To say what day of the week it is, use It’s …
‘What day is it today?’ ‘It’s Thursday.’
It’s Wednesday today, isn’t it?
When saying which day something happens or will happen, use on …
I’m going to Dublin on Sunday.
It’s my birthday on Tuesday.
I don’t work on Fridays.
To say what time of a particular day something happens, use on … morning/afternoon/evening/night.
I’m going to the garage on Tuesday morning.
I’ll see you on Friday afternoon.
What are you doing on Saturday night?
To say that you do something all Mondays/Saturdays, etc. use every …
He plays golf every Saturday.
They go to the same café every Saturday morning.
To say that you do something one Wednesday/week, etc. and then not the next Wednesday/week, etc. and that it continues in this way, use every other …
He has the children every other weekend.
We play football every other Saturday.
To make it clear which Monday/Wednesday, etc. you are talking about, use last … , this … or next …
I’m going on holiday this Tuesday.
I sent you the photos last Friday.
Would next Friday be better for you?
To talk about a particular time the day after today, use tomorrow …
I’m seeing her tomorrow evening.
I’ve got to be up early tomorrow morning.
We’re going to a party tomorrow night.
To talk about a particular time the day before today, use yesterday … Note that if you want to talk about the night that belonged to yesterday, you use last night and not ‘yesterday night’.
It happened yesterday morning.
We were out yesterday afternoon.
I saw him last night.
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