Monday, April 30, 2007

Teaching Tips & Ideas - Part 4

TIME ADVERBIALS WITHOUT PREPOSITIONS

1 - A preposition is not used if the time phrase is preceded by an adjective.
e.g. I saw her last Sunday.
We are gointo Chicago next month.
I'll be nineteen next November.

2 - This Morning, This afternoon, This Evening are usual:
Tonight, This night may be said but it is not in common use.
That Night can be used with referencee to the past.
I happened ten years ago on the night of October 30th. The day
had been cloudy and hazy. That night there was a violent thunderstrm
and it poured all night long.

3 - We say Last Night - but Yesterday Evening Yesterday Morning
are more often heard.

4 - Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow are also adverbs and so do not take a preposition:
e.g. She will call him Tomorrow
Mary called to see her mother Yesterday.
They promised to come for dinner Today.

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