TELLING THE

TIME TEACHER

Camila Rodriguez

In English, we can ask for

the time in two ways:

What time is it?

What's the time?
Also, we can answer to
these questions in different
ways beginning with:

It is...
It's...
HOUR + MINUTES
#1
It's twelve fifteen.

It's two tirthy.

It's six tirthy.

It's ten o'clock.

HOUR + MINUTES
What time is it?
#1
A B

C D
HOUR + MINUTES
B
#1
A

It's five ten. It's nine twenty.

C D

It's two o'clock. It's nine thirty.

 MINUTES + HOUR #2
TO PAST
We count the We count the
missing minutes minutes that
for the next hour. passed.
MINUTES + HOUR
It's .... o'clock
#2
It's five to... It's five past...

It's ten to... It's ten past...

It's quarter to... It's quarter past...

It's twenty to... It's twenty past...

It's twenty-five to... It's twenty-five past...

It's half past...
 Match the rules with examples a-g #2
At full hours we use "o'clock" a. (7:15) It's (a) quarter past seven.
For minutes 1-30 we use "past" after
the minutes b. (3:30) It's half past three.

For minutes 31-59 we use "to" after

c. (12:45) It's (a) quarter to one.
the minutes
When it is 15 minutes past the hour d. (09:00) It's nine o'clock.
we normally say "(a) quarter past"
When it is 15 minutes before the e. (02:35) It's twenty-five to three.
hour we normally say "(a) quarter to"
When it is 30 minutes past the hour
f. (11:20) It's twenty past eleven.
we normally say "half past"
 #1 #2

HOUR + MINUTES MINUTES + HOUR

It's twelve fifteen. It's quarter past

twelve.
 at + time 12:00
For 12:00 there are four
Use at + time when giving expressions in English:
the time of a specific event. twelve o'clock
midday - noon
The English class starts at 7 o'clock.
midnight

12-hour clock Time expressions

We don't normally use the 24-hour clock in We can use time expression to indicate
English. We use a.m. for the morning and
the moment of the day.
p.m. for the afternoon and night.

3am = Three o'clock in the morning. in the morning in the evening

in the afternoon at night
3pm = Three o'clock in the afternoon.
Complete the clock with the correct words:

e)

d) c) a)

b)
Online Activity - Match the phrases with the clock.

https://wordwall.net/resource/42617927
Online Activity - Choose the correct option.

https://wordwall.net/resource/38560485
Online Activity - Choose the correct alternative.

https://wordwall.net/resource/35503435
Online Activity - Tell the time in two ways.

https://wordwall.net/resource/38553573
Online Activity - Team 1 vs Team 2

https://www.baamboozle.com/game/17125
 ANY
QUESTIONS?
TEACHER

Camila Rodriguez