Topic: The time / Daily Activities or routines / Events

Teacher: Hernando Vega Arias

READ AND LISTEN (fundamentals; unit 5; page 36)

EXERCISES
A. MATCH THE TIMES TO THE DIGITS:

a. 8:15 ____ twelve p.m.

b. 24:00 ____ ten past five
c. 12:00 ____ a quarter after eight
d. 05:10 ____ twenty five past nine
e. 21:25 ____ a quarter to ten
f. 09:45 ____ twelve o’clock a.m.

What’s the time? Write the correct time

8: 35 pm 7: 15 am
11: 45 am 4: 18 pm
2:00 pm 3: 30 am
6: 03 am 9: 55 pm
 DAYS OF THE WEEK AND MONTHS OF THE YEAR

Questions about time

i. What time is it? It’s twenty past three .
ii. What time is the party? it’s at ten thirty .
iii. What day is the concert? It’s on Friday .
iv. When is the surgery? it’s at eight o’clock / it’s in November

Listen to the dates, and then circle the dates on the calendar (fundamentals; unit 5; page 40)

 A preposition of time is a preposition that allows you to discuss a specific time period such as a date on
the calendar, one of the days of the week, or the actual time something takes place.
  At – This preposition of time is used to discuss clock times, and other very specific time frames
including exceptions, such as “at night.” “at noon” “at midnight”
 In - This preposition of time is used to discuss months, seasons, years, centuries, general times
of day (in the morning, etc), and longer periods of time such as “in the past.”
 On - This preposition of time is used to discuss days of the week or portions of days (on Friday
night), specific dates, and special days such as “on New Year’s Day” ”on weekends”

Exercises
Directions: Complete the sentences with prepositions of time, in; at or on
a) We have class ______ eleven o’clock.
b) My graduation ceremony is ______ July 4.
c) Tom has class ______ the morning, and he works ______ the afternoon.
d) I like to study ______ midnight.
e) _____ 2.001, I graduated from school.
f) Mary was born ______ October.
g) My trip is _____ summer.
h) Mary was born ______ October 28, 1987.
i) The bank isn’t open ______ Sundays.
j) The bank closes ______ 5:00 p.m.