Hoje vamos praticar Telling the Time!
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Look at the images above.
- How can you ask the time?
- Can you tell the time on the clock on the right?
- What time is it now?
- What time is it?
- What’s the time?
- Could you tell me the time?
- May I know the time?
How to tell the time:
- It’s
Ex.: - What time is it?
- It’s two fifty (2:50)
- At → Às (horário)
Ex.: I go to sleep at 10:00 pm
- O’clock → Hora exata/em ponto
Ex.: I go to work at 8 o’clock
I have breakfast at 7 o’clock
- Past → Tempo que passou depois da hora exata (até meia hora)
Ex.: I go home at 20 past 6:00 (6:20)
5:30 → Thirty past five
- To → Tempo que falta até a hora exata (depois de meia hora)
Ex.: I go home at 20 to 8:00 (7:40)
I have lunch at 10 to 1:00 (12:50)
- Half → Meia (30 minutes)
Ex.: It’s 6 and a half (6:30)
8:30 → Eight and a half
- Quarter → 15 minutes
Ex.: It’s 7 and a quarter (7:15)
It’s a quarter past 4 (4:15)
- There are 2 ways to say 12:00:
- In the afternoon → Midday ☀️
- At night → Midnight 🌙
- Telling the period of the day:
- AM → Morning (Before midday)
- PM → Afternoon/Night (After midday)
Ex.: 8:00 am (morning)
8:00 pm (night)
Speaking Practice 🗣️
Seven o' clock (7:00)
Half past three / Three thirty (3:30)
Twenty past four / Four twenty
Quarter past nine / Nine fifteen
Ten to eight / Seven fifty (7:50)
Ten past eleven / Eleven ten (11:10)
Quarter past three / Three fifteen (3:15)
Quarter to twelve / Eleven fourty-five
Twenty-five to two / One thirty-five (1:35)
Writing Practice 🖋️
Twenty to eight / Seven fourty
Quarter past four / Four fifteen
One and a half / One thirty
Five to ten / Nine fifty-five
Twenty past six / Six twenty
Ten to four / Three fifty
Five past eight / Eight five
Quarter to six / Five fourty-five
Game 🎮
Exercises 📝
Review 🔁
- What can you say to ask the time?
- What do you say to tell the time?
- What time do you leave work/school?
- What time do you go to bed?
- What time do you like to get up?
- What time do you have lunch?
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