Expressing Time, Place and Cause
English · Grammar & Punctuation · procedural
Use conjunctions (when, before, after, while, so, because), adverbs (then, next, soon, therefore) and prepositions (before, after, during, in, because of) to express time, place and cause within and across sentences
What mastery looks like
- Use time conjunctions to connect clauses (e.g., 'We went inside because it was raining', 'After the bell rang, we lined up')
- Use adverbs of time and cause within sentences (e.g., 'First, she opened the door. Then, she stepped outside. Therefore, she got wet.')
- Use prepositions of time and cause in phrases (e.g., 'during the lesson', 'before lunch', 'because of the rain')
Check your understanding
When Expressing Time, Place and Cause writes a story, do they use time words like "after", "while", or "soon" to show the order things happened — rather than starting every sentence with "then"?
Prerequisites
Required first