1. Unit 5 A kind-hearted doctor
Time Expressions
Unit 5
A kind-hearted doctor

2. Time Expressions We can tell time in different ways. 4.05
= five past four
= four oh five
4.15
= a quarter past four
= four fifteen
4.25
= twenty-five past four
= four twenty-five

3. Time Expressions = half past four 4.30 = four thirty 4.40
= twenty to five
= four forty
4.50
= ten to five
= four fifty

4. I usually arrive at school at ten to eight / seven fifty.
Example 1
7.50
I usually arrive at school at ten to eight / seven fifty.

5. Our plane takes off at half past eight / eight thirty.
Example 2
8.30
Our plane takes off at half past eight / eight thirty.

6. Example 3
7.45
9.15
Jack often runs in the park from a quarter to eight / seven forty-five to a quarter past nine / nine fifteen.

8. When did Sam leave home this morning?
9.10
Question 1
When did Sam leave home this morning?
He left home at this morning.
ten past nine / nine ten

9. 10.20 twenty past ten / ten twenty
Question 2
When did Sam arrive at the hospital?
He arrived at .
twenty past ten /
ten twenty

10. 10.40 twenty to eleven / ten forty
Question 3
When did you take your injection?
I took my injection at .
twenty to
eleven / ten forty

11. had lunch at five to twelve /
11.55
Question 4
When did you have lunch? I .
had lunch at five to twelve /
eleven fifty-five

12. I went home at half past twelve / twelve thirty.
12.30
Question 5
When did you go home?
I went home at half past twelve /
twelve thirty.