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WHAT
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1 Warm up

Look at the numbers and match them with words that have the same or a similar sound.

1 one me 7 seven late

2 two son 8 eight fine

3 three new 9 nine eleven

4 four more 10 ten seven

5 five chicks 11 eleven shelves

6 six I’ve 12 twelve men

Now practice saying these words and numbers:

15 fifteen 20 twenty 30 thirty 40 forty 50 fifty

2 Listening

Listen to two conversations and decide where the people are.

Conversation 1: at home / in the street / at work

Conversation 2: at home / in the street / at work

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Listen to the conversations again and match these items with their times. One item is extra in each
conversation.

Conversation 1

1. the time now: a. half past three

2. a meeting: b. nine o’clock

3. lunch: c. ten o’clock

4. a train: d. three o’clock

5. extra: e. two o’clock

Conversation 2

1. the time now: a. eight o’clock

2. dinner: b. half past eight

3. a TV show: c. half past seven

4. his uncle stops work: d. seven o’clock

5. extra: e. ten o’clock

3 Language point

Study these sentences and answer the question below.

Do you have the time? Yes, it’s seven.

What time is the meeting? The meeting is at ten o’clock.

When is the TV show that we want to watch? It’s at eight o’clock.

We use these sentences to ask and answer questions about the time.
Choose one option:

• There are three / four ways to make questions about the time.
• We use at / on to say the time of an event.

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When the time is exactly on the hour we use o’clock.

It’s twelve o’clock.

We can also just say: It’s twelve.

We do not usually use the 24-hour clock in English.

Choose one option:

There is one way / are two ways to say the time when it’s exactly on the hour.

We also use these phrases to say what time it is.

It’s a quarter past seven. It’s half past four. It’s a quarter to one.

It’s seven fifteen. It’s four thirty. It’s twelve forty-five

• A quarter means ten / fourteen / fifteen minutes, when we talk about the time.
• A half means thirty / thirteen / three minutes, when we talk about the time.

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We can also say:

It’s five past seven. It’s twenty past ten. It’s twenty to three. It’s five to nine.

Choose one option:

• Past means before / after the hour.

• To means before / after the hour.

4 Practice

Complete the questions and answers about the time. Write one word in each space.

What’s the 1
Do you What time is
Do 3
you have the it 7 ? It’s seven
time? It’s quarter have 5 the time?
time? Yes, it’s five
to 2 five. Yes, it’s half fourty 8
-five.
O’clock4 . 6
past eleven.

9
Do you have Do you What time What
have 11 is 13 15
the time? Yes, it’s nine the time, it? It is the time? It’s
thirty 10 . please? It’s two is 14
eleven. a quarter
fifteen 12 . past 16 seven.

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5 Speaking
Read Conversation 1 and decide which option is correct: A or B.

A B prompts

student 1 Do you got the time? Do you have the do / time

time?

student 2 Yes, it has three Yes, it’s three o’clock. 3:00

o’clock.

student 1 What time is our What time is our class time / English class
English class? English?

student 2 It’s on four. It’s at four. 4:00

student 1 When is the break? When be the break? when / break

student 2 The break is at half to The break is at half 5:30

five. past five.

The class starts again The class starts again 5:45

at quarter to six. at fifteen to six.

student 1 We has time for a We have time for a time / coffee

coffee. coffee.

Work in pairs to read the correct conversation out loud. Then cover columns A and B and use
the words in the column on the right to help you repeat the conversation.
Now try Conversation 2 in the same way.

A B prompts

businessman 1 Mike, do you have the Mike, do you got the got / time
time? time?

businessman 2 It’s at half past seven. It’s half past seven. 7:30

businessman 1 When is the train? When does the train? when / train

businessman 2 It’s quarter to nine. It’s at quarter to nine. 8:45

businessman 1 . I have time to call my I have time to call my time / call / wife /
wife. She stops work wife. She stops work stop 6:00
at six. on six.

businessman 2 The bar closes at The bar closes at closes / 8:15

quarter past eight. quarter after eight.

businessman 1 We have time a drink. We have time for a time / drink

drink.

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6 Extra practice/homework

Read the sentences and draw the hands on the clocks to show the time.

Example: Breakfast is at eight o’clock.

a b c

d e f

g h i

a. The train leaves at twenty past five.

b. The children come home from school at quarter past four.
c. I always call my sister at five to nine.
d. My TV show is at eight-thirty.
e. The meeting starts at half-past eleven.
f. The bank opens at quarter to ten.
g. The shops close their doors at six twenty-five.
h. We have lunch at twelve.
i. It’s ten past two right now.

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7 Optional extension

These numbers can sound the same: thirteen (13) and thirty (30). We can be sure of the meaning
when we get the syllable stress right:

• thirteen (13) - the last syllable is stressed

• thirty (30) – the first syllable is stressed

Stressed syllables are pronounced more strongly. Underline the stressed syllables in the table below.
Then practice saying all these numbers with the correct syllable stress.

A - last syllable stress B - first syllable stress

13 thir-teen 30 thir-ty

14 four-teen 40 for-ty

15 fif-teen 50 fif-ty

16 six-teen 60 six-ty

17 se-ven-teen 70 se-ven-ty

18 eigh-teen 80 eigh-ty

19 nine-teen 90 nine-ty

Work in pairs. Say one of the numbers for your partner. Listen and decide which number you hear –
you can write the number or say if it’s group A or group B in the table.

