Do you know how to use phrases like “in the morning,” “next week,” or “a long time ago”? Expressions of time help you give more details when you’re talking about when things happen.
Days/Weeks/Months/Years: Use on for days (“on Monday”), in for months/years (“in July”, “in 2022”), and at for specific times (“at 5 o’clock”).
Talking about the past: Phrases like last night, yesterday, or a week ago tell you something happened before now.
Talking about the future: Phrases like next week, in two hours, or soon tell you when something will happen later!
VOCABULARY – Expressions of Time
IN THE PAST
- Yesterday
- Yesterday morning
- Yesterday afternoon
- Yesterday evening
- Last night
- Last Monday
- Last week
- Last month
- Last year
- Two weeks ago
- Three months ago
- Four years ago
- A long time ago
- In June
- In 2007
- In winter
- In May 2019
- When you arrived
IN THE PRESENT
- Now
- At the moment
- Right now
- At present
- Today
- This morning
- This afternoon
- This evening
- Tonight
- This week
- This month
- This year
- Nowadays
- Presently
- Currently
- These days
IN THE FUTURE
- Tomorrow
- Tomorrow morning
- Tomorrow afternoon
- Tomorrow evening
- Tomorrow night
- Next week
- Next month
- Next year
- In a minute
- In an hour
- In a couple fo days
- In a few weeks
- Later
- Later on
- In the future
- Sometime in the future
- Soon
- The day after tomorrow
- As soon as