• Draw the different times.

1. five o’clock

2. three-thirty

3. noon

4. ten to ten
1 2
5. a quarter past two

6. twenty past eight

7. one o’clock

8. midnight

3 4

5 6

7 8
16 Clues
TIME and DATES
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Read the clues and fill in the missing letters.

1. Today is Monday. Tomorrow will be . . . Tu esday

2. There are seven days in one of these. Week

3. There are sixty of these in an hour. Minutes

4. Each year has twelve of these. Months

5. There are sixty of these in a minute. Seconds

6. This is the month after July. August

7. Twelve o’clock at night. M i d night

8. This is a weekend day. S atu rday

9. There are 100 of them in a century. Ye a r s

10. It can tell you the day and date. C a le n d a r

11. There are 24 of these in a day.

Hours
 12. This can tell you the time. Clock

13. This is the shortest month of the year. F ebruary

14. This is 12:00 but it’s not midnight. Noon

15. There are 365 of them in a year. Days

16. Winter starts in this month. D e c e m be r

PREPOSITIONS of TIME

AT IN ON
• night • the morning • Sunday
• 10:30 • the afternoon • Monday morning
• noon / midday • the evening • Tuesday afternoon
• midnight • February • Wednesday evening
• bedtime • (the) spring • my birthday
• sunrise • (the summer) • a holiday
• sunset • (the) fall / autumn • Christmas day
• the weekend (U.K.) • (the) winter • May 5
• 2013 • a weekday
• the 1990s • time
• a (few) minute(s) • the weekend (U.S.)

 Fill in the blanks below with the correct prepositions of time.

1. My brother has a new job. He works _ the evening.

2. We’re going to have a picnic on Saturday afternoon. Would you like to come?

3. I’ll be finished my work in an hour. Then, I can go home.

4. When is the meeting? Is it at 2:00?

5. I like to get up really early, at _ sunrise, when the birds start to sing.

6. Tom’s birthday is next week, on _ January 14.

7. My grandfather was born _ in the 1950s.

8. Will we be _ in time, or will we miss our flight?

9. My family and I like to ski in winter.

10. Are there any holidays In October?

11. Our school cafeteria opens for lunch at _ noon.

12. What time does your son go to bed _ at night?

13. We moved to this city in _ 2012.

14. Are you going to do anything special on _ your birthday?

15. I’m not going to watch that TV show. It starts at midnight!

Notes

To
In the right side we use After

Example:

Its 10 after 9 = its 9:10

In the left side we use to

Example:

Its 10 to 3 = Its 2:50

A quarter 15 minutes

Example:

It’s a quarter after 3 = its 3:15

Half 30 minutes

Example:

Its half past six = 6:30

O' clock precise hours

Examples:

10:00

5:00

12:00 pm noon

12:00 am midnight

O' clock

Examples:

10:00 = Its ten O' clock

12 pm = its twelve O' clock

Its noon

Oh (we only use oh before these minutes 1-9)

Examples:

10:06= Its ten oh six.

8:09= Its eight oh nine.

After

Examples:

8:10= Its ten after eight.

9:12= Its 12 after nine.

Past (it’s the same as after)

Example:

8:10 = Its 10 past eight

To (we only use it when the minute hand is on the left side)

Examples:

Its 4:35= Its twenty-five to 5

Its 4:40 = Its twenty to 5