Contoh Soal Grammar Review , Adverbs of Time

English language learners often find some confusion in using English when it comes to tenses. Tenses in English requires the changes on the form of the verbs to convey different timeline, different meanings. In Indonesian language where this concept of changing time changing verb does not exist, some English learners find it problematic yet challenging to adapt the ideas.
However, it is important to use tenses because, as mentioned, they convey different meaning. Look at the sentences below to get some ideas about it.

In the second sentence the speaker uses the past verb *“had” which conveys the past situation in which the speaker once had one sister, in the past. But now?

We can also convey an order of some events by using tenses, and by using what we call adverb of time. Look at the sentence below.

Based on the example above, the first event occurred is Diana finished her meal, and the second one is Fanya arrived home. We will come back for more details in this example later.

Adverbs of time are the words that change or categorize the sentences’ meanings by conveying the time when certain events happen. Adverbs of time describe when, for how long, and how often a certain action happen. Here, we are going to focus on some adverbs of time which help describe some event in the past. Look at the list of adverbs of time below.