Expressions of Time
Past
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Present
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Future
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yesterday
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today
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tomorrow
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last week
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this week
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next week
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an hour ago
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now
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in an hour
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recently
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as we speak
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soon
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a little while ago
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at this moment
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in the near future
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a long time ago
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these days
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way off in the future
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in the past
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nowadays
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eventually
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this morning
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at this time
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later this evening
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Time expressions usually go at the end
or at the beginning of a sentence:
Yesterday I went to school.
I went to school yesterday.
This week I'm going to New York.
I'm going to New York this week.
Other popular time expressions:
In the morning
When I wake up in the morning, I like to drink coffee.
What do you drinkin the morning?
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during the day
During the day, they go to school .
What do you doduring the day?
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at night
The stars and the moon come out at night.
Most people sleepat night, but cats usually stay out late.
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in the afternoon
In the afternoon, I come home from school and do my homework.
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Using time expressions with the correct verb tense will improve your English:
- Last week I went to the movies. (past tense. )
- This week I'm working early in the morning.(present continuous tense to describe the entire week)
- Next week I'm going to take a trip to California.(the "going to" future)
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Continue practicing checking out these exercises.
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