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TIME

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Contents

1. Adverbs of Frequency 2. Time Words and Expressions 3. Prepositions of Time

Adverbs of Frequency

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always all the time

usually generally normally frequently

often

sometimes

hardly ever seldom rarely

never

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Adverbs of Frequency
Go before all verbs (except be): I often get up early in the morning. I dont often get up early in the morning. I get often up early in the morning. I often dont get up early in the morning. Go after be: I am always late. I always am late.

Typically Vietnamese?

Adverbs of Frequency
For example:

Vietnamese people always. dont often In Vietnam, people sometimes

(people = men, women, children, students, old people, etc.)

Time Words
Sixty seconds a minute Sixty minutes an hour Twenty-four hours a day Seven days a week Four weeks a month Twelve months a year Ten years a decade One hundred years a century (pl. centuries) One thousand years a millennium (pl. millennia)

(Others: moments, era)

More expressions of frequency

How often do you go to the cinema?

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc.

week 1, week 2, week 3, etc. January, February, March, April, etc. 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, etc Only on Mondays On Mondays and Wednesdays On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays In January, April, May and September

every day
every week every month every year once a week twice a week three times a week four times a year

Months
JANUARY
/'njuri/

FEBRUARY
/'njuri/

MARCH
/m:t/

APRIL
/'eiprl/

MAY
/mei/

JUNE
/du:n/

JULY
/dulai/

AUGUST
/':gst /

SEPTEMBER
/septemb/

OCTOBER
/ktoub/

NOVEMBER
/nouvemb/

DECEMBER
/di'semb/

Seasons

SPRING

Seasons

SUMMER

Seasons

AUTUMN/FALL

Seasons

WINTER

Prepositions of Time
in
Parts of the day, months, seasons and years

on
Days and dates

at
Times of the day, nigh, the weekend, and festivals three oclock midday/midnight lunchtime night the weekend Christmas, New Year

the morning the afternoon the evening December the summer 1998

Monday (morning) the 7th of October My birthday

Festivals around the world

Mid-Autumn Festival

Festivals around the world

Tet Holiday

Festivals around the world

Christmas

Festivals around the world

Valentines Day

Festivals around the world

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