1. Time Signals
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Time signals are important because they make the order of events easier to follow.

2. Rule
Example
By + specific time
By 2:00 I had a stomach ache
From + specific time + through+ specific time
From 12:00 through 1:45 I ate candy
From + Specific time + to Specific time
From 1:45 to 2:00 I slept on the couch
since + specific time
Since 2:15 I have had to clean the house
After + specific time
After 5:00 I am going to walk my dogs
During + specific time
During the afternoon while I cleaned the house I listened to music

3. Over the past
Over the past 20 years immigration has increased
Next
In the next 10 years immigration is likely to decrease
Last + time period
Last week my daughter moved away
For + time period
For now, I am saving money to go visit her

4. Adverbs of Time Already Always Ever Just Lately Never Now Recently
Since
Yet
The first time
The last time

5. Frequency
Adverb of Frequency
Example Sentence
100%
always
I always go to bed before 11pm.
90%
usually
I usually have cereal for breakfast.
80%
normally / generally
I normally go to the gym.
70%
often* / frequently
I often surf the internet.
50%
sometimes
I sometimes forget my wife's birthday.
30%
occasionally
I occasionally eat junk food.
10%
seldom
I seldom read the newspaper. 5%
hardly ever / rarely
I hardly ever drink alcohol. 0%
never
I never swim in the sea.

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7. ** Avoid Common Mistakes **
Use the with over and in
Over the past few years…..
In the next week…..

8. Frequency adverbs are placed between the main verb and the be verb
The traffic is always bad
He has never seen so much traffic