After (Conjunction)

CLAUSE + AFTER+ CLAUSE

AFTER + CLAUSE, + CLAUSE


I went to America after I left school.

After I left school, I went to America.


He did military services after he went to university.

After he went to university, he did military service.


After he did military service, he went to university.

Present with future meaning

I will call you after I arrive home.

Perfect tenses

In clauses with after, we often use present and past perfect tenses to show that one thing is completed before another starts. 

-I will telephone you after I have seen Jake

-After I had finished school, I went to America

After... ing

In a formal style, we often use the structure after + ing. After having + past participle is also possible, especially when talking about the past.

-After completing this form, give it to the secretary

-He wrote his first book after returning/having returned from Mongolia