Hi,
is it true that certain time adverbs can only be used with certain tenses?
I think you should look at each adverb and think a little more carefully about whether you can use it with another tense. Try to make some sentences. I just went through and thought of the following examples. Maybe you can think of more.
Best wishes, Clive
1. simple present : with frequency adverbs, on Sundays..., in the mornings..., everyday, every Sunday/summer... Last year, I called my mother every day.
2. present continuous: now, at the moment, at present, currently, Last year, I called my mother every day. Now, I don't call her.
3. simple past: freuency adverbs, yesterday, last week..., two days...ago, in 1999, at 7 o'clock, for, lately, recently I was watching TV yesterday, ewhen my mother called.
4. present perfect: frequency adverbs, now, just, already, yet, since, for, recently, lately, so far, up to/till now, as yet, to date, for the past two weeks..., in the last two weeks..., I had just gone to bed when my mother called.
5. simple future: tomorrow, next week...on Monday, I called my mother on Monday.