Time Clauses Exercises

Time clauses exercises with answers — practise future time clauses, past time clauses and mixed time clauses online. Choose the correct tense in the main clause and time clause after when, before, after, until, as soon as, by the time, once and while. Multiple choice questions and printable PDF worksheets from A2 to B2. 4 exercise sets with 80 questions (A2 - B2 Level).

Time Clauses exercises: choose your exercise set

Start with Multiple Choice to build confidence with Time Clauses exercises, or try Worksheet to practice all questions on one page.

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Future Time Clauses: Present Simple after When, Before, After & Until

Time Clauses Exercises

A2·20 questions·12 min
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Future Time Clauses: By the Time, Once & Present Perfect

Time Clauses Exercises

B1·20 questions·14 min
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Past Time Clauses: When, After, Before & While

Time Clauses Exercises

B1·20 questions·14 min
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Mixed Time Clauses: All Tenses & Conjunctions

Time Clauses Exercises

B2·20 questions·15 min

Why practice Time Clauses exercises?

These exercises take you from basic future time clauses to advanced mixed-tense practice in four progressive sets. Start at A2 by learning the key rule: use present simple (not will) after when, before, after, until and as soon as. At B1, extend to by the time, once and present perfect in time clauses, plus the tricky difference between time clauses and noun clauses with when. Then practise past time clauses with past simple, past continuous and past perfect. The final B2 set mixes all tenses and adds advanced patterns like hardly … when and no sooner … than.