⏰ What Time Is It? — Telling The Time & Daily Routines
Welcome to level A2! Today you will ask for the time politely ("Excuse me. What time is it?"), tell the time (nine o'clock, half past ten, four oh five) and talk about your daily routine: "I usually get up at six thirty in the morning."
At The Bus Stop
Read the little scene below.
🤔 What time do you get to school in the morning?
🕘 Asking And Telling The Time
There are several ways to ask for the time. To tell the time, say the hour, then the minutes.
🙋 Asking
- "What time is it?"
- "What's the time?"
- "Do you have the time?"
- "Excuse me. What time is it?" ← polite with someone you don't know
🕰️ Telling
- 5:00 → "It's five o'clock."
- 10:30 → "It's ten thirty." / "It's half past ten."
- 9:15 → "It's nine fifteen." · 8:45 → "eight forty-five"
- 4:05 → "It's four oh five."
Use o'clock only for times on the hour (5:00). For 4:05 say "four oh five" — the oh is the zero! And never "five o'clock fifteen" ❌, just "five fifteen".
🕰️ The Talking Clock
Move the hands with the buttons. The clock tells you the time in English!
⏱️ Beat The Clock
Look at the clock and choose the right time. 8 rounds — can you get them all?
📅 Daily Activities — When Do You Get Up?
Click a card to hear it. Some activities are for students, some are for grown-ups at work.
🎒 A student's day
💼 A grown-up's work day
❓ When / What time + at
- "When do you get up?" — "I get up at 6:30."
- "What time is the meeting?" — "It's at 3 o'clock."
- a.m. = midnight → noon: "I go running at 7 a.m."
- p.m. = noon → midnight: "I eat lunch at 1 p.m."
🔁 Usually / Sometimes
- usually = most of the time: "I usually get to school at 8."
- sometimes = some of the time: "Dad sometimes gets home at 6 p.m."
- in the morning / in the afternoon / in the evening
- but at night: "I read at night."
With he / she / Leo / Dad, the verb takes an -s: "Leo gets up at 6:30.", "Dad takes the train." And the question uses does: "What time does Leo get up?"
🗓️ My Day Planner
Choose who, an activity and a time. Watch the sky change and get the question and the answer!
🚆 Around The Clock — Noon, Midnight & 24 Hours
There are two words for 12 o'clock: noon (in the day) and midnight (at night). Use at with both: "The meeting is at noon."
Culture note: in Tunisia, like in most countries, timetables use the 24-hour clock: the train leaves at 20:30. In the US, people usually use the 12-hour clock: 8:30 p.m.
🔄 Clock Switch
Read the train board (24 hours) and say it the American way (12 hours).
Listen And Repeat!
Click 🔊 Listen to hear the phrase, 🐢 Slowly to hear it slower, then 🎙️ My turn and say it out loud into your microphone!
✍️ Practice Time!
Exercise 1 — True Or False?
Exercise 2 — Complete The Dialogue
Fill in the missing word in each line of the conversation.
🎭 Create & Record: My School Day
A new friend asks you about your day. Write the conversation: when you get up, eat breakfast, get to school, have lunch, do your homework and go to bed. Use at, usually / sometimes and in the morning / at night!
🎙️ Now, Record It!
Act out your conversation out loud (alone with both voices, or with a friend) and record yourselves. Then listen back!
🎯 Final Quiz — Telling The Time
Answer 7 questions to test everything you learned in this lesson!