How to say the time

1. Topic:Around the clock
Operational objectives:
to learn and practice
telling the time
to write and practice
the new vocabulary
to practice using
prepositions at &in

2. Vocabulary
To eat – a mînca
To sleep – a dormi
To go to work – a merge la serviciu
To comb- a se pieptăna
To wash – a spăla
To dress – a (se) îmbraca
To start lessons – a începe lecțiile
To take the dog for a walk- a scoate
cîinele la plimbare
To play the guitar – a cînta la chitară
To drive – a conduce

3. Telling the Time
What time
is it?
It’s …

4. The Hands of Time
The long hand is
the minute hand.
The short hand is
the hour hand.

5. The Hands of Time “Minute” is a
long word.
So, the minute
hand is a long
hand.
“Hour” is a
short word.
So, the hour
hand is a
short hand.
hour

6. The Hands of Time
There are 60 minutes on
a clock face. So, the
minute hand is a long
hand.
Skip count by fives to
count the minutes with
me.
5
15
10
25
20
30
35
60
55
40
45
50

7. The Hands of Time
Count the numerals on
the clock. There are only
12 hours on a clock face.
So, the hour hand is a
short hand.

8. When the
minute hand is
pointing to 12,
read the time as
“o’clock”. In
this case, the
hour hand is
pointing to the
3 and it is
“three o’clock”.

9. Now the minute
hand is pointing
to 12 and the
hour hand is
pointing to the
5. So, we read
the time as
“five o’clock”.

10. What time
is it now?
It’s one
o’clock
or
1:00

11. What time
is it now?
It’s three
o’clock
or
3:00

12. What time
is it now?
It’s four
o’clock
or
4:00

13. What time
is it now?
It’s six
o’clock
or
6:00

14. What time
is it now?
twelve
o’clock/
noon or
midnight
12:00

15. 9.10
9.25

16. 9.50
9.35

19. What Time is it?
It’s a quarter
past three
or
3.15

20. What Time is it?
It’s twenty
past two
or
2.20

21. What Time is it?
It’s half past
eight
or
8.30

22. What Time is it?
It’s a quarter
past twelve
or
12.15

23. What Time is it?
It’s twenty to
eleven
or
10.40

24. What Time is it?
It’s a quarter
to six
or
5.45

25. What Time is it?
It’s five past
eleven
or
11.05

26. Using prepositions at and in:
At 9 o’clock in the morning.
At 2 o’clock in the afternoon.
At 7 o’clock in the evening.

27. Homework
Write a daily diary telling the
time (from 10 to 5 activiies)
using the new words.
Ex: I wash my face at 7 o’clock
in the morning.