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- Time connectors
- Sentences with time connectors
- Previous connectors
- Sentences with previous connectors
- Concurrency connectors
- Sentences with concurrency connectors
- Rear connectors
- Sentences with posteriority connectors
The temporary connectors are those connectors that place the sentence in a certain time (Temporary location). Eg. "This afternoon I'm going to study."
Thetemporary connectors they refer to events or circumstances both in the present, past or future tense. They are used both in oral language and in formal and informal writing.
These can be classified into:
Time connectors
The time connectors locate the receiver of the message or addressee at a time of day where the events that are being reported took place. Examples of these are:
In the morning | At night |
At sunset | After noon |
At dawn | At nightfall |
In the afternoon | At the start of the day |
Sentences with time connectors
- "At the beggining, he felt with great anguish and pain "
- “At night, they went to the movies "
- “At dawn from that day, the roosters no longer crowed "
- “After the midday, María would leave her work and go home to have lunch with her daughter Clara ”.
- “After afternoon, the consumption of red meat is not recommended to have a better digestion of food ”.
- "At nightfall, the birds stopped singing "
- "At the beginning of the day, Marta and Juan left for their work "
- "In the morning, I'll do my homework "
- "We will go for a walk together with Luis, at sunset "
- “This afternoon, that movie that I have wanted to see so much is released ”.
Previous connectors
These connectors refer to moments or events that happened before. Examples of these are:
Previously | Secondly |
Before | Once Upon a time |
Previously | Some time ago |
From the beginning | Previously |
First | Previous |
In the first instance | Before time |
At first | Long ago |
Sentences with previous connectors
- "Once Upon a time, a very happy family that lived in a great castle ... "
- "Some time ago, I have stopped consuming meat "
- "First I want to tell you how much I appreciate you "
- "At the beginning of the classes, the teacher asked us to be silent "
- "Previously at the beginning of classes, I went on vacation with Horacio and Juana "
- "Before to leave my house, brush my hair and my teeth "
- "Long ago the dentist told me I had a cavity "
- "Before the day is over, I must finish my homework "
- "Previously at the birth of my younger brother, I was an only child "
- "Long time that I wasn't visiting my aunt Eugenia "
Concurrency connectors
These connectors are used when it is necessary to locate two events or events in the same speech. Some examples of these connectors are:
At once | Simultaneously |
Nowadays | It was then that |
At the same time | Meanwhile |
At the time | parallel |
When | Simultaneously |
At this precise moment | Synchronously |
In parallel | While |
Sentences with concurrency connectors
- “Nowadays we are several boys and girls in the classroom "
- “At the same time that we left the house, the neighbors did too "
- “It was then that I knew I would have a little sister "
- “While I played with Mariela, my mother made the food "
- “At this precise moment, the national anthem is sung in all the schools of the country "
- “When everyone applauded, I got excited "
- “Nowadays studies and specializations can be carried out virtually "
- “Simultaneously my mother prepared the food and shut up my newborn brother "
- “It was then that I understood that I had to make a decision "
- “At that precise moment I stopped playing with the computer and went to my cousin Josefina's house "
Rear connectors
In this case the connectors are used to refer to events or events that will take place in the future. Examples of these are:
Years later | So |
Over time | Then |
After | Later |
Onwards | Later |
In the passing of the years | By last |
As days go by | Lately |
In the last place |
Sentences with posteriority connectors
- “Later we went to the store"
- “Lately I don't have much appetite "
- “After to eat, we went to the park "
- “Over time I stopped going to a private teacher. I no longer needed it "
- “Onwards I'll get up at 7 in the morning "
- “In the last place eat dessert "
- “Then to rest we will go to my grandparents' house "
- “So I felt a tingling in my legs and the ants began to climb. But I wasn't scared "
- “As days go by my anger towards Juan was gone "
- “By last I have decided not to think about my fight with Daniela anymore "