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TheTemporary prayers They are those that place one event in relation to another in time. In them, a main action and a secondary or subordinate one are distinguished, which fulfills the specific function of giving a time frame to what the main action expresses. For example: As soon as it arrives I explain.
The subordinate verb can go in the indicative mood when it refers to actions that are presented as habitual or that have already occurred, or in the subjunctive mood if the statement accounts for future actions with respect to a present or even a past.
These verb forms are introduced into the sentence through adverbs of time or various temporal adverbial phrases: 'when', 'as soon as',' as soon as', 'once', 'before', 'after that 'and' as' are some of the most used.
It is a type of adverbial subordinate clause, since they provide the information that could be replaced by an adverb and, therefore, also fulfill the function of circumstantial time. For example: When we are we all start. / Later we start.
- It can serve you: Subordinate clauses
Examples of temporary sentences
- When you turn fifteen, we will take a trip to Disneyworld.
- As people arrive please distribute the programs.
- We will tell you before you ask us.
- He didn't stop pointing out the strengths of that team until we openly told him we weren't going to buy anything.
- When I travel to Italy, the first thing I will visit will be the Roman Colosseum.
- Whenever he gets angry he makes that bad face.
- When I go out to run errands in the afternoon, there are too many people.
- Let us use your generosity while you are in a good mood.
- We will not give a sign until we are sure you will do your part.
- You want to get out before my dad parks the car on the porch.
- When they realized their intentions there was no escape.
- When I watch TV until late, I have a hard time falling asleep.
- As soon as the flag was lowered, everyone advanced.
- As soon as he saw me, the color of his face changed.
- After crying for a while I pulled myself together and continued.
- When I have a fever I take aspirin.
- As they were about to leave the phone rang.
- We will give you the souvenirs as you go.
- Since he moved to that neighborhood, he seems like a different person.
- Once he got into confidence, there was no way to stop him.
Characteristics of temporary sentences
Temporary sentences are more typical of orality or informal communication, since they are somehow less precise and by subordinating one action to another, the partial fulfillment of one could leave in doubt what happens with the other.
In more formal communication, such as an appointment for an interview or a work meeting, we resort to formulating sentences with specific and non-relative temporal references. For example, no one would expect to be summoned for an interview or for the signing of a contract without a set schedule.
Follow with:
- Adverbial subordinate clauses
- Subordinate substantive clauses
- Subordinate adjectival clauses
