Don't forget to use...

in + month or year- In March, In 2003

on + date (with the year or without it) or day of the week- On April 2, On March 3, 1999, On Saturday

at + clock time, midnight, noon- At 3:30 p.m., At 4:01, At noon

Remember also...

in + season- In the summer, In the winter

in + morning, afternoon, evening- In the morning, In the evening

at + night- At night

Ill and sick are both adjectives that mean ‘not in good health’. We use both ill and sick after a verb such as be, become, feel, look or seem:

I was ill for a time last year, but I’m fine now.

Nancy looks ill. I wonder what’s wrong with her.

I felt sick and had to go home at lunchtime.

We can use sick before a noun but we don’t normally use ill before a noun:

She’s been looking after a sick child this week, so she’s not at work.

Not: … an ill child …

Note that to be sick means ‘to vomit’ in British English. In American English it means more generally ‘to be unwell’.

When someone isn’t feeling well it’s quite probable that they will declare that they are sick or ill. Although both can be used to describe
feeling unwell, these two words can have slightly different meanings. Do you know the different between sick and il

Sick
‘Sick’ can be used when someone is physically sick and vomits. For example:
“She has eaten bad food and she has just been sick.”

It is also common for someone suffering from nausea to be labeled ‘sick’. There are many examples of this including ‘seasick’, ‘carsick’ and
‘airsick’. Someone might say for example:
“I don’t like going long distances in the car because I get carsick.”

In some cases, ‘sick’ can be used when someone is bored of something. An example of this would be:
“I am sick of eating salad. I’ve eaten it every day this week.”

Ill
We use ‘ill’ when discussing feeling unwell in general. In the UK, we tend to use ‘ill’ when referring to actual physical ailments.

Diseases and ailments that require medical treatment or hospitalization are more often referred to as an ‘illness’. For example:
“Sarah is ill in hospital with a chest infection”.
In summary, for minor illnesses or vague illnesses you can use ‘sick’, while for more serious illnesses you would probably use ‘ill’. If you
follow this rule, then it will be easier for you to accurately describe how you or someone else is feeling.

What is the difference between the words pain, ill, ache, sick andhurt?

PAIN and ACHE

Both of these words are most commonly used as nouns. They refer to unpleasant sensations that you feel in your body, although they are
slightly different feelings. A pain is usually used to refer to a kind of sharp discomfort that is difficult to ignore. For example:
Yesterday I suddenly felt a lot of pain in my stomach. I was taken to hospital where they discovered I had appendicitis.

Ache is similar to pain, but it usually is used to refer to a duller kind of discomfort that may continue for longer than a pain might. Common
examples are:
headache, stomach ache, backache and heartache

Note that heartache is used to refer to a kind of emotional pain, for example if you are in love with someone and they are not treating you
well you can say:

He is causing me a lot of heartache.

Less commonly, both pain and ache can be used as verbs. Pain in this form means to cause someone unhappiness. Note that you cannot use
pain in the progressive or continuous form in standard UK or US English.

It pains me to think of you being so unhappy with your life – meaning it makes me feel unhappy that you are so sad.

You can also use ache as a verb. Unlike pain, ache can be used in the progressive form. For example:

My back is really aching.

I wish my leg would stop hurting, it really aches.

Interestingly, you can also use the expression aches and pains to refer to a general feeling of being unwell. Now let’s have a look
atsick and ill.

SICK and ILL

Both of these words are most commonly used as adjectives, as in:

I feel sick.
Ed had to leave school early because he was ill.
In American English, these two words have more or less the same meaning – they refer to a feeling of being unwell, whatever the problem
might be. On the other hand, in British English, they have more distinct meanings. Sick most commonly refers to feeling as if you are going to
vomit, as in:
I think I’m going to be sick.

…while ill refers to any other feeling of being unwell. However, there are some phrases which are commonly used where sick has a more
general meaning. For example:

I’ve been off sick for ten days – meaning I haven’t been to work/school for ten days because I’ve been feeling unwell.

Sick can also be used as a noun to refer to vomit. For example:

If you have children, you can be sure that you will have to clear up some sick at least once during their childhood.

HURT

Hurt is a little bit different to the others in that it is commonly used as a verb and an adjective and, less commonly, as a noun. Of the above
words, hurt is probably most similar to pain and ache and it can also mean the same as injure or injured. The key difference
between hurt and pain and ache is that usually if you are hurt, it means the discomfort you experience is clearly caused by something outside
of yourself. However, pain and ache suggest a more internal reason for the unpleasant physical feeling. Here are two examples:
Be careful on that ladder, you might hurt yourself if you fall – here it is used as a verb

He was badly hurt in the train crash – here it is used as an adjective

When it’s used as a noun, hurt usually refers to some emotional pain. For example:

When he told her he wanted a divorce she could hear a lot of hurt in his voice.

As you can see, the five words we have discussed here are similar in their general meaning but are quite different in their specific use. I hope
it' s b
The first conditional shows that something could possibly happen. Its structure is like this:
If + subject + present tense (or present progressive) ----,subject + will/may/can + base verb ----.

For example:

If it rains tomorrow, I will take my umbrella.

If you help me, we can finish earlier.

If the boys give the monkey a coin, it may dance for them.

Notice that each sentence above uses the present tense on the if side. But we could also use the present progressive if something is happening right
now.

If he isn't working right now, he may want to come over for dinner.

We can also change the order of the sentence and put the if side on the second half. The only difference is that there is no comma.

I will take my umbrella if it rains tomorrow.

We can finish earlier if you help me.

The monkey may dance for the boys if they give it a coin.

He may want to come over for dinner if he isn't working right now.

it clearer for you now and that my explanations haven’t hurt your head!

The first conditional shows that something could possibly happen. Its structure is like this:

If + subject + present tense (or present progressive) ----,subject + will/may/can + base verb ----.

For example:

If it rains tomorrow, I will take my umbrella.

If you help me, we can finish earlier.

If the boys give the monkey a coin, it may dance for them.

Notice that each sentence above uses the present tense on the if side. But we could also use the present progressive if something is happening right
now.

If he isn't working right now, he may want to come over for dinner.

We can also change the order of the sentence and put the if side on the second half. The only difference is that there is no comma.

I will take my umbrella if it rains tomorrow.

We can finish earlier if you help me.

The monkey may dance for the boys if they give it a coin.

He may want to come over for dinner if he isn't working right now.

The first conditional shows that something could possibly happen. Its structure is like this:

If + subject + present tense (or present progressive) ----,subject + will/may/can + base verb ----.
For example:

If it rains tomorrow, I will take my umbrella.

If you help me, we can finish earlier.

If the boys give the monkey a coin, it may dance for them.

Notice that each sentence above uses the present tense on the if side. But we could also use the present progressive if something is happening right
now.

If he isn't working right now, he may want to come over for dinner.

We can also change the order of the sentence and put the if side on the second half. The only difference is that there is no comma.

I will take my umbrella if it rains tomorrow.

We can finish earlier if you help me.

The monkey may dance for the boys if they give it a coin.

He may want to come over for dinner if he isn't working right now.