English Vocabulary for Time

Learn How to Tell the Time in English

This is a lesson to help you learn common ways of expressing the time in English. There are eight learning methods for you to work through, including five different games and three different types of flashcard. At the end, there are three example sentences for each word.

Vocabulary Games for

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Match-the-Pairs Game

Memory Game

Basic Flash Cards

Spell-the-Word Game

Spell the word represented by the picture.

Learn with Hangman!

Hangman is a classic word game. In this version, the hidden word is one of the words from the "time" category. Choose your first letter to start. Show Instructions

Create Your Own Version of This Game

"Sentence" Flash Cards

Click on the box to see the word in a sentence.

"Missing Word" Flash Cards

Click on the box to see the missing word in a sentence.

Example Sentences

Here are 3 sentences for each of the following words from the "time" category:

• "midnight","midday","half past","quarter past","quarter to","five past","ten to","morning","afternoon","evening"

• Midnight is 12:00 AM, the middle of the night.
• He stayed up until midnight.
• She heard the clock strike midnight.

• Midday is 12:00 PM, the middle of the day.
• They met for lunch at midday.
• She took a break at midday.

• Half past means 30 minutes after the hour.
• The meeting starts at half past nine.
• He arrived at half past two.

• Quarter past means 15 minutes after the hour.
• She left at quarter past five.
• He finishes work at quarter past three.

• Quarter to means 15 minutes before the hour.
• The bus arrives at quarter to seven.
• He gets home at quarter to eight.

• Five past means 5 minutes after the hour.
• The train leaves at five past ten.
• She wakes up at five past six.

• Ten to means 10 minutes before the hour.
• He arrived at ten to nine.
• She starts work at ten to eight.

• The morning is the time between sunrise and noon.
• She exercises every morning.
• He drinks coffee in the morning.

• The afternoon is the time between noon and evening.
• She has a meeting in the afternoon.
• He takes a walk every afternoon.

• The evening is the time between sunset and bedtime.
• They enjoy watching TV in the evening.
• She has dinner in the evening.

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