TALKING

ABOUT
TIME
 PERIODS OF TIME

A second A minute An hour

 I usually take
showers for 10
minutes
 I had
breakfast
two hours
ago.
One second please!
A day A week

A month
2000 - 2001 2000 - 2100
A year A century

2000 - 2010 2000 - 3000

A decade A millennium
SUNRISE
DAWN
MORNING
 NOON
MIDDAY
AFTERNOON
EVENING
SUNSET
NIGHT
MIDNIGHT
 Extra
Expression
s
 Extra
Expression
s
PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
&
EXPRESSIONS OF TIME
 Parts of the day

IN
My parents work in the morning
 Parts of the day

IN
We have lunch in the afternoon
 Parts of the day

IN
The sun sets in the evening
 EXCEPTION

AT
People usually sleep at night
 Hour

AT
My sister wakes up everyday at 8 o’clock
 DAY
EVERY WEEK
MONTH
THEY HAVE MEETINGS EVERYDAY
 SUSAN BUYS
GROCERIES IN THE
SUPERMARKET
EVERY WEEK
I TRY TO GO TO
THE SPA EVERY
MONTH
 ACTIVITY 1

DAILY ROUTINE
Use the previous expressions to create
sentences, based on the following
pictures and actions.
 EXAMPLES

I always drink coffee

in the morning
I usually study
at night

We visit our parents

everyweek
WHAT TIME IS IT?
TO PAST
 FORMULA
MINUTES + PAST + HOUR
IT’S 10
PAST 3
IT’S 25 PAST 7 IT’S 20 PAST 9

IT’S 5 PAST 10 IT’S HALF PAST 2

 FORMULA
MINUTES + TO + HOUR
IT’S 20
TO
SEVEN
IT’S A QUARTER
TO 3 IT’S 10 TO 6

IT’S 35 TO 1 IT’S 5 TO 10
 ACTIVITY 2

TELLING THE TIME

Use the previous expressions to create
sentences, based on the following
pictures and actions.
 ACTIVITY 2

TELLING THE TIME

What time is it?
 WHAT
TIME IS
IT?
WHAT TIME IS
IT?
WHAT TIME IS
IT?
WHAT TIME IS
IT?
WHAT TIME IS IT?
EXPRESSIONS
IN THE PAST
 AGO
We use “AGO” to talk about the past

Simple Past + Time + AGO

I finished work 10 minutes AGO!

MY FAMILY HAD DINNER
2 HOURS AGO
 WE WENT
TO THE
BEACH
1YEAR AGO
I WOKE UP 5
MINUTES
AGO
TIME
EXPRESSIONS
EXPRESSIONS: PAST
YESTERDAY
AN HOUR AGO
LAST NIGHT / WEEK / YEAR / MONTH / ETC
THIS MORNING
IN THE PAST
A LONG TIME AGO
RECENTLY
THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY
TWO DAYS / HOURS / YEARS / MINUTES AGO
IN 2010
WHEN I WAS A CHILD / 20 / 30 / ETC
EXPRESSIONS: PRESENT
TODAY
NOWADAYS
THESE DAYS
RIGHT NOW
THIS WEEK / MONTH / YEAR
AT THE MOMENT
AS WE SPEAK
EXPRESSIONS: FUTURE
TOMORROW
NEXT WEEK / MONTH / YEAR / ETC
SOON
IN AN HOUR / TWO DAYS /A YEAR
LATER
IN THE FUTURE
EVENTUALLY
THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW
LATER THIS EVENING