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I have dinner at seven thirty
Textbook: p. 49
GoalTell the time and link it to routine: “I have dinner at seven thirty.”
New words
at … o’clock · soat … dathirty · yarim (… yarim)fifteen · o‘n besho’clock · soat
Explanation
Telling time: 7:00 — seven o’clock; 7:30 — seven thirty (or half past seven); 7:15 — seven fifteen; 7:45 — seven forty-five. We use “at” before a time: “I get up at seven o’clock.” “I have dinner at seven thirty.” In digital form we write 7:30.
Worked examples
I go to school at eight o’clock. I have lunch at twelve thirty.
She goes to bed at nine fifteen.
Class activity
“Set the clock”: children use a cardboard clock. The teacher says a time (“four thirty”) and they set it. Then pairs say “I have dinner at …”.
Practice
1
Say 7:30 in English.
seven thirty
2
You go to school at 8:00. Make a sentence.
I go to school at eight o’clock.
3
What number is “fifteen”?
15
4
Say what time you have dinner.
For example: I have dinner at seven o’clock.