Let’s talk about the time and your daily routine!

1. WHAT TIME IS IT?

We use this question to ask about the time:

What time is it?

We can also say:

What’s the time?

🕐 O’CLOCK

When the minutes are 00, we use o’clock.

Time	English
1:00	one o’clock
3:00	three o’clock
6:00	six o’clock
10:00	ten o’clock

Examples

What time is it?
It’s three o’clock.

What time is it?
It’s ten o’clock.

2. HALF PAST & QUARTER PAST

Let’s learn some useful expressions for telling the time.

🕧 HALF PAST

30 minutes after the hour:

2:30 → half past two
7:30 → half past seven

🕒 QUARTER PAST

15 minutes after the hour:

3:15 → quarter past three
8:15 → quarter past eight

💡 Remember!

past = after the hour

So:

5:15 → quarter past five

6:30 → half past six

3. QUARTER TO & MINUTES

We can also talk about the minutes before the next hour.

🕘 QUARTER TO

15 minutes before the next hour:

8:45 → quarter to nine
10:45 → quarter to eleven

🕙 Minutes

We can also use past and to with other minutes.

4:10 → ten past four

5:20 → twenty past five

7:40 → twenty to eight

9:50 → ten to ten

💡 Easy trick

PAST → minutes after the hour ⏩

TO → minutes before the next hour ⏪

4. TIME IN MY DAY

We use at when we say the time something happens.

• I get up at seven o’clock.
• I have breakfast at half past seven.
• I go to school at eight o’clock.
• I have lunch at two o’clock.
• I go to bed at ten o’clock.

🕐 Let’s talk about your day!

Complete the sentences:

I get up at __________.
I have breakfast at __________.
I go to school at __________.
I have lunch at __________.
I go to bed at __________.

💡 Remember!

at + time

✅ at seven o’clock
✅ at half past eight
✅ at quarter to nine

🎮 Juegos

Practise what you’ve learned!
Try these games and practise telling the time, reading clocks and using time expressions

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📝 Resumen

En esta Lesson 4 de inglés A2, aprenderás a preguntar y decir la hora en inglés. Practicarás expresiones como o’clock, half past, quarter past y quarter to, además de utilizar past y to para expresar diferentes momentos de una hora. También aprenderás a utilizar at con las horas y a hablar de cuándo realizas diferentes actividades de tu día. El objetivo es que puedas comprender y expresar la hora y utilizarla para hablar de tu rutina diaria de forma sencilla, útil y comunicativa.