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7. The postman came yesterday.
8. She worked at the hospital for six months.
9. I will see the film later.
10. She has to leave now.
11. I saw that play last year.
12. We met them yesterday.
F. Fill in the blanks with suitable adverbs of time from the help box. Some words
may be repeated.
later yesterday last night shortly early now tomorrow
1. There was a knock on the door a few minutes .
2. , my father came home quite late. We were worried about him.
3. It rained heavily .
4. The ambulance will arrive .
5. You must leave .
6. My favourite programme starts .
7. Will you be home ?
8. I am a little busy. I’ll call you .
9. Let’s leave . We don’t want to miss the train.
Read these sentences.
y We seldom meet each other.
y The magazine comes bimonthly.
y Nirvaan is often late for work.
These highlighted adverbs tell us how often an action happens. They are often used
to indicate routine or repeated activities and are commonly used with the simple
present tense.
Adverbs that tell us about the frequency of an action are called adverbs of
frequency.
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