10. Mệnh đề trạng ngữ chỉ thời gian
Once (Một khi)

Once you understand this problem, you will find no difficulty.
(Một khi bạn hiểu được vấn đề này, bạn sẽ không thấy nó khó nữa).

When (Khi)

When she comes back, she will buy food.
(Khi cô ấy về, cô ấy sẽ mua thức ăn).

As soon as (Ngay sau khi)

As soon as I finish the homework, I will go to sleep.
(Ngay sau khi làm xong bài tập, tôi sẽ đi ngủ).

While (Khi/Trong khi)

While I was in China, I went out a lot.
(Khi tôi ở Trung Quốc, tơi đi chơi rất nhiều).

By the time (Tính cho tới By the time I came home, everyone had slept.
lúc)
(Tính cho tới khi tôi về tới nhà, mọi người đã đi ngủ hết rồi).
As (Khi)

Someone called me as I was taking bath.
(Ai đó đã gọi tơi khi tơi đang tắm).

Since (Từ khi)

I have lived here since I was 10 years old.
(Tôi đã sống ở đây từ khi tôi 10 tuổi).

Before (Trước khi)

She had known the truth before I told her.
(Cô ấy đã biết sự thật trước khi tơi nói cho cô ấy).

After (Sau khi)

He came after the train had left.
(Anh ấy đã tới sau khi con tàu rời đi).

Till / Until (Cho tới khi)

I will stay here till/until he comes back.
(Tôi sẽ ở lại đây cho tới khi anh ấy quay lại).

During + N/V- ing (Trong During my stay, I find him very naughty.
suốt)
(Trong suốt thời gian tôi ở đây, tôi thấy cậu bé rất nghịch).
Just as (Ngay khi)

Just as he entered the house, he saw a thief.
(Ngay khi bước vào nhà, anh ta nhìn thấy một tên trộm).

Whenever (Bất cứ khi nào)

Whenever you are free, we will practice speaking English.
(Bất cứ khi nào bạn rảnh, chúng ta sẽ thực hành nói Tiếng Anh).


No sooner .... than....

No sooner had he gone out than he came back.

(Vừa mới.... thì đã...)

(Anh ta vừa mới ra ngồi thì đã đi về).

Hardly/Scarcely ... when.... Hardly/Scarcely had she had a shower when the phone rang.
(Vừa mới ...thì đã...)

(Cơ ấy vừa mới đi tắm thì điện thoại reo).
BÀI TẬP ÁP DỤNG 10

1. They always close their curtains _______ in the evening.
A. as soon as they had got home

B. once they get home

C. after they are getting home

D. before they will get home

2. _______, we had already finished work.
A. By the time he arrived

B. After he have arrived

C. As soon as he arrives


D. When he had arrived

3. I will come and see you _______.


A. when I was finishing my homework

B. as soon as I have finished

C. until I finished my homework

D. after I had finished my

my homework
homework
4. We'll send you an email of confirmation _______.
A. after we had made our final decision.
B. before we made our final decision
C. while we were making our final decision
D. as soon as we have made our final decision
5. _______, leave it in the hospital for someone else to read.
A. When you have read the book

B. After you had read the

C. Before you are reading the book

D. While you were reading


book
the book
6. He will apply for a job _______.
A. when he is graduating from university

B. until he graduated from

C. after he had graduated from university

D. as soon as he graduates

university
from university
7. _______ , she will go to sleep.
A. By the time she finished the homework

B. After she was finishing

C. When she finished the homework

D. As soon as she has

the homework
finished the homework
8. _______, I will give him the report.
A. When he will return

B. When he returns

C. Until he will return


D. No sooner he returns

9. _______, he will get ready to go to work.
A. When he will have breakfast tomorrow
B. Until he would have breakfast tomorrow
C. After he has breakfast tomorrow
D. As soon as he had breakfast tomorrow
10. She will call you to confirm _______.
A. until she received the parcel

B. when she was receiving

C. the moment she receives the parcel

D. after she had received the

the parcel
parcel
11. _______, we will be able to leave for the airport.
A. After the taxi had arrived

