Time Clauses
Time clauses with the same subject in both clauses can be compressed into a gerund phrase (after/before/while + -ing). "After I got my degree, I started working." → "After getting my degree, I started working." This sounds more formal and is common in written English. The gerund phrase must share its subject with the main clause.
Time clauses with the same subject in both clauses can be compressed into a gerund phrase (after/before/while + -ing). "After I got my degree, I started working." → "After getting my degree, I started working." This sounds more formal and is common in written English. The gerund phrase must share its subject with the main clause.
Practice
"Before she became a teacher, she worked in publishing." → Compressed:
Afterhis degree, he moved to Japan.
Put the words in the correct order (compressed time clause):