General English Level 1 GELEV1 Unit 02 Topic 01.doc LANGUAGE FOCUS 04 Telling the time – task 1. Read the sentences below. 2. Put a tick in the box beside the correct answer. 1. There are 24 ________ in a day. a) hours b) minutes c) seconds 2. There are 60 __________ in an hour. a) seconds b) days c) minutes 3. When we want to know the time we ask. a) What’s the hour? b) How many hours is it? c) What’s the time? 4. We say “Twenty past four”. We write: a) 3.40 b) 20.04 c) 4.20 5. We say “Ten to five”. We write: a) 4.50 b) 10.05 c) 5.10 6. We write 3.30. We say: a) half past three b) three and thirty c) thirty past three 7. We write 6.00. We say: a) six and no minutes b) six hours c) six o’clock 8. We write 7.45. We say: a) forty five past seven b) quarter to eight c) fifteen to eight 9. Ten o’clock in the morning is: a) 10am b) 10pm c) 10 o’clock am 70 QUESTLANGUAGE