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Practice the words and phrases in the boxes:

What is the time, It is 7 o’clock. It is 7am. It is 7pm.

please?
What time does the What time does the What time is I don’t have enough
store open? museum close? breakfast? time.
I am early. He is late. I have enough time. I am late.
I am meeting him at What time does the How long is the Will it take long?
7pm. bus leave? movie?

Now let’s make conversation:

Excuse me. Can you tell me the time, please?

Yes, of course. It's seven o'clock. / It’s 7am. / It’s 7pm.
Note: You can also say, “Could you tell me the time, please?”
OR “Do you have the time, please?”
What time do you close?

Could you tell me what time the museum closes, please?

It closes at five-thirty, ma’m.
Note: Ma’m is a polite address to a female customer.

What time does the bus leave?

The bus leaves at eight-fifteen am.
Can you tell me how long it takes to get to the museum?
It takes about 20 minutes.

I’m sorry. My husband is a little late. I will wait here for him.
How long will it take to iron this shirt?
How long will it take for the cab to arrive?

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Points of interest:

Time vocabulary!
... quarter to (eg. 2) ... o’clock
... quarter past... ... am (morning)
... half past... ... pm (afternoon and evening)
... twenty to... noon
... twenty past... midday

yesterday next week

today last week
tomorrow every day
all day

We say at noon or at midday for 12pm.

Eg. I will meet you at noon at the hotel.

Let’s use our English:

I have been waiting for the delivery all day!

We plan to go to the beach every day.
We arrived last week.
It rained the all day yesterday.
Breakfast is at 8 o’clock tomorrow morning.
I didn’t sleep well last night.

Note:

We say past to say times after the hour We use to to say times before the hour
until half past, or 30 minutes past the hour. from 31 minutes until the full hour.

We use o'clock only at the full hour. We can also just say the numbers in
Example: It's eight o'clock groups or all together.
Example: It's seven twenty-five

When speaking about the different times Be careful!

of the day we often use: in the morning, In English we use at night NOT in the
in the afternoon, in the evening. night

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