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Vocabulary 5 Look at clocks 1-6. Listen o the times and w r i t e t h e m in words.
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6 Write these times n words.
1 7.25 4 2.05
2 8.45 5 12.30
3 3.15 6 6.10
7 ________ Listen to seven conversations. Write the times and what is happening.
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Telling the time
6.00 = six o'clock What's the time?/What time is it?
6.05 = five past six/six oh five
6.10 = ten past six/six ten It's half past seven/seven thirty. (7.30)
6.15 = quarter past six/six fifteen It's quarter to seven/six forty-five. (6.45)
6.20 = twenty past six/six twenty It's five past six/six oh five. (6.05)
6.25 = twenty-five past six/six twenty-five
6.30 = half past six/six thirty
6.35 = twenty-five to seven/six thirty-five
6.40 = twenty to seven/six forty
6.45 = quarter to seven/six forty-five
6.50 = ten to seven/six fifty
6.55 = five to seven/six fifty-five
a.m. = in the morning
p.m. = in the afternoon/in the evening
Asking what time something starts: What time is the meeting? It's at quarter past two/
two fifteen. (2.15)
Making arrangements to meet: Are you free at 11 o'clock?
How about/What about 11.30?

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S p e a k i n g 8 Take out your own schedule for this week. Work n a small group. Arrange a
time that suits all of you to have a two-hour meeting to discuss a new project.
Planning ahead 8