ENGLISH GRAMMAR IN USE FOR INTERMEDIATE
UNIT 116. As (As I walked along the street…../
As I was hungry …..)
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As= at the same
time as
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You can use as when two things happen at
the same time:
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We all waved goodbye to Liz as she drove away.
(We waved and she drove away
at the same time)
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As I walked
along the street, I looked in the shop windows.
Can you turn off the light as you go out, please?
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Or you can say that something
happened as you were doing
something else (in the middle of doing something else):
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Kate slipped as she was getting off the
bus.
We met Paul as we were leaving the
hotel.
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For the past continuous (was
getting /were going etc.), see Unit 6.
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You can also use just as (=exactly at that
moment):
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Just
as
I sat down, the doorbell rang.
I had to leave just as the conversation was
getting interesting.
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We also use as when two things
happen together in a longer period of time:
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 As the day went
on, the weather got worse.
I began to enjoy the job more as I got used to it.
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Compare as and when:
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We use as only if two things happen at the same time.
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As
I drove home, I listened to music.
(= at the same time)
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Use when (not as) if one thing happens after another.
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When
I got home,
I had something to eat. (not As
I got home)
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B
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As= because
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As also means ‘because’:
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As
I was hungry,
I decided to find somewhere to eat. (=because I was hungry)
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As
we have plenty of time before our flight, let's go and have
a coffee.
We watched TV all evening as we didn't have anything better to
do.
As
I don't watch television any more, I gave my TV to a friend of
mine.
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You can also use since in this way:
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Since we have
plenty of time, let's go and have a coffee.
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Compare as (= because) and when:
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I couldn't contact David as he was on holiday. (=
because he was on holiday)
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As
they lived near us, we used to see them quite often.
(=because they lived near
us)
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David's passport was stolen when he was on holiday.
(=during the time he was
away)
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When
they lived near us, we used to see them quite often.
(=at the time they lived
near us)
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EXERCISES
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116.1
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(Section A) Use as to join sentences
from the boxes.
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__________ We all waved goodbye to Liz as she drove
away. __________________
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___________________________________________________________________
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116.2
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(Section B) Join sentences from the
boxes. Begin each sentence with as.
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__________ As I was hungry, I decided to find
somewhere to eat__________________
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___________________________________________________________________
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___________________________________________________________________
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___________________________________________________________________
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116.3
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What does as mean in these sentences?
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because
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at
the same time as
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As they live
near us, we see them quite often.
Kate slipped as she was getting off the
bus.
As I was tired,
I went to bed early.
Unfortunately, as I was parking the car, I
hit the car behind me.
As we climbed
the hill, we got more and more tired.
We decided to go out to eat as we had no food at home.
As we don't use
the car very often, we've decided to sell it
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116.4
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In some of these sentences, you need when (not as). Correct the sentences where necessary.
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Julia got married as she was
22.
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___When she was 22 ___
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As the day went on, the weather
got worse.
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___OK__________
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He dropped the glass as he was
taking it out of the cupboard.
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I lost my phone as I was in London.
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As I left school, I didn't
know what to do.
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The train slowed down as it
approached the station.
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I used to live near the sea as
I was a child.
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116.5
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Use your own ideas to complete these sentences.
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I saw you as
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It started to rain just as _______________________________________
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As I didn't have enough money
for a taxi, _______________________________________
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Just as I took the picture, _______________________________________
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