20 Examples of Temporary Sentences

Temporary prayers

The Temporary 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 indicative mood when it refers to actions that are presented as habitual or that have already occurred, or in Subjunctive mode 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 time adverbs or idioms Various temporary adverbials: 'when', 'as soon as', 'as soon as', 'once', 'before', 'after' and 'as' are some of the most used.

It is a kind of adverbial subordinate clauses, since they provide the information that could be replaced by a adverb and, therefore, they also fulfill the function of circumstantial of time. For example: When we are all we started. / Later we started.

Examples of temporary sentences

1. When you turn fifteen, we will take a trip to Disneyworld.
2. As people arrive please distribute the programs.
3. We will tell you before you ask us.
4. He didn't stop pointing out the strengths of that team until we openly told him that we weren't going to buy anything.
5. When I travel to Italy, the first thing I will visit will be the Roman Colosseum.
6. Whenever he gets angry he makes that bad face.
7. When I go out to run my errands in the afternoon, there are too many people.
8. Let's take advantage of your generosity while you're in a good mood.
9. We will not give a sign until we are sure that he will fulfill his part.
10. You want to get out before my dad parks the car on the porch.
11. When they realized his intentions there was no way out.
12. When I watch TV late, I have a hard time falling asleep.
13. As soon as the flag was lowered, everyone advanced.
14. As soon as he saw me, the color of his face changed.
15. After crying for a while, I pulled myself together and continued.
16. When I have a fever I take aspirin.
17. As they were about to leave the phone rang.
18. We will give you the souvenirs as you go.
19. Since he moved to that neighborhood, he seems like a different person.
20. Once he got into confidence, there was no stopping him.

Characteristics of temporary sentences

Temporary sentences are more typical of orality or of informal communication, since in some way they are 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.

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