What's the Correct Time?
Objective: The primary learning objective of this worksheet is to teach and practice telling time in English, focusing on both formal and informal expressions, as well as understanding time increments and common phrases.
Content and Methods: The worksheet provides an explanation of how to tell time in British English, including the use of "past" and "to" for 5-minute increments, "minutes to/past" for other increments, and "o'clock" for exact hours. It also covers the use of the 12-hour clock and phrases like "in the morning/afternoon/evening" or "at night." The methods include multiple-choice questions to select the correct time expression, drag-and-drop exercises to match numerical times with their written forms, and tasks to reorder words into grammatically correct sentences to express time.
Competencies:
- English language proficiency in telling time
- Understanding of formal and informal time expressions
- Ability to convert numerical time to written English expressions
- Sentence construction and word order related to time
- Reading comprehension of time-related scenarios
Target Audience and Level:
A1 - English
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Target group and level
A1 - English
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What's the Correct Time?
Telling the time in English
In British English, we use past and to with 5 minute increments of time.
We use minutes to/past for increments of time between 5 minute divisions.
We only use the expression o’clock on the hour.
In everyday spoken English, we use the 12 hour clock. Through context, it is usually clear what time of day we are referring to.
We use the expression in the morning/afternoon/evening or at night to avoid misunderstandings.