5.11 Adverbial clauses of future time

Notice the verb forms in the following sentences, all referring to future time. The main clause has a future verb form, but the adverbial clause has the present simple or present perfect, e.g.:

We'll have lunch when your mother arrives. (Comeremos cuando llegue vuestra madre.)

They'll continue working until it gets dark. (Seguirán trabajando hasta que oscurezca.)

As soon as the rain has stopped, I'll go to the shops. (En cuanto haya parado de llover, iré de tiendas.)

Will they finish everything before the bell goes? (Acabarán antes de que suene el timbre?)

	See also future time, general, first conditionals.