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Contents
Goal: Telling the time................................................................................................................ 3
Vocabulary. What time is it? .......................................................................................... 3
Grammar. Telling the time....................................................................... 4
Vocabulary. Describing times before today.......................................................... 7
Vocabulary. Events................................................................................................................ 9
Goal: Talking about an event.............................................................................................. 9
Vocabulary. Days of the week.......................................................................................11
Grammar. Be questions about time... ................................................. 12
Vocabulary. Months of the year...................................................................................14
Goal: Talk about Dates...........................................................................................................14
Vocabulary. Ordinal numbers.......................................................................................16
Grammar. Prepositions of time............................................................ 17
Grammar. Prepositions of place..........................................................20
Grammar. Be questions about dates, times, and places / Prepositions at, on, in...... 23
 COURSE 2
Chapter 5, Section 1

Goal: Telling the time.

Vocabulary. What time is it?

3. 8:15
1. 2:00 2. 4:05

It’s four oh five. It’s eight fifteen.

It’s two o’clock.
It’s five minutes after four. It’s fifteen minutes after eight.
It’s a quarter past eight.
4:00 7:00 10:00
12:00 6:00 It's five minutes past four.
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4. 10:30 5. 11:40 6. 5:45

It’s ten thirty. It’s eleven forty. It’s five forty-five.

It’s half past ten. It’s twenty to twelve. It’s a quarter to six.

7. 12:00 p.m 8. 12:00 a.m.

Important:

Use the word after or past.

Use the word before or to.

It’s twelve o’clock p.m. It’s twelve o’clock a.m.

It’s noon. It’s midnight.

"medio día" "media noche"

Grammar. Telling the time.

minutes

hand
hour

small
Little hand or hour hand. Big hand or minute hand.
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BEFORE
after

O’clock
Examples:

Digital form.
Example:

It’s five o’clock. It’s nine o’clock. It’s eleven o’clock.

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Analoge form.
Example:

It´s a quarter past five

or
it´s fifteen minutes past five.

Practice. Match the clock with the correct time.

It's nine o'clock.

1.

2.It's ten minutes before one.

a. It’s twenty past seven.

b. It’s half past one.

It's twenty past seven. c. It’s nine o’clock.

3.

d. It’s ten minutes before one.

e. It’s three forty-five.

4.It's three forty-five.

5. It's half past one.

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Vocabulary. Describing times before today.

1. Late 2. On time 3. Early

It is seven thirty and the class It is seven and the class It is six forty-five and the class
starts at seven o’clock. starts at seven o’clock. starts at seven o’clock.
We are late. We are on time. We are early.

Practice. Use the vocabulary and fill in the blanks.

8:15 8:00
1. It is a quarter past eight. The cooking class is at eight o’clock. Are we late?

Yes, we are LATE.

230 300 o’clock. Are we late?
2. It’s two thirty now. The show starts at three
No, we aren't. We are EARLY
8:55 9:00
3. It’s five to nine. The movie starts at nine o’clock. Are we late?

NO, WE ARENT. WE ARE EARLY

4:45 5:00
4. It’s a quarter to five. The music class starts at five. Are we on time?

NO, WE AREN'T. WE ARE EARLY-

7:40
5. It’s twenty to eight. The show is 8:00
at eight. Are we on time?
NO, WE AREN'T. WE ARE EARLY.
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Conversation. Tell someone about an event.

A: Excuse me. What time is the speech?

B: 9:00

A: Uh-oh. Am I late?

B: No, you’re not. It’s five to nine.

A: Five to nine? CLARIFY??

B: That’s right. Don’t worry. You’re on time.

RELAX/ DON'T CHILL OUT! TAKE IT EASY
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Chapter 5, Section 2

Goal: Talking about an event.

Vocabulary. Events.

1. a concert 2. a ballet 3. a baseball game

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4. a basketball game 5. a dance 6. a dinner

7. an exhibition 8. a soccer game 9. a game

10. a movie 11. an opera 12. a party

13. a play 14. a speech / a talk 15. a volleyball game

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Practice. Unscramble the letters and write the vocabulary word.

ORDER 1. rtpya party

2. oivem

3. maeg

4. lyap play

5. ecehps

6. necad

7. ltka talk

8. onhiteixbi

9. nectroc

10. leblta

Vocabulary. Days of the week

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Grammar. Be questions about time.

What time is it ? It’s one fifteen.

Contractions :
What time is the game ? t’s at eight thirty.

What day is the party ? It’s on Saturday. What time is = What time’s
What day is = What day’s

}
When is = When’s

It’s on Saturday.

It’s at nine o’clock. Be careful !

When is the dance ?
It’s on Saturday, at 9 :00. What time is it ? NOT What time’s it ?

It’s at night. When is it ? NOT When’s it ?

Practice. Write questions about the event.

1. What time ?

2. What day ?

3. When ?

Conversation. Talking about events.

A: Hey, Bob. There’s a party on Saturday.

B: Sounds great! What time is the party?
A: 9 :30. At Benny’s Hall.
B: Really? Let’s meet at 9:15.
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Conversation. Complete the conversation about an event.
A: . There’s on .
B: ! What time ?
A: . At .
B: Really ? Let’s .

Useful expressions:
• Sounds great!
• Sounds perfect!
• Great!
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Chapter 5, Section 3

Goal: Talk about Dates.

