Touchstone 2nd Edition • Language summary • Level 1 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) © Cambridge University Press 2014 Unit 6, Lesson B, Page 1 Touchstone 2nd Edition • Language summary • Level 1 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. © Cambridge University Press 2014 Unit 6, Lesson B, Page 2 Touchstone 2nd Edition • Language summary • Level 1 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. © Cambridge University Press 2014 Unit 6, Lesson B, Page 3
