Section six:

Telling Time

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When we ask the time, we say “What time is it, please?”

“What’s the time, please? or “Do you have the time?”

Here are the examples of telling time. Your teacher will read each
phrase/sentence below. Repeat after her/him.

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Listen and repeat after your teacher carefully.

a half Notes:
a quarter A quarter : 15 minutes
past (A) half : 30 minutes
o’clock Past : after
a half past two (2:30) To : before
a quarter past two (2:15) O’clock : sharp
a quarter to two (1:45) am. : in the morning
ten to five (4:50) pm : in the afternoon/evening
five to ten (9:50)

Read the sentences on the left column and write the time on the right column.

1. It’s twelve o’clock. 12:00

2. It’s a quarter to nine. ………..
3. It’s a quarter past ten. ………..
4. It’s (a) half past four. ………..
5. It’s ten to five. ………..
6. It’s twenty past one ………..
7. It’s thirty past eight …………
8. It’s twenty five to nine …………
9. It’s eighteen past five ………..
10. It’s twenty one to eleven ………..

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Work in pairs. Ask your friends about the time when they do certain things. Then,
tell the findings to the class.

Daily Activities
Morning Afternoon
Time Activities Time Activities

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