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Transcripts

2. Listening

Dialogue 1: In the office

Female: David, do you have the time?

Male: Yes, it’s nine o’clock.

Female: Thanks. What time is the meeting?

Male: The meeting is at ten o’clock.

Female: OK. Do we have time for a coffee before the meeting?

Male: Good idea. Lunch is at two o’clock.

Female: That’s pretty late. My train is at three-thirty. I hope I have time for lunch!

Dialogue 2: At home

Male: Do you have the time, love?

Female: Yes, it’s seven.

Male: When is the TV show that we want to watch?

Female: It’s at eight o’clock.

Male: And when’s dinner?

Female: Dinner’s at half past seven.

Male: I need to call my uncle. Do I have time before dinner?

Female: Yes, but he’s not at home now. He stops work at ten o’clock.

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Key

1. Warm up

5 mins.
Call attention to the header image showing someone looking at their watch and tell students that the topic of
the lesson is telling the time. First, they need to check that they know the numbers one to twelve and how to
pronounce and spell them. Explain the matching task, which is based on pronunciation, and demonstrate the first
item with the students.
You could point out the (often) irregular relationship between sound and spelling in English and encourage students
to say the numbers and words out loud to find the pairs, as relying on spelling can be a poor strategy. Give
students a couple of minutes to complete both sections of the task for numbers 1-12 and then check answers.
Drill pronunciation of all the numbers, including the higher numbers at the end of the exercise.
1-12: 1 son, 2 new, 3 me, 4 more, 5 I’ve, 6 chicks, 7 eleven/seven, 8 late, 9 fine, 10 men, 11 seven/eleven, 12
shelves

2. Listening

10 mins.
Call attention to the introduction to set the context and then go over the instructions for the first listening task.
Play the dialogues and check answers with the class. For the second listening task, students can work in pairs to
read through the sentences and try to remember the missing information to match, but one item is extra. Play the
recording a second time for them to check.
1. at work 2. at home

Conversation 1:
a. b b. c c. e d. a e. d

Conversation 2:
a. d b. c c. a d. e e. b

3. Language point

10 mins.
Have students focus on the sentences, explanations and examples. Go through the questions one by one, nominating
a different student to answer each question, to clarify the rules. It may be helpful to use students’ L1, if your class
is monolingual, to translate quarter/past/to. Although there are some regional variations in talking about the time,
all of these phrases will be useful for interacting with native speakers and other English learners around the world.
Drill the example questions and answers with the class and remind students that contractions are used in virtually
all informal speech.
1. four 2. at

1. are two ways

1. fifteen
2. thirty

1. after

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2. before

4. Practice

10 mins.
Do number one as an example with the whole class. Students work alone and then check answers in pairs before
going over the answers with the whole class. Students should not write numerals; they should write words. If you
have time, students could cover the exercises/answers and ask and answer questions about the clocks in pairs.
NOTE: If students are finding this difficult, skip the speaking stage and do the extra practice/homework exercises
in class for additional support.
1. the
2. to
3. Do
4. o’clock
5. have
6. past
7. it
8. forty
9. Do
10. thirty
11. have
12. fifteen
13. is
14. ’s
15. ’s
16. past

5. Speaking

13 mins.
In this stage, students will activate the vocabulary and grammar from the lesson in a speaking activity with two
stages. Go over the instructions for the first stage of the activity. Give students a few minutes to work alone
to choose the correct option for each line of dialogue. Encourage students to look back at the worksheet for
support if they need to. After a few minutes, check answers with the class, and then ask students to read out the
correct dialogue in pairs. Then students cover the table except for the column on the right and use the prompts to
reconstruct the dialogue. Monitor and support students as necessary and correct and drill any mistakes you hear.
Repeat these instructions for Conversation 2.
1. Do you have the time?
2. Yes, it’s three o’clock.
3. What time is our English class?
4. It’s at four.
5. When is the break?
6. The break is at half past five.
7. The class starts again at quarter to six.
8. We have time for a coffee.

Answers to the second table:

9. Mike, do you have the time?

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10. It’s half past seven.

11. When is the train?
12. It’s at quarter to nine.
13. I have time to call my wife. She stops work at six
14. The bar closes at quarter past eight.
15. We have time for a drink.

6. Extra practice/homework

2 mins to explain.
These exercises can be assigned for homework or used instead of the speaking activity if the class needs more
support. If you use these for homework, make sure that you mark the exercises in a future class, or collect them
from students and mark them yourself outside class. If you prefer, you can make the answers available to students,
and they can check their own answers. The answers are given as digital times – monitor student drawings for
accuracy.
a. 5:20 b. 4:15 c. 8:55 d. 8:30 e. 11:30 f. 9:45 g. 6:25 h. 12:00 i. 2:10

7. Optional extension

10 mins.
These exercises are designed as a cooler activity if you have time in your lesson. In this activity, students can
practice saying higher numbers and develop accuracy in listening and pronunciation. Go over the introduction
and drill the difference clearly. Then give students a few minutes to underline stressed syllables, check answers,
and drill some more. The pattern is that the teens have final syllable stress, while the tens have first syllable stress.
Finally, students can practice speaking and listening in pairs - demonstrate the activity for them first.

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