Lesson 46: Unit 44 - What time is it?
Learn to ask for and tell the time in English, to understand everyday dialogues about time, and to use the prepositions at, in, on and for with times and periods.
About this lesson
In this lesson you will learn how to ask for and tell the time in English. You will master the different ways of expressing the time — o'clock, past, to, quarter and half — and natural ways of saying what time it is in everyday situations. You will expand your vocabulary with useful words such as midnight, quarter, morning and evening. You will practise using these expressions through authentic conversations from the textbook.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Ask and answer the question 'What's the time?'
- Use the forms o'clock, past, to, quarter and half correctly
- Understand and read everyday dialogues about the time
- Use the prepositions at, in, on and for with time expressions
- Recognise useful expressions such as 'take it easy' and 'leave it till the last minute'
Lesson vocabulary
- time What's the time? It's ten o'clock.
- minute Just one minute more, please.
- hour I work for eight hours.
- o'clock It's ten o'clock.
- half past It's half past six.
- quarter past It's quarter past eleven.
- quarter to It's quarter to ten.
- midnight It's just 30 seconds to midnight.
- clock Look at the clock!
- morning Jane, wake up! It's half past six in the morning.
- evening I study English in the evening.
- today Time is going so slowly today.
- quarter It's a quarter to five.
- half It's half past one.
- late I hate being late for interviews.
In other languages: Български