until / by the time / before

Which ones are correct? (if you ask my opinion first, I have no idea) 

 

1. Jakovich won three club champion awards and two premierships -- he turned 23.

A) by the time
B) until
C) before
D) when

2. -- he reached the age of thirty he had won four outstanding performance awards and two fighting spirit prizes.

A) By the time
B) Until
C) Before
D) When

«Which ones are correct? (if you ask my opinion first, I have no idea)»

Why're you asking then? Bare answers will scarcely help you understand English tenses! Go read about the subject in grammar books and then ask about what you haven't got...

Here's my try:

1 — C.
2 — A, C, D.
(hope someone corrects me :)

EDIT: Using "when" in #1 will bear the meaning that he won all the five awards the year he turned 23, which is technically correct but unlikely.

I'd say
1 - C
2 - A
...but I wouldn't bet much on that guess even if had some money to waste.

"By the time" is used to imagine future events.So I think only "before" can be used here in both the sentences but convert both of these sentences into past perfect tense.

Ant_222

novrgn: «"By the time" is used to imagine future events.»

Not at all!

Not at all!

"By the time" IS indeed used to imagine future events.

But "by the time" is not used ONLY to imagine future events -- which is what I think you meant to say!  

CJ