Adverbs of Time or Place worksheet - Free Printable

Let’s go step by step to fill in each gap with the correct adverb of time from the box.

We have these options:
- after soon
- early
- late
- tonight
- this year
- last night
- last year
- this week
- this morning

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(1) “When Sam woke up (1) ______ he was very tired.”
→ He just woke up, and it’s probably still morning. The best fit is this morning.
✔ (1) = this morning

(2) “He went to bed at 10 o’clock (2) ______ and hadn’t slept enough.”
→ If he woke up this morning tired, he must have gone to bed recently — likely last night.
✔ (2) = last night

(3) “The bus leaves (3) ______ and you’ll miss it.”
→ His mom is rushing him now — so the bus leaves very soon. But “soon” isn’t alone — we have “after soon”? Wait — looking again: the box says “after soon” as one option? That doesn’t make sense. Let me recheck the original box:

Actually, looking carefully — the box has:

> after
> soon
> early
> late
> tonight
> this year
> last night
> last year
> this week
> this morning

Wait — maybe “after” and “soon” are separate? But they’re written on the same line. Hmm. Actually, in many worksheets, sometimes words are grouped for space. Let me assume they are all separate unless combined meaningfully.

But “after soon” isn’t a real phrase. Probably it’s two separate words: “after” and “soon”. But “after” what? It needs an object. So maybe “soon” is the right word here.

“The bus leaves soon” makes perfect sense.

✔ (3) = soon

*(Note: if “after soon” was meant to be one item, it wouldn’t work grammatically. So I’ll treat them as separate.)*

(4) “(4) ______ eating breakfast, Sam ran to the bus stop...”
→ This means *after* he ate breakfast. So “After” fits perfectly.
✔ (4) = After

(5) “This is the second time (5) ______ that you are...”
→ She’s talking about recent events — Monday morning was this week. So “this week” fits.
✔ (5) = this week

(6) “...that you are (6) ______ for school.”
→ He’s late again. Title is “Late again”, teacher is cross → he’s late.
✔ (6) = late

(7) “I think the bus left (7) ______ . That’s why I missed it.”
→ He’s making an excuse — maybe he thinks it left earlier than usual? Or perhaps “early”? But contextually, he might say it left “early” to blame someone else.
Alternatively, could it be “soon”? No — he already missed it.
“Early” makes sense — he’s saying the bus left before its normal time.
✔ (7) = early

(8) “I think you should go to bed at 7 pm (8) ______ to make sure you sleep enough.”
→ Teacher is giving advice for tonight or future nights. “Tonight” fits — start tonight.
✔ (8) = tonight

(9) “...for the rest of (9) ______ until December.”
→ Until December — so we’re talking about the current year. “This year” fits.
✔ (9) = this year

(10) “From now on, I will try to be as good as I was (10) ______ in Mr Blake’s class.”
→ He’s comparing to past behavior. Could be “last year” — common comparison point.
✔ (10) = last year

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Now let’s double-check all answers against the story flow:

1. Woke up this morning → tired ✔️
2. Went to bed at 10 last night → didn’t sleep enough ✔️
3. Bus leaves soon → hurry! ✔️
4. After eating breakfast → ran to stop ✔️
5. Second time this week → happened Monday too ✔️
6. You are late for school ✔️
7. Bus left early → excuse ✔️
8. Go to bed at 7pm tonight → start fresh ✔️
9. Rest of this year → until December ✔️
10. As good as I was last year → past reference ✔️

All fit logically and grammatically.

Final Answer:
(1) this morning
(2) last night
(3) soon
(4) After
(5) this week
(6) late
(7) early
(8) tonight
(9) this year
(10) last year