1.引导时间状语从句的引导词有:
①表示某个时刻发生的动作:when、while、as、once
②表示某个时刻之前发生的动作:before、until
③表示某个时刻之后发生的动作:after、since
2. when引导从句时,主从句的动作有先有后,也可以同时进行,从句的动作可以是持续性的,也可以是短暂的。
eg. When I go to the cinema, the movie had already started. (主先从后)(短暂性)
When I watched movie, I used to eat ice cream. (同时) (持续性)
When the movie ended, the people went back. (从先主后)
3. while侧重主从句动作的`对比,且从句的动词必须是持续性的。
eg. While we were chatting she was reading comic.
4. as引导从句时侧重主从句动作同时或几乎同时进行,从句的动作可以是持续性的,也可以是短暂的。
eg. Sometimes I watch TV as I am having breakfast.
5. 关于when的固定搭配:
①…was/were doing…when…(正在做…突然)
②…was/were about to do…when…(刚要做…突然)
③…was/were on the point of doing…when…(刚要做…突然)
④…had just done…when….(刚一…就)
⑤Hardly/Scarcely had…done…when…(刚一…就)