Question

4 Identify the main clause and the time clause in
each sentence. Add a comma where necessary.
1 While you are dusting the furniture you can
listen to music.
2 I will tell her about this as soon as I see her.
3 Before you go to bed brush your teeth.
4 Tom will stay at school until his grandma comes
to pick him up.
5 As soon as the door opened Jim saw the lovely
picture.​

Answer 1

1. While you are dusting the furniture, you can listen to music.

TC="(while) you are dusting the furniture"

MC="you can listen to music"

2. I will tell her about this as soon as I see her.

TC= "(as soon as) I see her"

MC= "I will tell her about this"

3. Before you go to bed brush your teeth.

TC= "(before) you go to bed"

MC= "brush your teeth"

4. Tom will stay at school until his grandma comes to pick him up.

TC= "(until) his grandma comes to pick him up"

MC= "Tom will stay at school"

5. As soon as the door opened Jim saw the lovely picture.

TC= "(As soon as) the door opened"

MC="Jim saw the lovely picture"