状语从句指句子用作状语时,起副词作用的句子。它可以修饰谓语、非谓语动词、定语、状语或整个句子。根据其作用可分为时间、地点、原因、条件、目的、结果、让步、方式和比较等从句。状语从句一般由连词(从属连词)引导,也可以由词组引起。从句位于句首或句中时通常用逗号与主句隔开,位于句尾时可以不用逗号隔开。 一、时间状语从句 要点: 时间状语从句,由以下连词引导: when while as after before as soon as since till /until by the time 在时间状语从句中,要注意时态一致。一般情况下主句是将来时的时候,从句要用一般现在时。 1.when 当。。。的时候 mozart started writing music when he was four years old. (当)莫扎特的时候,开始写音乐作品。 2.while 当。。。时 he visited a lot of places while he was traveling. 他在旅途中参观了许多地方。 3.as 在。。。的同时;一边。。。一边。。。 he smiled as he stood up. 他一边站起来一边笑着。 4.after 在。。。之后 he left the classroom after he had finished his homework the other day. 前几天做完作业之后回的家。 5.before 在。。。之前 mr. brown had worked in a bank for a year before he came here. 布朗先生来这之前已经在一家银行里工作一年了。 6.as soon as 一。。。就。。。 we began to work as soon as we got there. 我们一到那就开始工作。 i will write to you as soon as i get home. 我一到家就给你写信。 7.since 自。。。以来 到现在 表示自过去的一个起点时间到目前(说话时间)为止的一段持续时间。主句一般用现在完成时,从句用一般过去时。 mr green has taught in that school since he came to china three years ago. 自格林先生来中国以来,他就在这所学校教书。 (还可以用作介词,本句从句还可以用短语:since three years ago(自三年前以来)表示。) 8 till /until 都可以作连词,连接时间状语,也可以作介词,与其它词构成介词短语,在句中作状语。 they walked till /until it was dark. 他们一直走到天黑。 xiao ming didn’t leave home till / until his father came back. 小明直到他爸爸回来才离开家。 9. by the time 到。。。为止 (所在句子的主句应用...