UNIT III March 31st, 2015

VOCABULARY
There are 60 minutes in an hour.

There are 45 minutes in three

quarters of an hour.

There are 15 minutes in a

quarter hour.

There are 30 minutes in a half

hour.
 WAYS TO TELL THE TIME

IT’S A QUARTER PAST IT’S HALF PAST TWO or IT’S A QUARTER TO

FIVE or 15 MINUTES 30 MINUTES PAST 2 TWELVE or 45 MINUTES
PAST 5 PAST 11
PREPOSITIONS OF TIME
AT:
We use AT with specific times (minutes):
 I get up at 7 o’clock.
 My English class starts at 10am.
 She finishes work at 6.15pm
 I left the party at midnight
Midgnight (and midday) is a specific time, that is why we use AT
12am= midnight
12pm= midday / noon
We use AT for a oliday period of two or more days:
 Do you normally get together with your relatives at Christmas?
 Did you eat a lot of chocolate at Easter?
ON
We use ON for specificc days and dates:
I will return it to you on Wednesday.
They got married on Friday the 13th.
We get paid on the 20th of every mont.
I drank too much on New Year’s Eve.

Remember that for dates, we use ordinal numbers:

“The first of September” (not the one of September)

IN
We use IN for specific months, years, seasons,
centuries and lengths of time.
My birthday is in January. (I don’t mention the date, just
the month)
My grandmother was born in 1927.
The river near my house is dry in summer.
The company was founded in the 19th century.
We need to have this report ready in 15 minutes.
LOOK AT THE IMAGES AND
WRITE THE TIME IN WORDS

A)17:30: It’s half past five.

B) 7:10 It’s ten minutes past seven.
C)20:20 It’s twenty minutes past eigth
D)16:15 I’ts a quarter past four
E) _______________________________________________________________
F) _______________________________________________________________
G) _______________________________________________________________
H) _______________________________________________________________
I) _______________________________________________________________
J) _______________________________________________________________
K) _______________________________________________________________
L) _______________________________________________________________
MATCH THE PAIRS
A) 09:00 *SEVEN PM / SEVEN O’CLOCK IN THE EVENING
B) 12:00 *THREE PM / THREE O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON
C) 15:00 *ELEVEN PM / ELEVEN O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON
D) 19:00 *NINE AM / NINE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING
E) 23:00 *MIDNIGHT
F) 00:00 *MIDDAY / NOON
G) 13:00 *FIVE AM / FIVE O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING
H) 05:00 *ONE PM / ONE O’CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON
COMPLETE THE
CONVERSATION
PEDRO: (breakfast/your house) What time is breakfast in your
house?
SALLY: It’s at half past seven.

PEDRO:
(LUNCH)_________________________________________

SALLY:________________________________________________
__
PEDRO:
(DINNER)________________________________________

SALLY:________________________________________________
 LOOK AT THE IMAGE AND
ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
OFFICE TIME TABLE
A) What time does the secretary arrive at work?

09:00 STARTING TIME _____________________________________________________

09:30 ARRIVE AT WORK
09:45 COFFEE BREAK B) What time is tea break?
11:00 CHECK E-MAIL _____________________________________________________
11:15 PREPARE FOR LUNCH
12:00 LUNCH C) What time does she go home?
14:45 BROWSE THE INTERNET
_____________________________________________________
15:00 TEA BREAK
16:00 FINISHING TIME D) What time is the coffee break?
16:30 PREPARE TO GO HOME
17:00 GO HOME _____________________________________________________
DAYS, MONTHS AND YEARS:
VOCABULARY
1.- Basic time words. There are:
365 days in a year.
12 months ina year.
52 weeks in a year.
7 days in a week.
2 weeks in a fortnight.
60 minutes in an hour.
60 seconds in a minute.
100 years in a century.
1.- THE NAMES OF THE DAYS OF THE WEEK
ALWAYS BEGIN WITH A CAPITAL LETTER
IN ENGLISH.
2.- SATURDAY + SUNDAY = THE WEEKEND
3.- WE SAY ON+DAYS OF THE WEEK= ON
MONDAY, ON SATURDAY, ETC.
4.- WE SAY AT + THE WEEKEND= I WENT TO
THE CINEMA AT/ON THE WEEKEND.
PARTS OF THE DAY
MONDAY (before 12am) = Monday morning.

