This presentation goes over questions like "What time is it?" and "How often do you...?" Target answers include responses like "I go hiking every other weekend."

1. Time and
Frequency

2. 00:00 – 11:59 =
What is this time period called?
AM
12:00 – 23:59 = PM

3. When is the……….
afternoon
morning
evening
from 12:00am to 11:59am
from 12:00pm to 6:00pm
from 6:00pm to 11:59pm

4. What time is it?
12am -
3:30pm -
10:04am -
12:00pm -
8:45pm -
7:11pm -
3:15am -
1:02pm -
What’s the time?=
It’s 12 in the morning.
It’s 3:30 in the afternoon.
It’s 10:04 in the morning.
It’s 12 in the afternoon.
It’s 8:45 in the evening.
It’s 7:11 in the evening.
It’s 3:15 in the morning.
It’s 1:02 in the afternoon.

5. What time is it?
12am -
3:30pm -
10:04am -
12:00pm -
8:45pm -
7:11pm -
3:15am -
1:02pm -
What’s the time?=
It’s 12 in the morning.
It’s 3:30 in the afternoon.
It’s 10:04 in the morning.
It’s 12 in the afternoon.
It’s 8:45 in the evening.
It’s 7:11 in the evening.
It’s 3:15 in the morning.
It’s 1:02 in the afternoon.

6. How often do you.......?
a. always
b. almost always
c. usually
d. often
e. sometimes
f. not often
g. rarely / occasionally /
seldom
h. almost never / hardly
ever
i. never

7. frequently
•One time one week
•Once a week
•Every week
Two times two weeks
Twice a week
Three times one week
Three times a week
How often do you.......? = How _________ do you ….. ?

8. How often do you.......?
• One time one week
• Once a week
• Every week
• One time two weeks
• Once every two weeks
• Every two weeks
• Every other week
• One time three weeks
• Once every three weeks
• Every three weeks
• One time four weeks
• Once every four weeks.
• Every four weeks.

9. •Two times one week
•Twice a week.
•Two times three
weeks
•Twice every three
weeks.
•Two times four weeks
•Twice every four
weeks.
How often do you…..?

10. •Three times one
week
•Three times a week
•Three times two
weeks
•Three times every
two weeks
•Three times three
weeks
•Three times every
three weeks. (Once
a week)

11. •How often do the
MTR trains come in
HK?
•How often do you
take a vacation?
•How often do you
call your mom?
•How often do you
exercise?
•How often do you
eat hotpot?

12. • How often do the MTR
trains come in HK?
They come every minute.
• How often do you take a
vacation?
I take a vacation once every
six months.
• How often should I call you
mom?
You should call me at least
once every three days.
• How often do you exercise?
I exercise all the time!
• How often do you eat
hotpot?
I eat hotpot once a
month. It's expensive!

13. Random Time Questions
• I'm almost always on
time. What am I?
• I'm occasionally on time. What
am I?
• You make plans with your
friends, but you often don't
show up (meet). You often
break your promises too.
• What's another way to say
"flaky"?
• How long is a fortnight?

14. Random Time Questions
• I'm almost always on time. What am
I?
You're punctual.
• I'm occasionally on time. What am I?
You're impunctual / not punctual.
• You make plans with your friends, but
you often don't show up (meet). You
often break your promises too.
You're so _______. (flaky)
• What's another way to say "flaky"?
unreliable = flaky
• How long is a fortnight?
A fortnight is 14 days (2 weeks)

15. 1.What's another way to say "I
want to meet you at the MTR
station at exactly 10:00am. Not
10:01 or 10:02.
2.What does 'dot' mean?
3.What does 'sharp' mean?

16. • What's another way to say "I want to meet you at the MTR station
at exactly 10:00am. Not 10:01 or 10:02."
I want to meet you at 10:00am on the dot.
I want to meet you at 10:00am sharp.
• What does 'dot' mean?
A very small circle. You can make a dot with a pencil or a pen.
• What does 'sharp' mean?
For example, "the knife is sharp, so be careful when you cut the
vegetables."

17. Boss: I've been waiting for you for
_____________! You are _____________ late!
• thirty minutes
half an hour
• one hour and thirty minutes
an hour and a half
• two hours and thirty minutes
two and a half hours
• thirty seconds
half a minute
• one minute and thirty seconds
a minute and a half (one and a
half minutes)
• two minutes and thirty seconds
two and a half minutes
thirty minutes half an hour

18. How long does it take to get to Jordan from Kwun Tong by bus?
It takes 30 minutes to get to Jordan from Kwun Tong.
•to Tsuen Wan from Jordan?
•to Osaka, Japan from Hong Kong?
•to Kwun Tong from Jordan?
•to Macau from Hong Kong?
•to Shenzhen from Hong Kong?

19. In, At, On
•in –
•at –
•on –
1985, the morning, the afternoon, the
evening, June, the summer
night, the weekend, lunch time, dinner
time, 10:00
friday, my birthday, 09/07/2018,
the weekend, the weekdays

20. 1.When do you usually do your
homework?
2.When do you usually go to sleep?
3.What time do you usually wake
up?

21. •When do you usually do your homework?
I usually do it at night.
•When do you usually go to sleep?
I usually go to sleep at 12am.
•What time do you usually wake up?
I usually wake up at 8.

22. 1. What do you usually do in the
morning?
2. What do you usually do on your
birthday?
3. What do you usually do in the
summer?

23. •What do you usually do in the morning?
•In the morning I usually take a shower and eat
breakfast.
•What do you usually do on your birthday?
•I usually have a party on my birthday.
•What do you usually do in the summer?
•I usually go jet-skiing at the beach in the summer.

24. 1. Where do you usually go on the
weekend?
2. Where do you usually go on the
weekdays?
3. Where do you usually go at night?

25. •Where do you usually go on the weekend?
•I usually go to the islands or mountains on the
weekend.
•Where do you usually go on the weekdays?
•On the weekdays I usually go to Jordan because I
work there.
•Where do you usually go at night?
•At night I usually go home.

26. • Now it's 10:00
• A: When are you going to send the email?
• B: In ten minutes.
• (10:10)
• Now it's January
• A: When are you going to take a vacation?
• B: In two months.
• (March)
• Now it's 8:00
• A: When are you going to get off work?
• B: In two hours.
• (10:00)
• Now it's 10:00
• A: When are you going to go to
sleep?
• B: In an hour and a half.
• (12:00)
• Now it's 04/01/2018
• A: When are you going to do
your homework?
• B: In a couple of weeks. (In two
weeks)
• (04/01/2018)

27. When are we going to finish class?
When are you going to eat dinner?
When are you going to go home?
When are you going to stop talking?