Y1 S4 telling time

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

No questions? Good! 

If I still have time left, I'll tell you how to tell time in English...

Do you know what time it is?

It's SHOWTIME!!!!

(interactive showtime, so have your phones ready!)

00:13

Do you know what the 'O' stands for in o'clock?

1. OMG! Is that the time?
2. the 'O' stands for 'other than any other hour'.
3. 3 o'clock means: 3 of the clock.
4. The 'O' symbolizes the round shape of a clock.

01:16

What does the phrase (de zin) 'around the clock' mean?

1. In this song it means that they are dancing around a giant clock.
2. It means: to do something 12 hours straight. (in dutch: het klokje rond.)
3. It means that they get paid by the hour. (per uur betaald krijgen)
4. It means nothing; it just sounded nice in the song.

Hoe laat is het?

What time is it?

Het is 9 uur.

It is nine o'clock.

Het is 11 uur.

It is eleven o'clock.

Do you know how people call this clock? 

It's official name is Elizabeth Tower. But how do most people call this clocktower?

1. "Big Bell"
2. "The Tower"
3. "Big Ben"
4. "Parliament"

1:00 – one o’clock          7:00 – seven o’clock ​

2:00 – two o’clock         8:00 – eight o’clock​

3:00 – three o’clock      9:00 – nine o’clock​

4:00 – four o’clock        10:00 – ten o’clock​

5:00 – five o’clock         11:00 – eleven o’clock​

6:00 – six o’clock           12:00 – twelve o’clock​

The hours:

Het is half twaalf.

It is half past eleven.

Het is half negen.

It is half past eight.

Note how we say that it is half an hour BEFORE the hour. Where the English say it is half an hour AFTER the hour.

Note:

a.m. is used from midnight to noon; 

p.m. is used from noon to midnight.

noon: 12.00 in the afternoon (in de middag)

midnight: 00.00 (middernacht)

In English we don't use the 24 hour system that we use. Instead they use a.m. and p.m. This stands for ante meridiem and post meridiem. You can forget the meaning, as long as you remember when to use which one.

extra note:

als het 9 uur in de ochtend is, zeg je nine a.m. óf nine in the morning. Dus niet nine a.m. in the morning! Da's dubbelop!

what time is it?

1. ten o'clock
2. ten minutes to two
3. half past three
4. ten minutes past ten

What time is it?

1. seventeen minutes past seven
2. twenty-four minutes to four
3. Who cares? The train is going to be late anyway!
4. ten minutes to eleven.

My alarmclock is set at 6:45.
How do you say this in English?

1. OMG! that's early!
2. Time to snooze a few times.
3. a quarter to seven
4. fifteen minutes to seven