MONDAY (between 12am and 6pm) = Monday

afternoon.

MONDAY (after 6pm) = Monday evening.

MONTHS OF THE YEAR
The names of the
months ALWAYS
begin with a capital
letter in English.
LISTEN: WRITE THE DAYS IN
THE ORDER YOU HEAR THEM
A)Sunday
B)Monday
C)Tuesday
D)Wednesday
E) thursday
F) friday
G)Saturday
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES
A) ______________ March is the third month of the year.
B) Monday is the _second__________________ day of the week.
C) __________September___ is the ninth month of the year.
D) One year has ___________eleven____ months.
E) _______november____ is the eleventh month of the year.
F) ________abril___ is the fourth month of the year.
G) March is the __third__________ month of the year.
H) ________________January__ is the first month of the year.
I) June is the ______________sixth_ month of the year.
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES
USING IN, ON OR AT.
1.- a: What time is the game? b: It’s ____ one o’clock.
2.- The concert is _____ July 20th _______ 5:00 in the afternoon.
3.- The meeting is ___________ midnight ____________ Wednesday.
4.- They have an appointment __________ August 4th _______noon.
5.- a: When is the dance? b: It’s _____ Friday ________ a quarter to eight.
6.- She works ______ the morning.
7.- The movie is __________ Thursday 1st.
8.- a: Is the dinner in January? b: Yes, it’s ______ the 19th.
 9.- a: When’s the presentation? b: It’s ____Friday, _____ 9:00 _____ night.

10.- a: What day is the exam? b: It’s _________Saturday _________ 11:00am.

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES.
A) October is the ________________ month of the year.
B) The party is _______ July 29th ________ 2:00 pm in the afternoon.
C) The meeting is_________ the afternoon _____________Monday.
D) ______________ is the twelfth month of the year.
E) _______, _______ and ___________ are the last days of the week.
F) I have an appointment _________ November 30th _____________ 7:00am.
G) _______________ is the first day of the week.
H) ____________ is the first month of the year.
I) ___________ and _______________ are the days of the weekend.v
SEASONS AND WEATHER

SUMMER
SPRING
FALL/
AUTUMN WINTER
IMPORTANT:

We say IN +
MONTHS/SEASONS: in
July, in December, in
(the) spring, in (the)
 WEATHER: TYPES OF
WEATHER

sun
rain storm
cloud

wind snow
NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES
NOUN ADJECTIVE
SUN sunny
RAIN rainy
STORM stormy
SNOW snowy
FOG foggy
THUNDER thundery
OTHERS: Partly cloudy
EXAMPLES

IT’S A SUNNY DAY IN TOKYO TODAY, BUT IS CLOUDY IN

HONG KONG.

IT’S FOGGY IN SYDNEY AND IT’S SNOWY IN MOSCOW.

MATCH THE SYMBOLS TO THE
SENTENCES. THEN,
COMPLETE THEM

I’ll take my umbrela, because_______rainy______________

It’s ______stormy________. Can you hear the thunder?

It’s is very _____sunny______ in Chile in summer.

LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING
WEATHER REPORT AND
ANSWER THE STATEMENTS
A) On Monday morning it will be_________________________.
B) It will be stormy on _____________________.
C) It will be sunny all day on___________________.
D) It will be windy on_____________________________.
E) It will snow on_____________________________.
F) It will mostly be ___________________ on the weekend.
G) It will be partially cloudy on___________________________.
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES
WITH YOUR PERSONAL
OPINION

1.- Although I like_________, I don’t like_______________.

2.- I don’t like __________, so I ____________.

3.- I hate______________ because__________________.

WHAT’S THE TEMPERATURE?

