manh s S. Future + as soon as + - The boy will buy a
hoan tat cua Pr. Perfect
big dictionary as soon
menh e vi
as he has saved
as soon as
enough money.
after
- Thoi quen
S. Present + after + Pr. - He often brushes his
Perfect
teeth after he has
had lunch.
by
the H
hoan Future Perfect + by the - I will have cooked
time
thanh trc 1 time + S. Present
dinner by the time he
h khac trong
comes.
tng lai.

II. PAST and PAST PERFECT:

CONNEC
USAGE
TENSES
T-ORS
- H hoan tat P. Perfect + when
trc h khac.
Past
1

+ Pr. - We will go when we

have
done
our
homework.
+ S. - We will wait until he
comes.

EXAMPLES
+ S. -When I arrived, John
had gone away. ( I
didnt see John)

when
-2 h noi tiep,
Thoi
quen
trong qua kh.

S. Past +
Past

when

+ S. When I arrived, John

went away.
(John was angry with
me, so he went away
when he saw me)

while

3
until

- She spent much

money when she was
young.
- H ang xay ra Past Cont + when + S. - They were having
th co hanh Past
lunch when he visited
ong khac xen
them.
vao
- H ang xay ra S. Past + while + Past - He came in while I
th co hanh Cont
was singing.
ong khac xen
vao
- 2 h xay ra Past cont + while + Past - My mother was
song song
Cont
reading a book while
we
were
playing
football.
- H trc S. Past
+ until + S. - He read the book
keo dai cho Past
until he was dead
en
hanh
tired.
ong
cua
menh e sau.
- Nhan manh S. past + until + P. - We went on working
menh e vi Perfect
until we had finished
until a hoan
the job.
tat.
- 2 h ke tiep

S. Past + as soon as + - Mary told me the

as soon
S. Past
news as soon as she
as
came to my flat.
- nhan manh s S. past + as soon as + P. - A stranger walked
hoan tat cua Perfect
into his room as soon
menh e vi
as he had gone out.
as soon as
- H c hoan S. Past + after + P. - He left after he had
after
thanh
trc Perfect
written the report.
hanh
ong
- After he had written
khac trong qua
the report, he left.
kh.
before,
- H c hoan P. Perfect + before + S. The
man
had
by
the thanh
trc Past
already finished the
time
hanh
ong
work before he came
khac trong qua
home.
kh.