Vocabulary. Months of the year.

1. January 2. February 3. March

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4. April 5. May 6. June

7. July 8. August 9. September

10. October 11. November 12. December

In English we write the months of the year with capital letter.

Example: June.

To say a date we use ordinal numbers.

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Vocabulary. Ordinal numbers.

1st first 11th eleventh 21st twenty - first

2nd second 12th twelfth 22nd twenty - second
3rd third 13th thirteenth 23rd twenty - third
4th fourth 14th fourteenth 30th thirtieth
5th fifth 15th fifteenth 40th fortieth
6th sixth 16th sixteenth 50th fiftieth
7th seventh 17th seventeenth 60th sixtieth
8th eighth 18th eighteenth 70th seventieth
9th ninth 19th ninteenth 80th eightieth
10th tenth 20th twentieth 90th ninetieth

Exceptions:
one - first
two - second We add th to the cardinal number:
three - third
seven - seventh
five - fifth
eight - eighth eleven – eleventh
nine - ninth
twelve – twelfth

In compound ordinal numbers, note that only the last figure is written as an ordinal number:
twenty-fifth eighty-second ninety-sixth

We add the last two letters (st, nd, rd, and th) to abbreviate ordinal numbers.

first = 1st.

second = 2nd.

third = 3rd.

fourth = 4th.

twenty-sixth = 26th.
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Practice. Match each of the ordinal numbers.

seventh 9th
first 2nd
eighth 10th
ninth 7th
second 1st
tenth 8th

Grammar. Prepositions of time.

We use:

for precise time

• at 5 o’clock
• at 5:30 P.M.
• at noon

AT
• at midnight
• at night
• at dinnertime
• at bedtime
• at sunrise
• at sunset
• at the moment

Practice.

I have a meeting 9:00 A.M.

The shop closes midnight.

Jane went home lunchtime.

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Notice the use of the preposition of time at in the following standard expressions:

Expression Example
at night The stars shine at night.

on the weekend* I usually work on the weekend.

on Christmas* I stay with my family on Christmas.

at the same time We write the message at the same time.

*Note that in some varieties of English people say “at the weekend” and “at Christmas”.

We use:

for days of the week, specific days and dates:

• on Monday

ON
• on March 12th
• on the weekend
• on a weekday
• on Mother’s Day
• on Sunday morning(s)

Practice.
My birthday is June 2nd.

I relax the weekend.

The exam is Friday.

I eat chocolates Valentine’s Day.

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We use:

for specific months, years, seasons,

centuries and lengths of time:
• in January

IN
• in 1995
• in Winter
• in the 20th century
• in 10 minutes
• in the morning
• in the afternoon
• in the evening

Practice.
My birthday is March. (I don’t mention the date, just the month)

I graduated 1987.

I go to the beach Summer.

We are the 21st. century.

The exam is 15 minutes.

Notice the use of the prepositions of time in and on in these common expressions:

In On
in the morning on Monday morning

in the mornings on Friday mornings

in the afternoon(s) on Monday afternoon(s)

in the evening(s) on Friday evening(s)

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When we say last, next, every, this we do not use at, in, on.

I went to London last June. (not in last June)

He's coming back next Tuesday. (not on next Tuesday)
I go home every Easter. (not at every Easter)
We'll call you this evening. (not in this evening)

Grammar. Prepositions of place.

We use:

to show where something is, an exact position.

• She is at the entrance.
• She’s sitting on her chair at her desk.
• We are at the bank.
• at home
• at work
• at school

AT
• at the corner
• at the bus stop
• at the door
• at the top of the page
• at 25 Bay Street.

when you mention the name of a place.

• at Miraflores Mall
• at CALUSAC

Practice.
My mother is home.

The office is 28 Petapa Avenue.

My son is school.

The salesperson is the door.

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We use:

to show where something is.

On surfaces:
• on the wall
• on the floor
• on a page
• on a menu

ON
With locations:
• on the corner
• on the right
• on the left

With names of avenues, streets or boulevards:

• on Petapa Avenue
• on Martí Street
• on Liberación Boulevard

Practice.
The stadium is Main Street.

The parking is the left.

My book is the desk.

The clock is the wall.

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We use:

when something is inside something

• in a room
• in the bathroom
• in the classroom
• in my bag
• in a car
• in the river
• in the sea

IN
• in my stomach

with geographic areas.

• in Petén
• in Guatemala
• in Central America
• in zone 12

with lines
• in the row
• in the line

Practice.

The speech is the museum.

The students are the classroom.

Guatemala is Central America.

CALUSAC is zone 12.

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Grammar. Be questions about dates, times, and places / Prepositions at, on, in.

Time and dates.

When’s the dance? It’s on September 14th.
When’s the dance? It’s in September.
When’s the dance? It’s on Saturday, September 14th.
What time is the dance? It’s at 8:00 p.m.

Place.
Where’s the dance? It’s at Jack’s Disco.
Where’s Jack’s Disco? It’s on Green Street.
Where’s Jack’s Disco? It’s at 14-30 Green Street.
Where’s Jack’s Disco? It’s in my neighborhood.

Conversation. Talk about dates.

A: When’s your birthday?
B: My birthday is on January 22nd.
When’s yours?
A: My birthday is in April.
On April 15th.

Complete the conversation.

A: your birthday?

B: My birthday is on . When’s yours?

A: My birthday is in . On .