Adverbs of Time

This lesson is on Adverbs of Time Adverbs of Time.

Answer the question when or how long.

So they tell us when something happened or how long it took please do not confuse Adverbs of Time with adverbs of frequency Adverbs of Time are usually placed at the end of the sentence but we can place him at the start of the sentence to add emphasis to the time or duration so we usually place them at the end of the sentence.

So I will change my job next month she left early today.

He is in the office now.

This gives us the when and they can also use it to show how long.

So Bob in Italy for five years.

We haven’t seen Peter since 2007 or Paul’s toothache kept him awake all night.

Now why have I underlined for.

And since in these last examples the very common mistake is for people to get these the wrong way round and you will often hear people say they’ve lived in Italy since 5 years which is wrong.

So we use for for a duration and since a specific point so Bob lived in Italy for five years we haven’t seen Peter since 2007 is the correct usage of these two words and we can put Adverbs of Time at the beginning of the sentence to emphasize the time or the duration so next year.

John Bull Run for president.

Now we could have put it.

John will run for president next year by putting it this way round.

We’ve emphasized that it’s next year.

Well yesterday I finished my assignment and we could have written I finished my assignment yesterday by putting it this way we emphasize the fact that it was yesterday or 12 years we’ve been engaged.

We really should name the day now again.

The 12 years is a thing that’s being emphasized here.

We could have expressed it differently in a few minutes.

We will have the results and it will all be over.

We could have expressed it differently by putting in a few minutes at the start of the sentence kind of adds to the suspense and excitement of what the results will be.