UNIT 2

TIMES AND DATES

Objective
By practicing listening about times and dates, the students are able to:
1. master the expressions of saying times and dates
2. say the times and dates with correct expressions in English.

A. Preparation
Task 1 Match each time with a picture. Write the number
1. twenty to two
2. three fifteen
3. ten after ten
4. two twenty
5. three fifty-five
6. six forty-five
7. two o’clock
8. five past ten

Do you know these expressions?

a.m. p.m. 12:00 (noon) 12:00 midnight
in the morning in the afternoon in the evening at ninght

Task 2 Match the dates on the left with the dates on the right.
1. 3/2//01 c a. November first, nineteen ninety two
2. 6/11/99 b. May twentieth, nineteen ninety-five
3. 11/1/92 c. March second, two thousand one
4. 5/20/95 d. February twenty-eight, two thousand three
5. 2/28/03 e. June eleventh, nineteen ninety-nine

Write your birthday and a classmate’s birthday.

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B. Let’s Listen
Task 1 Listen and write the correct time in each clock.

Task 2 Listen. Write the date that you here.

1. 6.
2. 7.
3. 8.
4. 9.
5. 10.

C. Let’s Listen
Task 1
a. Listen to each conversation. Write down the times.
1. Store opening time :
Store closing time :

2. First bus :
a.m.
Last bus : ……………..

p.m.
……………..

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 3. Show times :

b. Look at the calendar below. Circle the birthdays that you hear.

Task 2
a. People are calling about show times for movies. Listen and write the show times you hear.
1. Times 2. Times 3. Times 4. Times

b. Look at the calendar above. Place an “X” on all the holidays that are mentioned.

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D. Over to You:
Task 1 What time is it in …?

a. Look at the time in each city. What is the time difference between the cities? Write the
correct number.
1. New York and Paris? hours
2. Paris and Tokyo? hours
3. New York and Tokyo hours
b. Work in pairs. Take turn asking about times in New York, Paris, and Tokyo. Write the
answer in the charts.
Example : A : It’s 8 a.m. on Friday in New York. What time is it in Paris?
B : It’s 2 p.m. on Friday.
A : So, what time is it in Tokyo?
B : It’s 10 p.m. on Friday.
New York Paris Tokyo
8 a.m. Friday 2 p.m. Friday 10 p.m. Friday
2 p.m Saturday
7 p.m. Sunday
5 p.m. Monday
12 p.m. Tuesday

Task 2 When’s your birthday?

a. Move around the class and find out your classmates’ birthdays. Circle each person’s
birthday on the calendar.
Example : A : When’s your birthday?
B : It’s on July 25th. When’s yours?
A : It’s on ……………………….

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b. Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
How many people …? Number
have their birthdays in the same month
have a birthday this month
have a birthday next month
have the same birthday
have the same birthday as you

E. Let’s Practice : Computer based test

In this practice section you will practice in using computer based test for listening. While you
are listening, pictures of the speakers or other information will be presented on your
computer screen. There are some parts of the listening section with special directions for each
part. You have time limitation, provided on your computer screen, to answer all questions of
the test. You may change your answer as many times as you want before you submit it. When
the time given is up, your answer will be automatically submitted and you can see the result
of the test on the result page.
Before you begin working on the listening test, you will have an opportunity to adjust the
volume of the sound. Good Luck.

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