adverbial phrase · neutral

from then on

UK/frəm ðen ɒn/US/frəm ðen ɑn/from·THEN·on

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from that time forward; indicating something continued from a particular past point

Examples

“He moved to the countryside, and from then on he grew his own vegetables.”

“She failed her licence test once and from then on she practised every day.”

“They agreed on the plan, and from then on the project progressed smoothly.”

Band 8 sentence

“She adopted a minimalist lifestyle and from then on her spending habits changed dramatically.”

Collocations

  • from then on + past simple (for repeated/habitual actions after that point)
  • from then on + clause

Word family

since then adverbial phrase

Common mistakes

From then on I have practised every day.→From then on I practised every day.

Since then I did practise every day.→Since then I have practised every day.

Say it for a higher band

5since then→6after that→7+from then on

Synonyms

since then

Easily confused

since then

“Since then, I have rarely eaten meat.”

Related words

ultimatelyprior toafter thattheninitiallyeventuallyimmediatelyafterwards

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