Adverbs of time tell us when an action happened. It tells us that for how long and for how much time an action happens. Adverbs of time modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb and tell us that for how much time, or on which time change happens.
List of Adverbs of Time
Adverbs of time in the provided list are almost the same as adverbs of frequency, as adverbs of frequency are a type of adverbs of time.
Adverbs of Definite Frequency
- Fortnightly
- Daily
- Annually
- Yearly
- Weekly
- Quarterly
- Nightly
- Monthly
- Hourly
Points of Time
- Then
- Now
- Yesterday
- Tonight
- Tomorrow
- Today
Adverbs of Indefinite Frequency
Adverbs of frequency are also adverbs of time.
- Frequently
- Ever
- Constantly
- Always
- Usually
- Sometimes
- Seldom
- Regularly
- Regularly
- Rarely
- Often
- Occasionally
- Normally
- Never
- Infrequently
- Generally
Relationships in Time
- Early
- Earlier
- Before
- Already
- Yet
- Still
- Soon
- Since
- Recently
- Previously
- Next
- Later
- Lately
- Late
- Last
- Just
- Formerly
- First
- Finally
- Eventually
A List of Adverbs of Time
- Finally
- Ever
- Eventually
- Early
- Earlier
- Daily
- Constantly
- Before
- Annually
- Always
- Already
- Yet
- Yesterday
- Yearly
- Weekly
- Usually
- Tonight
- Tomorrow
- Today
- Then
- Still
- Soon
- Sometimes
- Since
- Seldom
- Regularly
- Recently
- Rarely
- Quarterly
- Previously
- Often
- Occasionally
- Now
- Not until
- Normally
- Next
- Never
- Monthly
- Later
- Lately
- Late
- Last
- Just
- Infrequently
- Immediately
- Hourly
- Generally
- Frequently
- Fortnightly
- Formerly
- First
Examples of Adverbs of Time
- You should always be sharp.
- We waited all day.
- I completed my work earlier.
- They go out to dinner weekly.
- The newspaper arrives daily.
- She was born in 1878.
- John seldom talks.
- It often rains in India.
- I will see you later.
- I went to the beach yesterday.
- I was sleeping then.
- I waited for a few minutes.
- I saw Mary yesterday.
- I rarely read English newspapers.
- I left her home in the afternoon.
- I got my order recently.
- I am going to the beach now.
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