Lesson 5

Telling Time

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Visual aides for Lesson 5

Objectives: To be able to ask for and tell time.

To be able to use common expressions associated with going out to eat.

Dialog:

A. What time is it?

B. It's 11:30. I'm getting hungry.

A. Me too. Let's go eat.

B. Do you know of a good place to eat?

A. Yes, the Goodburger is just down the street.

B. Do they have Mexican food?

A. Yes, I think they do.

B. Let's go.

Practice 1: Vocabulary Expansion

It's	11:00 (eleven o'clock)	It's	11:00 (eleven ten)
	1:00 (one o'clock)		11:15 (eleven fifteen)
	5:00 (five o'clock)		11:30 (eleven thirty)

Practice 2: Command-Response

Stand up.

Go to the chalkboard.

Take the clock in your hands.

Set the clock for __________.

Put the clock down.

Write the time on the chalkboard.

Tell the class what time it says.

Practice 3: Question-Answer

What time is it? It's __________.

Practice 4: Vocabulary Expansion

Let's go	eat.	I'm getting	hungry
	get a drink.		thirsty.
	to bed.		sleepy.
	play.		bored.
	sit down.		tired.

Practice 5: Rejoinder

I'm getting	hungry. Me too. Let's go	eat.
	sleepy.	to bed.
	bored.	play basketball.
	tired.	sit down.
	thirsty.	get a drink.

Practice 6: Question-Response

T. Do you know of a good place to eat?

S. Yes, McDonald's.

T. Do you know of a good place to buy clothes? (food?) (shoes?)

S. Yes, __________.

Practice 7: Question-Response

At McDonald's do they have	Mexican food?	S. No, they don't.
	hamburgers?	S. Yes, they do.
	sea food?
	Chinese food?
	sandwiches?
	milkshakes?

Practice 8: Dictation

A. What time is __________?

B. It __________. I'm __________ hungry.

A. Me __________. __________ go eat.

B. __________ you know __________ a good place to eat?

A. Yes, the Goodburger __________ just down the street.

B. Do __________ have Mexican food?

A. Yes, I think they __________.

B. __________ go.

Practice 9: Role Play

What time is it?

It's __________. I'm getting __________.

Me too. Let's go __________.