Principal clause Subordinate clause

No sooner + Past perfect than Past indefinite

e.g. He had no sooner entered the room than the bell rang.

D. 1. She had no sooner left the house … 2. … than they rushed out of the room. 3. No sooner had the teacher asked the question … 4. No sooner … than the icicle fell on the pavement. That was really a narrow escape.5. The singer had no sooner appeared on the stage … 6. … than the pupils burst out laughing. 7. … than the child went to sleep.

Exercise 5. Classify the subordinate clauses introduced by when into object clauses, attributive clauses and adverbial clauses of time.

1. I’ll give you a call when I see Sommerville (Carter). 2. He thought it best to be clean-shaven when Will arrived (Bellow). 3.The doctor had better given you a sedative and we will talk tomorrow, when you have had a night’s sleep (Voynich). 4. We never knew when they’d break in and arrest us all (Saxton). 5. “ Tell them to start,” he said, “ tell them I don’t know when I’ll be back” (Maurier). 6. When she’s done reading it, ask a question (Carter). 7. Did I really believe that I would die when thinking stopped? (Bellow). 8. The day will come when you will know why I am silent even to you (Collins). 9. Do know the time when he will come? 10. Everybody was glad when he came at last. 11. I have no idea when he will come. 12. It is very important when we must start. 13. The difficulty is when we shall be able to do it.

Exercise 6. Translate into English using while, as, when, as long as, till(until), before.