ESL WORKSHEET - Telling the time

LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH TEACHERS

WHAT TIME IS IT?

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Dec. 3, 2020

Level: Elementary (A1-A2)
Type of language: General English
Tags: Telling the Time; Situation Based; Numbers; 13-15 Years Old; 16-18 Years Old; 18+ Years Old; 10-12 Years Old
Publication date: 12/03/2020

Students work with numbers, including pronunciation, and learn expressions for telling the time. The lesson gives practice in listening and speaking and there is a short optional extension activity related to syllable stress for numbers like fourteen and forty, which are often confused. (by Stephanie Hirschman)

• CLICK HERE to download the student’s worksheet in American English.
• CLICK HERE to download the teacher’s lesson plan in American English.
• CLICK HERE to download/listen to the audio 1 in American English.
• CLICK HERE to download/listen to the audio 2 in American English.
• CLICK HERE to download the student’s worksheet in British English.
• CLICK HERE to download the teacher’s lesson plan in British English.
• CLICK HERE to download/listen to the audio 1 in British English.
• CLICK HERE to download/listen to the audio 2 in British English.

AUDIO TRANSCRIPTS

AUDIO 1 (Dialogue 1)
In the office
Female: David, do you have the time?
Male: Yes, it’s nine o’clock.
Female: Thanks. What time is the meeting?
Male: The meeting is at ten o’clock.
Female: OK. Do we have time for a coffee before the meeting?
Male: Good idea. Lunch is at two o’clock.
Female: That’s pretty late. My train is at three-thirty. I hope I have time for lunch!

AUDIO 2 (Dialogue 2)
At home
Male: Do you have the time, love?
Female: Yes, it’s seven.
Male: When is the TV show that we want to watch?
Female: It’s at eight o’clock.
Male: And when’s dinner?
Female: Dinner’s at seven-thirty.
Male: I need to call my uncle. Do I have time before dinner?
Female: Yes, but he’s not at home now. He stops work at ten o’clock.

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