What Time Is It? — Student | Essential Idiomas

1

Listening

10 minutes

Dialogue: Ana is running late for her class at the language school.

Ana and Leo

Here is the text from the listening. Read along and check your answers.

What time is it?

It's half past seven.

I'm late!

My class is at quarter to eight.

You need to hurry!

I'm tired and I'm hungry.

Here, have a coffee. Don't worry!

Thanks. See you at ten o'clock?

OK. Don't be late!

It's hot outside, but my coffee is cold. Hurry — it's a quarter after seven!

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Comprehension:

1. What time is it?

2. What time is Ana's class?

3. How does Ana feel?

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Language Focus

12 minutes

Grammar Discovery: telling the time (o'clock, half past, quarter after/to) + feelings with I'm

Look at these clock times. When do we say AFTER? When do we say TO?

3:00 → It's three o'clock.

3:15 → It's quarter AFTER three.

3:30 → It's half past three.

3:45 → It's quarter TO four.

3:10 → It's ten AFTER three.

3:50 → It's ten TO four.

How do we say how we feel in English?

Try it!

1. 6:15 = ___ after six (quarter / half)

2. 6:30 = ___ past six (quarter / half)

3. 6:45 = quarter ___ seven (after / to)

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Practice

15 minutes

Clock Times

Match the digital time to the way we say it.

Column A

3:00

7:15

9:30

5:50

12:45

8:20

Column B

quarter to one

quarter after seven

three o'clock

ten to six

half past nine

eight twenty

Complete the Times

Look at the clock and complete the time expression.

1. 6:00 → six

2. 6:15 → six

3. 6:30 → six

4. 6:45 → seven

5. 6:10 → six

6. 6:50 → seven

How Do You Feel?

Match the feeling to the situation.

Column A

tired

hungry

thirsty

cold

hot

Column B

Time for bed.

Time for lunch.

I need a jacket.

I need to turn on the AC.

I need a glass of water.

True or False — Time and Feelings

Choose A (True) or B (False) for each statement.

1. 10:30 is 'half past ten'.

True

False

2. 9:15 is 'quarter to nine'.

False

True

3. If you are 'thirsty', you want to drink water.

True

False

4. If you are 'hungry', you are tired.

False

True

5. 'Quarter after six' is 6:15.

True

False

Time, Weather, and Hurry — Practice

Read each prompt out loud. Use real times and feelings.

1. What time is it now? Tell me the hour and the minute. Are you early or late?

2. Talk about the weather: Today is hot. Yesterday was cold. Are you in a hurry?

3. Read clock times out loud: It's a quarter after seven. It's a quarter to nine. It's half past ten.

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Let's Talk

13 minutes

Let's Talk!

Use what you learned today to answer these questions. Elaborate as much as you can!

Real schedule and real feelings — using time and feelings together.

1. What time do you HAVE breakfast, lunch, and dinner? Tell me your routine times.

Follow-up: Which meal is the most important for you?

2. Imagine you finish work or school very LATE — at half past eight. How do you feel? Choose 2 — tired, hungry, cold, hot, thirsty.

Follow-up: What do you do when you feel tired?

Self-Assessment

How did you do today?

✓
I can tell the time: o'clock, half past, quarter after, quarter to.
✓
I can say how I feel: I'm tired, hungry, cold, hot, thirsty.
✓
I can make plans with times: See you at ten o'clock!

Great work today!

Next class: What does she do? — You'll learn to talk about OTHER people's jobs!