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Used with verbs:
"
She was early for class so she waited outside."
(be: was/were, came, arrived, showed up)
"
It seems early for snow."
(seems, feels, be: is/am/are)
Used with adverbs:
"
She arrived extremely early for her appointment and the door was still locked."
(extremely, very, too)
"
She was a little early and the doctor wasn't ready."
(a little, a bit, slightly)
"
The baby learned to talk at an unusually early age."
(unusually, surprisingly)
Used with nouns:
"
My neighborhood is noisy in the early morning."
(morning, afternoon, evening)
"
We will meet again in the early winter."
(winter, spring, summer, fall, autumn)
"
I'm very hungry now because I had an early lunch."
(lunch, breakfast, dinner, supper)
"
The early detection saved a lot of money."
(detection, resolution, completion)
Used with prepositions:
"
It's too early for dinner."
(for)
"
He wakes up early in the morning."
(in)
