Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksExport to PDFBack to top This page is read only. You can view the source, but not change it. Ask your administrator if you think this is wrong. ======Adverbs of time====== =====Introduction===== <html><p><img height="204" id="1899" style="width: 109px; height: 134px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1899_88f5d9949cbf7b1d217677ade2a360bc.jpg"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>The meeting finished <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">early</span> so I'm on my way home <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">now</span>. I'll see you <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">later</span>.</span></b><!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--><br> </p></html> =====Definition===== <html><P style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><B><SPAN lang=EN-US style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; LINE-HEIGHT: 107%">Adverbs of time tell us about time and duration. </SPAN></B></P> <P><BR> </P> <P> </P></html> =====Uses===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We use them with verbs to answer the questions, "When?" and "How long?"<!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>They can tell us exactly or less precisely when something happens and are often used as time markers in a narrative. We also use them to talk about duration.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><table style="margin: auto auto auto 12.5pt; border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #5B9BD5 1.0pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" table=""><tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes;"><td width="102" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt medium medium 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 76.3pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Adverb</span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 5cm;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Meaning and use </span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 1pt medium medium; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.5pt;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Examples</span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"><td width="102" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 76.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>ago<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>a time in the past</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.5pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I started working here two years <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ago</span>.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I decided to change jobs a long time <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ago</span>.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><td width="102" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 76.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>for<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>a period of time - can be used with different tenses</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.5pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I worked as an engineer <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">for</span> five years; now I'm a project manager.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I've been a project manager <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">for</span> two years.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I'm working at head office <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">for </span>a few weeks because they need help.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I'm going to Italy <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">for</span> three weeks.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"><td width="102" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 76.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>since </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>from a point in the past - usually<span style="color: red;"> </span>used with perfect tenses</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.5pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I've been a project manager <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">since</span> 2011.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I'd worked as an engineer <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">since</span> leaving university but I wanted a change.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I've been leading this team <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">since</span> I started.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><td width="102" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 76.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>still <span style="color: rgb(255, 51, 153);"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>continuing, not finished - maybe suggesting longer than expected</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.5pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I asked him to send us a replacement but we're <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">still</span> waiting for it.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>My English is improving but I<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> still </span>find it difficult to speak on the phone.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"><td width="102" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 76.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>after <span style="color: rgb(255, 51, 153);"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>following</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.5pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We're having a meeting <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">after</span> lunch.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6;"><td width="102" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 76.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>afterwards </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>after something - we use it to avoid repeating a noun</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.5pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We're having lunch at 12.00 and there'll be a meeting <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">afterwards</span>.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 7;"><td width="102" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 76.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>before<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>preceding</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.5pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We're having a meeting <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">before </span>lunch.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 8;"><td width="102" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 76.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>beforehand<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>before something - we use it to avoid repeating a noun</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.5pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We're having lunch at 12.00 but there'll be a meeting <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">beforehand</span>.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 9;"><td width="102" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 76.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>already<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>before now or a particular time <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Used for emphasis or to suggest 'sooner than expected'.</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.5pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We've <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">already</span> had success in China; now we want to try Japan.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I arrived late and they'd <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">already</span> started.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>The deadline for the report is Friday but I've <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">already</span> finished it.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 10;"><td width="102" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 76.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>early<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>near the beginning of a period or before an expected time</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.5pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I like getting up <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">early </span>at weekends.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He's arriving <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">early</span> tomorrow afternoon.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>My presentation's at 11.00 but I want to get there <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">early</span> so I can prepare.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 11;"><td width="102" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 76.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>earlier<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>a (usually short) time before something.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>['earlier' is also the <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">comparative</span> form of the adjective 'early']</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.5pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I saw Xavier <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">earlier</span> but I don't know where he is now.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>This is the agenda that I wrote <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">earlier </span>but I need to change it now.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I spent the afternoon relaxing because I'd prepared the dinner <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">earlier</span>.