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TIME WORDS - Coggle Diagram
TIME WORDS
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Basic time words
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2 weeks in a fortnight
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24 hours in a day
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7 days in a week
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60 minutes in an hour (We say an hour)
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52 weeks in a year
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60 seconds in a minute
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12 months in a year
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100 years in a century
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365 days in a year
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Days of the week
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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
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The names of the days always begin with a capital letter in English.
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Saturday + Sunday = the weekend
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We say on + days of the week: on Monday, on Saturday, ...
:star: Ex: I saw her on Friday, on Tuesday evening.
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We say at + the weeken: I went to the cinema at the weekend.
(người mỹ dùng on the weekend)
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Monday (before 12 a.m.) = Monday morning
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Monday (between 12 a.m. and 6 p.m.) = Monday afternoon
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Monday (after 6 p.m.) = Monday evening
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Months and seasons
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The names of the months always begin with a capital letter in English.
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Some countries have four seasons: spring, summer, autumn (or fall), and winter.
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Months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, Octuber, November, December.
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We say in + months/ seasons: in July, in December, in (the) spring, ...
:star: Ex: My birthday is in July./ Birds sing in (the) spring.
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Time in relation to now
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two years (1994 1996)
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for two years (from 1994 to 1996)
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last year/ last week/ last Saturday
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next year/ next week/ next summer
:star: Ex: It is July now./ Last month it was June./ Next month it will be August.
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It is 10 o'clock now.
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I got up 2 hours ago, at 8 o'clock.
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An hour ago it was 9 o'clock.
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When we talk about time in general, we talk about the past, the present and the future. We talk about the past, the present and the future forms of the verb,
:star: Ex: In the past people didn't have television./ People may travel to Mars in the future.
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Now means at this moment. Then means at another moment (usually in the past).
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I'll be with you in a moment. (= a very short time)
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Jane's in Paris at the moment. (= now)
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See you soon! (= in a short time)
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We met recently. (= not long ago)
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Frequency adverbs
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Always <= usually <= often <= sometimes <= now and then <= occasionally <= not often <= hardly ever (almost never) <= rarely <= never.
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Notice the use of a in these expressions of frequency.
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once (= one time) a week, twice (two times) a day, three times a year, four times a month,
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