telling the time

Telling the time A lesson by englishteacher.valerie@AOL.com A lesson by englishteacher.valerie@AOL.com TO PAST the the hour hour We say "past" to talk about times from We say "to" to talk about times from 31 minutes the full hour to half past, or 30 minutes until the full hour past the hour A lesson by englishteacher.valerie@AOL.com TO PAST The the next hour hour 10 past 11 20 to 10 A lesson by englishteacher.valerie@AOL.com o’clock past to 10 past 10 to a quarter past a quarter to 20 to 20 past 25 to 25 past half past A lesson by englishteacher.valerie@AOL.com Talking about the time: We use the phrase ‘a clock face’, but we call it the dial of a wrist watch On the clock, there are the numbers that represent the time, and there are hands - the hands of the clock are the big hand (for hours) and the little hand (for minutes) There is also often a third hand to show the seconds In English we only say “o’clock” for the full hour – for example, we say “It's six o'clock” When we tell the time, we can say “It’s twenty-five past five” (notice we not have to say it’s twenty-five minutes past five), or we can say “It’s five twentyfive” We have to say “It’s a quarter past” and “It’s a quarter to”, but we don’t use ‘a’ to tell any other time We can say “It’s 12 o’clock” when we mean the middle of the day, but sometimes we need to add ‘noon’ or ‘midday’ to show we mean the middle of the day, or ‘midnight’ to show we mean the middle of the night Remember, when we are speaking about the different times of the day we often use: in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, but it’s at night A lesson by englishteacher.valerie@AOL.com What time is it? A lesson by englishteacher.valerie@AOL.com A lesson by englishteacher.valerie@AOL.com A lesson by englishteacher.valerie@AOL.com A lesson by englishteacher.valerie@AOL.com A lesson by englishteacher.valerie@AOL.com Vocabulary and phrases Questions – to ask someone what the time is now, we can say: What is the time, please? What time is it, please? Do you know the time, please? Have you got the time, please? Could you tell me the time, please? Answers – tell someone what the time is now, we can say: The time is o’clock The time is 3pm It’s o’clock It’s just gone o’clock It’s just after o’clock It’s almost o’clock It’s nearly o’clock How you say these sentences in your language? A lesson by englishteacher.valerie@AOL.com Notes: A lesson by englishteacher.valerie@AOL.com [...]... what the time is now, we can say: What is the time, please? What time is it, please? Do you know the time, please? Have you got the time, please? Could you tell me the time, please? Answers – tell someone what the time is now, we can say: The time is 3 o’clock The time is 3pm It’s 3 o’clock It’s just gone 3 o’clock It’s just after 3 o’clock It’s almost 3 o’clock It’s nearly 3 o’clock How do you say these ... about the time: We use the phrase ‘a clock face’, but we call it the dial of a wrist watch On the clock, there are the numbers that represent the time, and there are hands - the hands of the clock... ask someone what the time is now, we can say: What is the time, please? What time is it, please? Do you know the time, please? Have you got the time, please? Could you tell me the time, please?... ‘midnight’ to show we mean the middle of the night Remember, when we are speaking about the different times of the day we often use: in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, but it’s at