grammar · neutral

when + S + V

Band 4-5speakingtask2

a relative adverb used to introduce a clause referring to a time.

Examples

“the year when I graduated”

“the moment when everything changed”

“the day when we met”

Band 8 sentence

“The period when the company expanded internationally was full of challenges but also opportunities.”

Collocations

  • the time when + clause
  • the moment when + clause

Word family

when relative adverb

Common mistakes

the time which we arrived→the time when we arrived

the day when we met at→the day when we met

Say it for a higher band

5the time which + clause→6the time that + clause→7+when + S + V

Synonyms

at which

the time that

Easily confused

at which

“I remember the summer when we traveled together.”

Related words

defining vs non-defining relative clauses (use of commas and that/which/who), who + Vthe + superlative + N + (that) + S + Veach of whom + V, which is why + S + VIndefinite pronouns + who/that + V (someone/anyone/anything + who/that)the majority of + N + who + Vthose who + V

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