WHAT TIME IS IT?

OBJECTIVE

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to identify and use the hour in short sentences.

WARM UP

GRAMMAR

One of the most common uses we can give to numbers is telling the time. Although there exist some expressions to tell the time in a more formal way, telling it is a piece of cake. It is enough with mention the hour and the minutes. (Uno de los usos más comunes que podemos darles a los números es para decir la hora. Aunque existen expresiones para decir la hora más formalmente, decirla es muy sencillo. Basta con mencionar la hora y los minutos.) 

• 6:25     It is six twenty-five
• 4:15     It is four fifteen
• 10:55   It is ten fifty-five

·         But as I mentioned previously, there are expressions that we should learn in order to tell the time in a more complete way. (Pero, como mencioné anteriormente, hay expresiones que deberíamos aprender para decir la hora de una forma más completa).

Using these expressions gives us two ways to tell the time therefore, you don’t have to learn them by heart. The only exception is “o’clock”, because there’s no another way to tell it. (Usar estas expresiones nos proporciona dos maneras de decir la hora, por tanto, no tienes que aprendértelas de memoria. La única excepción es “o’clock”, porque no hay otra forma de decirlo.)

 

Ejemplos: Observa los siguientes ejemplos.

• 4:00    It is four o’clock
• 3:15    It is three fifteen /    It is a quarter past three
• 12:30  It is Twelve thirty /  It is half past twelve
• 5:45    It is Five forty-five / It is a quarter to six
• 6:55    It is Six fifty-five /    It is five to seven
• 8:20    It is Eight twenty /    It is twenty past eight

ACTIVITIES (FINAL)

Listening

Visit this web page, listen the audio, and select the correct answer (Visita esta página, escucha el audio, y selecciona la respuesta correcta).

http://www.esl-lab.com/eslbasic/clocks-watches-1.htm

Our class begins at __________________________________.
A. 4:05
B. 4:15
C. 4:50
2. My mother left this morning at __________________________.
A. 9:03
B. 9:13
C. 9:30
3. I'm going to catch my bus at ____________________________.
A. 3:40
B. 4:20
C. 12:04
4. Let's get together at ___________________________________.
A. 12:05
B. 5:12
C. 5:22
5. The store ____________________________________________.
A. 4:06
B. 5:45
C. 6:15
6. The ____________ starts at _____________________________.
A. 7:04
B. 7:14
C. 7:40
7. _____________________________________________________.
A. 10:00
B. 10:05
C. 10:10
8. _____________________________________________________.
A. 11:05
B. 4:12
C. 11:45
9. _____________________________________________________.
A. 8:05
B. 8:15
C. 8:25
10. _____________________________________________________.
A. 3:03
B. 3:13
C. 3:30

Writing

Create short sentences to describe your own schedule

 

My school´s name is _______________________

I am in ____________ grade

My first class of Monday is at ________________

My science class is on _______________________ at ___________________

My favorite class is _______________________. It is on ________________  at ___________

Answer the questions 

When is your English class?    _______________________________________

What time is your physical education class?  ____________________________

What is your second class on Tuesday? ________________________________

What time is now?  ________________________________________________

 

Reading