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My Daily Schedule

Learn how to tell time in English with this A1 reading activity focusing on o'clock, half past, and quarter to.

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My Daily Schedule

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Learn how to tell time in English with this A1 reading activity focusing on o'clock, half past, and quarter to.

Reading Text

I wake up at seven o'clock in the morning. My first class is at half past eight. On Mondays, I eat lunch at a quarter past twelve. I go home at a quarter to four. In the evening, I read a book. I sleep at ten o'clock.

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Vocabulary

Definitions:

Text: Used to say the exact hour.
Text: Thirty minutes after the hour (30 minutes).
Text: Fifteen minutes after the hour (15 minutes).
Text: Fifteen minutes before the next hour (45 minutes).
Text: The late part of the day, before you go to sleep.

Items:

Label: o'clock
Answer: A
Label: half past
Answer: B
Label: quarter past
Answer: C
Label: quarter to
Answer: D
Label: evening
Answer: E

Fill In The Blanks:

Before: The train leaves at exactly five
After: .
Answer: o'clock
Before: My meeting is at
After: two, or 2:30.
Answer: half past
Before: The break starts at a
After: ten, or 10:15.
Answer: quarter past
Before: It is a
After: nine; we have 15 minutes before class begins.
Answer: quarter to
Before: I eat dinner with my family in the
After: .
Answer: evening