Telling Time

Level: Elementary                                                                                                                Objective: To be able to ask for and tell time. To be able to use common expressions associated with going out to eat.                                                                                                    Dialogue:

  • A. What time is it?
  • B. It's 11:30. I'm getting hungry.
  • A. Me too. Let's go eat.
  • B. Do you know of a good place to eat?
  • A. Yes, the Goodburger is just down the street.
  • B. Do they have Mexican food?
  • A. Yes, I think they do.
  • B. Let's go.
  • Practice 1: Vocabulary Expansion

    • It's

    11:00 (eleven o'clock)

    It's

    11:10 (eleven ten)

     

    1:00 (one o'clock)

     

    11:15 (eleven fifteen)

     

    5:00 (five o'clock)

     

    11:30 (eleven thirty)

    Practice 2: Command-Response

    • Stand up.
    • Go to the chalkboard.
    • Take the clock in your hands.
    • Set the clock for __________.
    • Put the clock down.
    • Write the time on the chalkboard.
    • Tell the class what time it says.
  • Practice 3: Question-Answer
    • What time is it? It's __________.
  • Practice 4: Vocabulary Expansion

    • Let's go

    eat.

    I'm getting

    hungry

     

    get a drink.

     

    thirsty.

     

    to bed.

     

    sleepy.

     

    play.

     

    bored.

     

    sit down.

     

    tired.

    Practice 5: Rejoinder

    I'm getting

    hungry. Me too. Let's go

    eat.

     

    sleepy.

    to bed.

     

    bored.

    play basketball.

     

    tired.

    sit down.

     

    thirsty.

    get a drink.

    Practice 6: Question-Response

    • T. Do you know of a good place to eat?
    • S. Yes, McDonald's.
    • T. Do you know of a good place to buy clothes? (food?) (shoes?)
    • S. Yes, __________.

    Practice 7: Question-Response

    At McDonald's do they have

    Mexican food?

    S. No, they don't.

     

    hamburgers?

    S. Yes, they do.

     

    sea food?

     

     

    Chinese food?

     

     

    sandwiches?

     

     

    milkshakes?

     

    Practice 8: Dictation

    • A. What time is __________?
    • B. It __________. I'm __________ hungry.
    • A. Me __________. __________ go eat.
    • B. __________ you know __________ a good place to eat?
    • A. Yes, the Goodburger __________ just down the street.
    • B. Do __________ have Mexican food?
    • A. Yes, I think they __________.
    • B. __________ go.
  • Practice 9: Role Play
    • What time is it?
    • It's __________. I'm getting __________.
    • Me too. Let's go __________.