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We went to Paris <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">earlier</span> in the year to meet them so they're going to come here next time.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 12;"><td width="102" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 76.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>late<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>near the end of a period or after an expected time</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.5pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I usually get up <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">late</span> on Sundays.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I like working <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">late</span> at night when it's quiet.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 13;"><td width="102" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 76.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>later<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>a (usually short) time after something</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>['later' is also the <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">comparative</span> form of the adjective 'late']</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.5pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I'm seeing Karine <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">later</span> so I'll give her your message.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Let's discuss it again <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">later</span> in the week.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 14;"><td width="102" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 76.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>recently</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>a short time ago/in the recent past/until now</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.5pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I've been playing tennis a lot <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">recently</span>.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">recently</span> changed jobs.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 15;"><td width="102" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 76.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>lately </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'recently' but used with the present perfect </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>It is <u>not</u> the same as late.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.5pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We've been making progress <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">lately</span>.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I haven't seen him <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">lately</span>.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 16;"><td width="102" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 76.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>finally<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>in the end - sometimes suggests difficulties</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.5pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We had meetings all week and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">finally</span> reached an agreement.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 17;"><td width="102" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 76.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>eventually </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'finally' but suggests a particularly long time or maybe problems or difficulties<span style="color: red;"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.5pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He spent six months trying to persuade them to change their marketing strategy. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Eventually</span>, they agreed with him.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 18;"><td width="102" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 76.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>ever<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 51, 153);"></span></span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>at any time</span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.5pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>If you <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ever</span> need any help, just ask.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Do you <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ever</span> travel with your job?</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She's happier than <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ever</span>, now that she has a new job.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Have you <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ever</span> been to China?</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 19;"><td width="102" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 76.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>long<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 51, 153);"></span></span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>to talk about duration</span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.5pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Have you been waiting <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">long</span>?</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 20;"><td width="102" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 76.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>yet<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border: rgb(240, 240, 240); border-image: none; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>1. until now in the present perfect </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>2. 'still' in the present</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt medium medium; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.5pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I haven't met the new boss <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">yet</span>.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I'm not working in the Paris office <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">yet</span> - I'll probably start next month. </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>[= I'm <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">still</span> not working in the Paris office, although I expected to be by now.] </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 21;"><td width="102" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 76.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>just<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(255, 51, 153); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'></span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt medium; border-style: solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>in the recent past - usually with perfect tenses but also possible with past tenses if very recent</span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.5pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We've <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">just</span> signed the contract so we're going out to celebrate <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">later</span>.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">just</span> saw him - he left the office two minutes ago.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I was <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">just</span> thinking about you - I'm glad you've called.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'> </span></p></td></tr><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 22;"><td width="102" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium 1pt 1pt; border-style: none none solid solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 76.3pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>then<span style="color: red;"></span></span></b></p></td><td width="189" valign="top" style="border-width: medium medium 1pt; border-style: none none solid; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 5cm; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>1. at that time<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 51, 153);"></span></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>2. next<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 51, 153);"></span></span></b></p></td><td width="319" valign="top" style="border-width: medium 1pt 1pt medium; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(240, 240, 240) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 239.5pt; background-color: transparent;"><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I was working in Paris <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">then</span>. </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Then</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> I moved to the South of France.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(112, 173, 71); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></p><p> </p></html> =====Construction===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>These adverbs have a variety of meanings and uses so there are no simple rules about word order. They might appear at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of a sentence depending on the structure or the tense.</span></b><br> </p></html> =====Time markers===== <html><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We use some adverbs of time when narrating a series of actions or events. For example, when telling a story, describing a process or giving instructions:<!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>First</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>, you need to find a suitable venue. