18 English lessons about the concept of 'recently'

Expressions that we use to talk about recent events include:

• lately
• recently
• these days
• over the last (time period)
• over the past (time period)
• in the last (time period)
• in the past (time period)
• nowadays

Learn the nuances of how to use each one from the example sentences below.

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11. “This is our recently built state-of-the-art laboratory facility.”

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12. “Everybody seems to be critical of the President these days, but I still believe in him.”

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13. “Yeah, well they've certainly added a lot of staff recently.”

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14. “I'm so out of touch with pop culture these days.”

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15. “It's getting harder and harder to earn a living as a photographer these days.”

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16. “Sorry, I've kind of been in my own little world lately.”

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17. “Have you noticed that Lisa's been acting a little strange lately?”

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18. “Was this renovated recently?”