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Learn English Online - free beginner's course - Unit 4

Lesson 18 - Time (3)

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Remember It

Revise (do again) the time expressions (Time 1) and (Time 2).

Questions

Who? People
What? Things
Where? Places

Learn It

Time (3) - Prepositions used with time

At a point in time In a length of time
"When shall we meet?" 12:30 "Let's meet at 12.30." "It's 12.45, when will you be ready?" 12:45 "I'll see you in an hour, at about 1.45."

 

      "I go to work in the morning."    
      "I go home in the evening."    
      "I have lunch in the afternoon."    
   
but
"I go to sleep at night."    

More Questions

"What time do you open?"

at
"We open at ... 12:30 nine o'clock.

"What time do you close?"

at
"We close at ... 12:45 six o'clock.

 

When? Time

 

Opening Times

"When are you open?"

from to
"We're open from... 12:30 9 am to 12:45 6 pm. "
"But, we're closed from... 12:30 12 noon to 12:45 1 pm for lunch."

AM or PM

morning 00.01 - 11.59
AM - stands for Ante Meridiem (the time between midnight and noon) 00.01 hrs - 12.00
noon or midday 12.00
PM - stands for Post Meridian (after noon) 12.01 - 24.00 hrs
afternoon 12.01 - 18.00
evening 18.01 - 22.00
night 22.01 - 24.00
midnight 24.00

Test It

Do a time crossword - Test It!


Practise It

On the Forum - What time do the shops / banks / libraries open / close in your area?

Print out the worksheet and fill it in. Check your answers here (.rtf files)


Print Version - Thanks to Ali (aka GSMTG), you can print this lesson out here

Next lesson - Days of the week


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