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Then</span> agree on a date that is convenient for everyone and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">finally</span> send reminders to everyone.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Firstly</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>, all candidates will be interviewed by the panel. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Secondly</span>, they will have to give a short presentation. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Next</span>, the shortlisted candidates will be invited for a second interview. And <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">finally </span>the successful applicant will be notified by phone and the others by email.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> </p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Note that<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(255, 51, 153); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>First </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>and<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> firstly </span>have the same meaning but <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">firstly </span>is a little more formal.</span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"At first" is not an adverb and has a different meaning from <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">first </span>and<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> firstly</span>. It refers to an early stage of something. For example:</span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I started working for a big company last year. At first, it was difficult to remember people's names but now I know nearly everyone.</span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 72pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I didn't like him at first but now we get on well together.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Similarly, 'at last' is not an adverb. It has a similar meaning to <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">finally</span> but emphasises that something has taken a very long time:</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 35.45pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>I looked everywhere for him. At last, I found him in the canteen.</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Here's the train - at last!</span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>Then </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>has the same meaning as <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">next </span>in this context.</span></b></p></span><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br> </p></html> ====='During'===== <html><p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'During' is a <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">preposition</span> and is not used in the same way as <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">for</span> to talk about duration:<!--?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /--></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;'><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He worked here during three years. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><img height="149" id="40" style="width: 21px; height: 16px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: red; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-indent: 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> He worked here <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">for</span> three years. <img height="111" id="39" style="width: 22px; height: 15px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"></span></b><span lang="EN-US"></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b> </p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>'During' is used in these ways:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: rgb(255, 51, 153);"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(255, 51, 153); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">1.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To talk about something that happens throughout a period of time:<span style="color: rgb(0, 176, 80);"></span></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: rgb(0, 176, 80); line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>This restaurant is open during the day. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><img height="111" id="39" style="width: 22px; height: 15px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>[from some time in the morning until the evening]</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>The restaurant was open during one day last week. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><img height="149" id="40" style="width: 21px; height: 16px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>The restaurant was open <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">for </span>one day last week. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"> <img height="111" id="39" style="width: 22px; height: 15px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='color: red; line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">2.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To talk about a more specific period:</span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm; mso-add-space: auto;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>During the company's first two years, it was successful. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><img height="111" id="39" style="width: 22px; height: 15px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/39_db7196aad25f86da510b9bb08610a187.jpg"></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>During two years, the company was successful. </span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span lang="EN-US"><img height="149" id="40" style="width: 21px; height: 16px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/40_457126aaf23a65c1331eea83d27fb7c4.jpg"></span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'></span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -18pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Arial;'><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">3.<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'> </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>To talk about something that happened at an unspecified point within a period of time:</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>She was born during the Second World War.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>I sometimes wake up during the night.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 2cm;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>He called me during the meeting.</span></b> </p> <p> </p></html> =====Examples===== <html><p><img height="112" id="35" style="width: 113px; height: 91px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/35_02b2983305accbccc180d10e0b4814ba.jpg"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>Three weeks <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ago</span>, we went to London <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">for</span> the weekend.</strong></span></p><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'></span> <p><img height="114" id="1082" style="width: 119px; height: 90px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1082_c86fbb934d2f3e4fa0c098a2b9a5a4a2.png"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>We couldn't find Jodi this morning. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">First</span> we looked in her office. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">Then </span>we tried the boardroom and <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">finally</span> found her in the canteen.</span></b></p><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'><p><img height="225" id="419" style="width: 90px; height: 111px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/419_587d0b05a869d02fb0b441ae94c873c0.jpg"> <span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>The figures have been better <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">lately</span> but we haven't reached our targets <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">yet</span>.</strong></span></p><p><img height="196" id="459" style="width: 87px; height: 110px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/459_218a6cd9d2c1a77cce861951e2e8baa1.png"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"It's lovely to see you again. What have you been doing <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">since</span> last time?"</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"Well, I got promoted <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">recently</span> so I've been travelling a lot. How about you?"</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"I'm <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">still</span> based here at the moment but I'm moving to the London office <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">later</span> this year."</span></b></p><p><img height="193" id="1827" style="width: 96px; height: 120px;" alt="Image" src="http://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1827_06bc534027e7895653334a988b5177f0.jpg"> <b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"Here's the agenda. I've <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">just </span>finished it."</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"Thanks. How<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);"> long </span>will the meeting last, do you think?"</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'>"Not <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">long </span>- I've got to go straight to the airport <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">afterwards </span>so we're finishing <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">earlier </span>than usual."</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";'> </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style='line-height: 107%; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'>"Great - see you <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">later</span>."</span></b></p></span><p><br></p></html> [[en:grammar:home|{{ :file_-_back_3_.png?150 }}]]