Lesson 7: Telling Time: Excuse Me. Can You Tell Me The Time, Please? Yes, of Course. It's Half Past Three

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Lesson 7 : Telling Time

Excuse me.
Can you tell me the time, please?
Yes, of course.
It's half past three.

Thank you.
No problem.

What to learn!
Excuse me.
Can you tell me the time, please?
What time is it?
It's half past...
It's quarter past...
It's ten to...
It's quarter to...
o'clock

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Let's practice!

7:00 12:00
It's seven o'clock. It's twelve o'clock.
It's seven p.m. / a.m. It's noon / midnight.

3:10 7:14
It's three ten. It's seven fourteen.
It's ten (minutes) after three. It's fourteen after seven.

9:15 1:21
It's nine fifteen. It's one twenty-one
It's (a) quarter after nine. It's twenty-one minutes past one.

11:05 2:09
It's eleven oh five. It's two oh nine.
It's five after eleven. It's nine minutes past two.

6:30 4:50
It's six thirty. It's four fifty.
It's half past six. It's ten minutes to five.

10:45 8:35
It's ten forty-five. It's eight thirty-five.
It's quarter to eleven. It's twenty-five minutes to nine.

Practice with your teacher how to tell time using the pattern.
A : Excuse me. Can you tell me the time, please?
B : Yes, of course. It's _________________.
A : Thank you.
B : __________________.

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