1.- It’s warm_____

2.- It’s cold______

3.- It’s freezing________

4.- It’s hot__________

PRACTISE READING THE
TEXTS. WRITE THE SEASON.

I LIKE___________________.
IT IS HOT AND SUNNY.
I GO ON HOLIDAY.
PRACTISE READING THE
TEXTS. WRITE THE SEASON.

I LIKE __________________.
IT IS NOT VERY COLD.
I LIKE THE FLOWERS.
PRACTISE READING THE
TEXTS. WRITE THE SEASON.

I LIKE ________________.
IT IS VERY COLD.
MY CHILDREN PLAY IN THE SNOW.
PRACTISE READING THE
TEXTS. WRITE THE SEASON.

I LIKE____________.
THE CHILDREN GO BACK TO SCHOOL.
THE LEAVES FALL FROM THE TREES.
 VERB “TO BE” IN SIMPLE
PAST: HOW WAS THE
WEATHER LIKE YESTERDAY?
POSITIVE
I WAS
YOU WERE
HE/SHE/IT WAS FAMOUS
WE WERE
YOU WERE
THEY WERE
NEGATIVE
I WASN’T
YOU WEREN’T
HE/SHE/IT WASN’T FAMOUS
WE WEREN’T
YOU WEREN’T
THEY WEREN’T
INTERROGATIVE
WAS I
WERE YOU
WAS HE/SHE/IT FAMOUS?
WERE WE
WERE YOU
WERE THEY
SHORT ANSWERS
I WAS.
YOU WERE.
YES, HE/SHE/IT I WASN’T.
WAS. YOU WEREN’T.
WE WERE. NO, HE/SHE/IT
YOU WERE. WASN’T.
THEY WERE. WE WEREN’T.
YOU WEREN’T.
THEY WEREN’T.
COMPLETE THE QUESTION FORM WITH THE
PAST OF VERB BE, AND ANSWER THEM
WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

1.- How old__________ you in 1999?

I ________________________ years old.

2.- Where ______________ your best holidays?

My best holidays __________ in _______________.
COMPLETE WITH THE SIMPLE
PAST OF THE VERB TO BE
A) How old __________ Richard last year? ________ he ten or eleven?
B) When ___________ Susan’t baby born?
C) In what season ____________ they bor?
D) They _________ (not) born in Spring, I’m sure.
E) Uncle Tom _____________ (not) at home yesterday evening.
F) Bob ____________ at the beach with his friends. They ____________ all very
happy.
G) Where _____________ you at 11 o’clock?
 COMPLETE WITH WAS AND
WERE
A.- Where _____________ Shirley last Saturday?

B.- She ________________ at the stadium.

A.- ____________ you there, too?

B.- No, I ____________ at home. And you?

A.- My brothers, my sisters and I _________________ at the exhibition. By the way,

where _________________ your brothers that day?

B.- I don’t know where my brother Jim _____________. He _________ at home with
me but the others __________________.
ARE THE SENTENCES TRUE
OR FALSE?
Kevin isn’t a good student ___
Last year he was very happy ___
The students were in a summer course in Oxford ___
There weren’t any foreign students there ___
The school was situated in Park Lane ___
They had nothing to do in the afternoon ___
ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS
ON THE TEXT
Is Kevin a very good student? ____________________________
Was he happy last year? _______________________________
Where were the students last year? _______________________
Where was the school situated? ___________________________
When were the clases? _________________________________
Was the programme great? ______________________________
COMPETE THE QUESTIONS
WITH THE CORRECT
“QUESTION WORD” FROM THE
BOX.
HOW MUCH –
WHERE – WHEN –
HOW – HOW
MANY – WHO -
NOW, LOOK AT THE BOX BELOW AND
WRITE 3 SENTENCES THAT ARE TRUE FOR
YOU USING THE PAST TIME ADVERBIAL

PAST TIME ADVERBIALS

Yesterday – yesterday morning – the day
before yesterday – three days ago – a
week ago – a month ago – last week – last
Monday – last month – last year – last
summer – some time ago – in 1974 …