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Everyday English 4e

Asking • Telling the time 6
5
• What’s the time, 1 Use the table and the clock
please? faces to ask 4
each other the
• Have you got the time.
time, please?
A: What’s the 2
• What time is it, time, please?
please?
B: It’s ... .
Telling
• It’s five o’clock. 1 3
• It’s half past two.
• It’s ten past

three.
• It’s twenty to ten.

Study • Making arrangements
Skills
2 These sentences are from a dialogue between two friends. Say
Interacting actively them in your language. What is the dialogue about?
• Are you free this afternoon? • What time does the court open?
When you interact try • Is 4:30 OK with you? • Yes, that’s fine. • See you there!
to sound as natural as
possible. Use Listen and read to find out.
appropriate gestures,
pauses, hesitations, Jenny: Hi, Helen!
verbal signs e.g. him, Helen: Hi, Jenny. Are you free this afternoon?
when etc. to reveal Jenny: Hm, I think so. Why?
your attitude and Helen: Do you want to practise basketball with me?
feelings. Jenny: Sure. What time does the court open?
Helen: At half past three.
Jenny: And what time does it close?
Helen: At seven o’clock.
Jenny: Is 4:30 OK with you?
Helen: Yes, that’s fine. See you there!

MODULE 4 3 In pairs, read the dialogue aloud. Mind the intonation.

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