
Telling time
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Sammy Belhafian
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Telling time
Structure 2B.2
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You use the verb être with numbers to tell time.
There are two ways to ask what time it is:
Quelle heure est-il? What time is it?
Quelle heure avez-vous/as-tu? What time do you have?
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To tell time on the hour, use a number + heures. Use une heure for one o'clock.
6.00 a.m = Il est six heures.
1.00 a.m = Il est une heure.
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To tell the time form the hour to the half-hour, add the number of minutes past the hour.
To say it is fifteen minutes past the hour, use et quart.
To say it is thirty minutes past the hour, use et demie.
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To tell the time form the half hour to the hour, use moins (minus) and substract the number of minutes or the portion of an hour from the next hour.
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To say at what time something happens, use the preposition à
Le cours commence à neuf heures moins vingt.
The class starts at 8:40.
Nous avons un examen à une heure.
We have an exam at one o'clock.
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Multiple Choice
Il est cinq heures vingt.
5:15
5:20
4:40
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Multiple Choice
Il est six heures moins dix.
5:50
6:10
7:50
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Multiple Choice
Il est une heure moins le quart.
12:15
1:15
12:45
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Multiple Choice
Il est neuf heures et quart.
10:45
9:15
8:45
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Multiple Choice
Le cours commence à huit heures et demie.
8:30
8:15
8:45
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Multiple Choice
Complete with the most logical time expression:
Il est trois heures ________
de l'après-midi
pile
du soir
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Multiple Choice
Complete with the most logical time expression:
Il est __________. C'est l'heure de manger.
midi
minuit
matin
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Multiple Choice
Complete with the most logical time expression:
__________ est le cours de français?
L'heure
Quelle heure
Á quelle heure
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Multiple Choice
Complete with the most logical time expression:
Anne arrive toujours _________ au cours.
vers
en retard
du soir
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Multiple Choice
Complete with the most logical time expression:
Il est sept heures _______
pile
de l'après-midi
tôt
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24-hour clock
In French, the 24-hour time is preferred over the 12-hour format of the US. Official time for departures, movie times, store hours ... are expressed this way and it is a popular way to express time in every day life.
Le train arrive à dix-sept heures six.
the train arrives at 5.06 p.m
Le film est à vingt-deux heures trente sept.
The film is at 10.37 p.m
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Different writing
When writing the time in French using numbers, the hour and minutes are separated by the letter h, which stands for heure(s), while in English a colon is used.
15h25 = 3:25 p.m
11h10 = 11:10 a.m
17h15 = 5:15 p.m
21h45 = 9:45 p.m
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Multiple Choice
Il est dix-sept heures quinze.
5:15 p.m
7:15 p.m
6:15 p.m
4:15 p.m
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Multiple Choice
Il est douze heures cinquante.
12:50 p.m
2:50 p.m
2:50 a.m
12:50 a.m
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Multiple Choice
Il est une heure dix.
1:10 p.m
11:10 p.m
1:10 a.m
11:10 a.m
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Multiple Choice
Il est quatorze heures trente.
4:30 p.m
2:30 a.m
2:30 p.m
4:30 a.m
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Multiple Choice
21h45
8:45 p.m
9:45 p.m
8:45 a.m
9:45 a.m
Telling time
Structure 2B.2
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