B. As soon as the taxi arrives

C. Until the taxi will arrive

D. When the taxi arrived

12. We will congratulate him on winning the first prize _______.
A. as soon as Peter gets here


B. after Peter had got here

C. when Peter was getting here

D. until Peter got here


13. I'll help you with your homework _______.
A. after I had done my own

B. as soon as I have done my

C. until I did my own

D. when I was doing my own

own
14. We will invite all of our friends to come over for a house- warning party _______.
A. as soon as we have moved into the new house.
B. until we moved into the new house
C. after we will move into the new house
D. when we moved into the new house
15. _______, I will reply to you at once.
A. Until I received your message

B. When I was receiving

C. As soon as I receive your message


D. After I had received your

your message
message
16. He will take the dog out for a walk _______ dinner.
A. before he had finished

B. until he finished

C. as soon as he finishes

D. when he was finishing

17. I will call and tell you something interesting _______.
A. before I came home after work

B. after I had come home

C. while I was coming home after work

D. when I come home after

after work
work
18. I will tell him to call you _______.
A. as soon as he returned

B. until I saw him

C. when he returns


D. after I’d seen him

19. By the time you come here tomorrow, the work _______.
A. will have been finishing

B. will be finishing

C. will have been finished

D. will be finished

20. _______ as soon as I see him.
A. I will tell James the news

B. I tell James the news

C. I can tell James the news

D. I would tell the news

21. The neighbors will look after our plants _______.
A. as soon as we were away

B. while we are away

C. after we were away

D. before we would be


22. Let's go out for dinner _______.
A. after the movie had finished

B. before the movie finishes

C. as soon as the movie would finish

D. when the movie finishes

23. Make sure you close all the windows _______.
A. before you leave

B. until you will leave

C. after you leaves

D. when you left

24. _______ until she apologizes.
A. I don't speak to Kate

B. I not speak to Kate


C. I didn’t speak to Kate

D. I won’t speak to Kate

25. _______ his name was Doug, I thought he was called Damien!
A. When he was mentioning


B. Until he mentioned

C. The moment he would mention

D. As soon as he mention

26. _______ while the teacher was explaining the activity.
A. They were taking

B. They was talked

C. They are talking

D. They would talk

27. _______ my lesson by noon, I will come around.
A. As soon as I am finishing

B. After I have finished

C. Before I had finished

C. If I will finish

28. _______, we went to as many islands as possible.
A. Until I will have in Greece

B. When we were in Greece


C. As soon as I have been in Greece

D. Before I had been in

Greece
29. The lift won't start _______.
A. before you will press that button

B. until you press that button

C. as soon as you are pressing that button

D. after you have press that

button
30. She will give the children their dinner _______.
A. before he comes home

B. when he had come

C. as soon as he is coming

D. until he comes

31. He'll have to behave better _______.
A. until he is going to school

B. until he has gone to

C. when he goes to school


D. before he will be going to

A. when I was finishing my first project

B. after I had finish my first

C. until I finished my first project

D. as soon as I have finished

school
school
32. I'll do it _______.
project
my first project
33. He is going to stay in our flat while _______.
A. we were in Scotland

B. we will be in Scotland

C. we had been in Scotland

D. we are in Scotland

34. Will you recognize him _______?
A. the moment you see him

B. until you are seeing him


C. after you will see him

D. as soon as you saw him

35. _______, I will complete every exercise in my textbook.
A. When I master English

B. The moment I have

C. As soon as I had mastered English

D. Before I have mastered

mastered English
English
36. We can’t play loud music _______.


A. before everyone will go to bed

B. when everyone went to

C. as soon as everyone is going to bed

D. after everyone has gone to

bed
bed
37. I'll wait with you _______.
A. until the bus comes


B. after the bus have come

C. as soon as the bus had come

D. before the bus comes

38. We always have an ice cream _______.
A. after we had gotten to the beach

B. until we are getting to the

C. as soon as we get to the beach

D. before we got to the beach

beach
39. I decided to go to the library as soon as I _______.
A. would finish what I did

B. finished what I did

C. finished what I was doing

D. finish what I did

40. Mrs Brown will have worked at this school for 30 years _______.
A. by the time she retires

B. when she retired


C. as soon as she had retired

D. after she had retired