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Unit 6 • Lesson B: What time is it?
Vocabulary
Asking and saying the time
What time . . . ?
What time is it?
It's 10:00 a.m.
It's 2:00 p.m.
It's (eleven) o'clock.
It's (five) after (two).
It's a quarter after (two).
It's ten-thirty.
It's a quarter to (nine).
It's six-forty-five.
It's (ten) to (nine).
It's midnight.
It's noon.
Time expressions
about (seven o'clock)
around (seven o'clock)
at (five) o'clock
tomorrow night
Free time
art exhibit
event
jazz concert
play
seat
soccer match
(n)
(n)
(n)
(n)
(n)
(n)
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Other words
free
finish work / school
go to bed
leave work / school
start
(adj)
(v)
(v)
(v)
(v)
Grammar
Asking questions about time
You can ask the time like this:
What time is it?
You can use What time do / does . . . ? to ask what time something happens.
Use does with a singular noun:
What time does the concert start?
Use do with a plural noun:
What time do supermarkets close?
Use do with you:
What time do you go out at night?
Answering questions about time
Use It's to say the time:
A What time is it?
B It's 6:30.
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Use at to give times:
A What time does the concert start?
B It starts at nine o'clock.
Use about or at about to give approximate times ("approximate" means not exact):
A What time do supermarkets close?
B They close (at) about 10:00 p.m.
You can also use around to give approximate times:
A What time do you go out at night?
B Usually around 8:00 or 8:30.
Remember, after he, she, it the verb ends in -s:
I / You / We / They start . . .
He/ She / It starts . . .
Suggestions with Let's
A suggestion is an idea to do something. You can use Let's + verb to make a suggestion:
Let’s go to the concert.
Let's meet at 6:45.
Let's get there early.
You can use That sounds . . . to agree with a Let's . . . suggestion:
That sounds like fun.
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