Telling the Time: practical A1 English

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A115 minutes of guided practiceFree learning resourceBy Muhammad Azhar

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Your goal for Telling the Time

Telling the Time: Say the hour first for o'clock. Target: I can ask and say the time.

Try it first

Read It is seven o’clock.. Change one detail. Whisper or write it first.

See Telling the Time in real English

StepEnglishWhat to notice
StartIt is seven o'clock.Notice the target form
BuildIt is half past eight.Add a real detail
Ask or respondIt is quarter past four.Use the language with another person
Use it naturallyIt is quarter to ten.Keep the sentence natural and complete

How Telling the Time works

Use half past for 30 minutes, quarter past for 15 and quarter to for 45.

Language to notice: What time is it?; o'clock, half past, quarter past/to; at seven.

  1. Read each model and find the part that carries the lesson meaning.
  2. Compare it with the two incorrect forms below.
  3. Say or write a new example about your own world.
Urdu help: Key language

پورا بجا۔

Urdu help: Listen once

اس مثال کو ایک بار سنیں۔

Urdu help: Read slowly

جملہ آہستہ پڑھیں۔

Urdu help: Change one detail

ایک لفظ بدل کر نئی مثال بنائیں۔

Urdu help: Try first

جواب دیکھنے سے پہلے خود کوشش کریں۔

Two mistakes worth catching

Not this

It is half to eight.

Compare the verb, helper word or word order with the first two models.

Not this

It is quarter past to four.

Say the corrected version once without reading it.

Make the pattern yours: Telling the Time

  1. Cover the examples and rebuild It is seven o'clock..
  2. Change it for school or home.
  3. Make a second version about a friend, game, sport or hobby.

Check the English, not your intelligence

Choose first. Open the answer after your attempt.

1. Which sentence is the clearest model for Telling the Time?
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It is seven o'clock. Check the target form and meaning.

2. Which second sentence uses Telling the Time accurately?
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It is half past eight. The grammar and word order match the lesson pattern.

3. Which line could you use in a real conversation about Telling the Time?
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It is quarter past four. This is natural, clear English for the situation.

4. Which final example keeps the target meaning of Telling the Time?
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It is quarter to ten. This example keeps the meaning and the correct form together.

5. Which sentence shows the first mistake to avoid in Telling the Time?
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It is half to eight. This option contains the common error explained in the lesson.

6. Which other sentence needs correcting before you use Telling the Time?
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It is quarter past to four. This option breaks the target grammar or word order.

7. In a fresh situation, which line transfers Telling the Time without changing the facts?
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It is quarter past four. Check the target form and meaning.

8. Which line is ready to keep in your final Telling the Time response?
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It is quarter to ten. Check the target form and meaning.

Say it in your own voice: Telling the Time

Say three sentences. Record only if you want to. Check the form and meaning.

Remember it tomorrow: Telling the Time

Cover It is seven o’clock.. Say it from memory with one true detail.

Your five-minute mission

Use telling the time once in a safe example.

Keep one result: Telling the Time

Keep one correct example and say it again tomorrow.

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