Translate. Use the ing-form or the past participle.

After finishing her speech, she left the conference.

After crushing all the window-shops along the street, fifty football fans was arrested.

Linda was watching us while pretending she did not.

Before selling the house, my parents repaired the roof.

Since leaving the job at the computer company, Thomas is still unemployed.

When being criticized, he always changed his opinion.

Once ruined, the old blocks will never become what they used to be.

When convinced about the necessity to save the whales, the environmental activists organized demonstrations.

Rewrite each sentence four times using each of the four linking words.

They attacked him the moment he entered the bar.

They attacked him the minute he entered the bar.

They attacked him the instant he entered the bar.

They attacked him immediately when he entered the bar.

The oil price started to rise the moment the war broke out.

The oil price started to rise the minute the war broke out.

The oil price started to rise the instant the war broke out.

The oil price started to rise immediately when the war broke out.

The moment they heard of the accident helicopters were sent out

The minute they heard of the accident helicopters were sent out.

The instant they heard of the accident helicopters were sent out.

Immediately as they heard if the accident helicopters were sent out.

Translate. Alternate between both constructions so as to practice both of them.

No sooner than I had checked in at the hotel, the fire alarm started.

Barely had Freddy opened the door before his wife accused him of cheating.

Hardly had they finished the negotiations when both parts started arguing again.

No sooner than the tickets were released, everything was sold out.

Translate.

No sooner than eight o’ clock started the meeting.

No sooner than last Tuesday had they found the murder weapon.

No sooner than tomorrow begins the celebrations of the victory.

Not until later was the experiment done to prove that the substance was dangerous.

No sooner than the end of the ninetieths the decision to save the rare trees was made.

Not until three weeks later had enough people booked the trip.

Barely had he stepped out on the street before the whole house exploded.

Hardly had they signed the contract before the money started rolling in.

Barely had the diver entered the water when a shark came towards him.

Rewrite the sentences substituting the words in italics. Alternate, so that you practice all of them.

Making sure that there are no hikers in the area is part of the hunters’ duties. Furthermore, they also have to manage the camp and the hunting dogs.

With the end of foreign aid money, water programs had to be stopped. Besides, education suffered severe cuts.

Teenage mothers are encouraged to delay marriage and get a job. In addition, teenage mothers who keep their babies get support from the Young Mothers group.

He is building huge modern hotels all along the coast. Moreover, he also owns the rain forest all over the island.

Rewrite the sentences substituting the words in italic. Alternate, so that you practice all of them.

Drug use in America is up 14 percent. Equally, a recent survey in Britain shows an increase of 15 percent.

Carbon dioxide is to be blamed. Likewise, Methane from Siberian swamps contributes to the global warming.

The old towns are untouched by the 21^st century. Similarly, The rolling countryside is covered by the same crops as it has been for hundreds of years.