B01
core
Context
Time
Time Point / Time Span
When does it happen?
basic
Time adverbial
Temporal phrase
Significado
The time location of an event or state: a point, period, date, moment, duration, or time frame.
Como identificar
Find words that place the event on a timeline.
Exemplos
Palavras
today|yesterday|now|tomorrow|week|year
Frases
last night|in two hours|for three days
Frase
We met yesterday.
Visual guide
Basic shape
Timeline
past ─ yesterday ─ now ─ tomorrow
▲
We met
Span: for three days
Frame: last night
Compare shape
Time can be a: POINT: yesterday / now SPAN: for three days OFFSET: in two hours FRAME: last night Forms may be adverb, case, preposition, particle, tense.
Vista por língua
Na tua língua materna
Português
Presença
strong
Importância
Time is expressed with adverbs, prepositional phrases, dates, and article-based expressions.
Nós nos vimos ontem.
We saw each other yesterday.
Na tua língua de aprendizagem
Inglês
Presença
strong
Dificuldade
English uses time adverbs and prepositions such as at, on, in, for, and since to locate events in time.
I arrived at six yesterday.
at six yesterday = time point/span
Dificuldade comum de quem aprende
Learners often mix up at/on/in, for/since, and word order of time expressions.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.