Unit 7 What Time Is It?

1. Unit 7 What Time Is It? Sentence Pattern (p.85, p.90) Monday, December 27th, 2010

2. M W S S __ T __ T F __ What day is today? It is _____________ today. Monday What day is New Year’s Day? It is _____________. on Saturday

3. Sentence Pattern (Telling the time) What time is it? = What is the time? = What time do you have? = Do you have the time? 1. 若要詢問「你的錶現在幾點？」則在句末加上「by your watch」變成： Excuse me.What time is it by your watch? My watch says ten thirty. 【補充】我的手錶慢了五分鐘。 My watch is five minutes slow. (不可用late) 2. 比較： Do you have the time? 幾點了？ Do you have free time?你有空嗎？

4. Telling the time (1) - p.85 整點 ：It is + 數字 (o’clock). It is three o’clock. It is one o’clock. 非整點 ：It is + 數字(點) 數字(分). It is six twenty-five. It is ten oh five.

5. Telling the time (2) – p.85 It is + 點 (+分)+in the morning / afternoon / evening. + a.m. / p.m. (evening) It is 6:00. It is six a.m. It is six o’clock in the morning. o’clock 不與 a.m. / p.m.連用 「點」和「分」之間不加連接號 (morning) It is 7:45. It is seven forty-five in the evening. It is seven forty-five p.m.

6. Telling the time (3) – p.90 o’clock after past to a quarter after / past a quarter to quarter (n.) ¼單位 half (n.) ½ 、一半 the big hand 長針 the little hand 短針 half past

7. 1~29分：It is + 數字(分) after / past + 數字(點). . . . 點鐘後，又過了. . . 分鐘。 It isten after seven. It iseighteen past eight. 31~59分：It is + 數字(分鐘差) to + 數字(下一點鐘). 還有. . . 分鐘就. . . 點鐘了。 It issix to ten. It isfive to one.

8. 30分 (?點半)：It is +half past + 數字(點). It is half past three. 非half to 15分 ：It is +a quarter past + 數字(點). It is a quarter past eleven. 45分 ：It is +a quarter to + 數字(下一點鐘). It is a quarter to seven.

9. What time is it? It is four o’clock. It’s twenty-eight to twelve. It is one o’clock. It’s a quarter to three. It’s sixteen past eight. It is four o’clock. It’s twenty to eleven. It’s half past twelve. It’s five to four. It’s ten to seven. It’s twelve past seven. It’s six past nine.