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Understanding Time: A Beginner's Guide

The lesson explains the concept of time, including how to ask and answer questions about it. It covers telling time using full hours, minutes past the hour, and minutes to the hour, along with digital time formats. Additionally, it describes different times of the day and the use of AM and PM.

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Understanding Time: A Beginner's Guide

The lesson explains the concept of time, including how to ask and answer questions about it. It covers telling time using full hours, minutes past the hour, and minutes to the hour, along with digital time formats. Additionally, it describes different times of the day and the use of AM and PM.

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Lesson: What Time Is It?

⃣ What is time?

Time helps us know when we do things.

Examples:

• We go to school in the morning.

• We sleep at night.

⃣ Asking about the time

To ask about time, we say:


What time is it?

To answer, we say:
It is …

⃣ Full hours (o’clock)

We use o’clock when the minute hand is on 12.

It is + number + o’clock

Examples:

• 6:00 → It is six o’clock.

• 9:00 → It is nine o’clock.

⃣ Minutes after the hour (past)

We use past for minutes after the hour


(from 1 to 30 minutes).

It is + minutes + past + hour

Examples:

• 5:10 → It is ten past five.

• 7:15 → It is quarter past seven.

• 4:30 → It is half past four.

quarter = 15 minutes
half = 30 minutes

⃣ Minutes before the hour (to)

We use to for minutes before the next hour


(from 31 to 59 minutes).
It is + minutes + to + next hour

Examples:

• 5:50 → It is ten to six.

• 6:45 → It is quarter to seven.

⃣ Digital time (short form)

We can read digital time like this:

• 7:05 → seven oh five

• 11:13 → eleven thirteen

⃣ Times of the day

We say:

• in the morning → from 5:00 to 12:00

• in the afternoon → from 12:00 to 6:00

• in the evening → from 6:00 to 10:00

• at night → from 10:00 to 5:00

Examples:

• It is 8:00 in the morning.

• It is 7:30 in the evening.

• It is 11:00 at night.

AM and PM

• AM = morning

• PM = afternoon / evening / night

Examples:

• 9:00 AM → nine o’clock in the morning

• 8:00 PM → eight o’clock in the evening

Useful classroom sentences

• What time is it?

• It is half past three.

• It is quarter to five.
• What time is it in London?

• It is six o’clock in the morning.

Very simple summary (for students)

• What time is it? → question

• It is … → answer

• past = after

• to = before

• half = 30

• quarter = 15

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