Subordinating Conjunctions

Coordinating Conjunctions (Orações
Subordinadas Temporais e Causais)
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Subordinating Conjunctions
As orações subordinadas temporais são introduzidas
pelas seguintes conjunções:
•When (quando) – expressa ideia do momento em
que ocorreu a ação.
When we were in Dublin, we visited the Irish
National Gallery.
•While (enquanto) – expressa ideia de duração, de
simultaneidade.
The phone rang while I was having a bath.
•As (quando, enquanto) – pode ser usado com o
passado simples ou com o past continuous.
As you came in, my mother got scared.
I fell in the street as I was running home.
Coordinating Conjunctions (Orações
Subordinadas Temporais e Causais)
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• As long as (todo o tempo) – expressa ideia de um
período completo.
I will stay here as long as necessary.
• As soon as ( assim que) – expressa ideia de um
momento específico ou antes dele.
I came as soon as I heard the news.
• Before (antes) – expressa ideia de um momento
anterior no tempo.
Come and see me before you leave for
Europe.
• After (depois) expressa ideia de um momento
posterior no tempo.
After I arrived, I saw them.
I saw them after I arrived.
Coordinating Conjunctions (Orações
Subordinadas Temporais e Causais)
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• By the time (assim que) – também expressa ideia de
algo ocorrendo antes um momento específico no
tempo.
We will have finished all the work by the time he
arrives.
Since (desde) pode ser usado como preposição e como
conjunção (quando liga duas orações).
Peter has been in Brazil since last week.
Peter has been in Brazil since he got married.
Until / till (até que) expressa ideia de “até determinado
momento”.
You cannot leave until your work is finished.
Coordinating Conjunctions (Orações
Subordinadas Temporais e Causais)
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As orações subordinadas causais são introduzidas
pelas conjunções because, as e since, ainda que
empregadas de maneira diferente.
•Because (porque) expressa ideia de motivo, razão.
‘Why are you so sad?’ ‘Because I lost my
little
dog.’
He didn’t do his homework because he was tired.
•Since ou as (porque, já que, como) são frequentemente
usados no início da oração.
Since / As you have a headache, I will give you
a painkiller.
I will give you a painkiller because you have a
headache.
Coordinating Conjunctions (Orações
Subordinadas Temporais e Causais)
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Exercises
1. Put the verb in brackets in the correct tense.
a) I’ll give you a ring when I ____ (get) home.
b) By the time we _______ (arrive) at the station, the
train had already left.
c) Don’t go out until it _______ (stop) raining.
d) When the lights went out, the dog ______ (start) to
bark.
e) By the time I came back home, my parents
_________ (already/have) dinner.
f) Joan was playing the piano while her brother
________ (read) in bed.
Coordinating Conjunctions (Orações
Subordinadas Temporais e Causais)
Daniel de Melo Soares - Inglês - 2º ano
2. Complete the sentences using as soon as, when,
while, until, after, before.
a)She woke up ________ the telephone rang.
b)It’s getting late. Let’s go to the supermarket
_________ it closes.
c)And remember! Lock the door _________ you go
out.
d)Don’t go out _________ the courier comes.
e)__________ Peter had finished his lunch, he was
allowed to eat an ice cream.
f)The burglars broke into the house __________
the Smiths were sleeping.
Coordinating Conjunctions (Orações
Subordinadas Temporais e Causais)
Daniel de Melo Soares - Inglês - 2º ano
3. Join the sentences with as or because.
a)It was raining. We didn’t go out.
b) The dog was barking. The baby woke up.
c) Sam passed all the exams. He was very happy.
d) He’s very thin. He doesn’t eat much.
e) The car had broken down. He took it to the garage.
f) I’ve run out of food. I’ll get some.