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Time Words in English

Study this English vocabulary list, then practice by sorting the words in the game.

Time words in English — 37 words for days, months, seasons and parts of the day, from morning and evening to week, month, spring and winter, each with a meaning, an example sentence and audio. Learn to talk about time by sorting each word into place.

A game about putting English words where they belong. You get a word, you decide which category it is, you drop it in — and the deciding is what makes it stick. The word list is curated, ordered by how common each word really is, and limited to words that have one clear category, so every round has a right answer you can reason your way to. How it works, and what it does not claim →

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Word	Part of speech	Example
day	n.	It is a sunny day today.
evening	n.	I do my homework in the evening.
festival	n.	We eat good food at the festival.
time	n.	What time is it now?
today	n.	I am very happy today.
tomorrow	n.	We will play football tomorrow.
tonight	n.	I will read a book tonight.
week	n.	There are seven days in a week.
weekend	n.	We play football on the weekend.
winter	n.	It is very cold in winter.
year	n.	There are twelve months in a year.
yesterday	n.	I saw my friend yesterday.
night	n.	The stars come out at night.
season	n.	Spring is my favorite season.
afternoon	n.	We play games in the afternoon.
autumn	n.	Leaves fall down in autumn.
birthday	n.	Today is my birthday.
holiday	n.	We go to the beach on holiday.
hour	n.	We have one hour to play.
minute	n.	Please wait for one minute.
moment	n.	Please wait a moment.
month	n.	There are twelve months in a year.
morning	n.	I get up early in the morning.
spring	n.	Flowers grow in spring.
summer	n.	We swim in summer.
future	n.	No one can be sure what the future holds.
age	n.	Children under the age of six get in free.
period	n.	This was a difficult period in her life.
fall	n.	We pick apples every fall.
century	n.	This old church was built in the last century.
era	n.	The invention of the internet began a new era.
schedule	n.	I checked my schedule and found that I am free on Friday afternoon.
decade	n.	My parents have lived in this city for over a decade.
anniversary	n.	My parents are having dinner out for their wedding anniversary.
childhood	n.	He spent his childhood in a small village by the sea.
min	n.	The train leaves in 10 min, so we should hurry.
lifetime	n.	Meeting her was the chance of a lifetime.

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