English Vocabulary Lesson: BY THE TIME (By the time this lesson finishes, I will have understood)

This video is about the expression of time "by the time." Frequently misused, this expression can be used for a past, present or future action, meaning "at some point before." By the time is followed by a clause with a relative time that specifies an end or completion time. Students tend to confuse it with other expressions that have similar meanings.
This lesson is for elementary students who wish to study or review English grammar and vocabulary and for students who reached an advanced level but who wish to brush up on some grammar rules.

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[giulianarodriguezvasquez]

By the time I finish the University, I will have learnt many things about my career.
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[marquiroga]

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[bastianse]

thank you, sir, by the time I finished my carrier, I going to travel and find out a good place to live!

[unkown]

By the time he arrives, I will have been there!

[thehoangmco]

By the time i finish a university, I have learnt so much important things. Thanks so much!

[mdRashid-qztt]

Thanks sir as it is the video that helped me to understand about by the time, and your teaching style is very nice

[hayriptrck]

you are amazing ı have been working on this adverb for 1 week and you video taught me this in 5 minute

[Minakshi-hyfh]

Thanks sir love from India.
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[alimansour]

Thank you so much. That was very helpful.

[PramodJadhav]

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[nassalimercy]

By the time I finish university, I will have learned a lot about law course.

[joemamahimself]

So when we use by the time+ present simple+ present perfect it means that the action happens occasionally or repeats, right?

[chaunguyenang]

Can i use structure: By the time + Past simple, past simple?

[virajchathuranga]

By the time I finish my university degree, I'll have got a good knowledge of accounting.

[suvendubiswas]

Thanks for the video. Appreciation from India. Now say if I want to say " By the late 19th Century, government began to introduce X".. Is it better to use government had begun? Please clarify. Thanks in advance.

[DaviOliveira-dsqg]

By the time I finish my unibersity, I'll have completed all the courses on Music Engineering.

[priyankanalavade]

Is it only used for conditional sentences?

[noone]

@1:58 is that structure always true? what if say: "I was very tired by the time I finished my work". Here, we are not using past perfect. according to your structure, it should have been said like this: "I had been very tired by the time I finished my work". Let me know your opinion please.

[btsmembers]

By the time you come back home they will have finished their work
By the time he took to the hospital he had died
By the time you reach there they have gone

[umciachrumcia]

I have a question. How to say that By the 2020 .... something will be invented for example . I don 't know how i shoul build the sentence. I want to say that by X year something will change or happen . Please tell me how .
( sorry for mistakes i 'm from Poland )