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English Vocabulary for Time

Learn How to Tell the Time in English

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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

The games and flashcards are currently set to test the following [wait...] words:

Table of Contents

  • Match-the-Pairs Game
  • Memory Game
  • Basic Flash Cards
  • Spell-the-Word Game
  • Multi-Choice Test
  • Learn with Hangman!
  • "Sentence" Flash Cards
  • "Missing Word" Flash Cards
  • Example Sentences
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Match-the-Pairs Game

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  • Your mission is to match each picture with the correct word in as few a clicks as possible.
  • There are three pictures in each set, and there are sets to complete.
  • Click on your first square to start. Good luck!
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Memory Game

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  • Your mission is to pair pictures with their correct titles in as few a clicks as possible.
  • Click on a card to turn it. Next, try to find its partner by clicking on a second card. (If you fail to find a match with your second click, both cards will turn again.)
  • This is a memory game as well as a vocabulary-learning game.
  • Click on your first card to start. Good luck!
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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.
  • Guess the hidden word by choosing one letter at a time.
  • If you guess a letter in the hidden word, then all is good.
  • If you guess a letter that is not in the hidden word, then the hangman starts to build the gallows.
  • If the gallows are completed, you lose.
  • Good luck!
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Create Your Own Version of This Game

Here is the word library for 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:
  • time, midnight, midday, half past, quarter past, quarter to, morning, afternoon, evening, night, o'clock
    time vocabulary list

    time

  • What time is it now?
  • We had a great time at the park.
  • He spends a lot of time studying.
    midnight vocabulary list

    midnight

  • Midnight is 12:00 AM, the middle of the night.
  • He stayed up until midnight watching a movie.
  • She heard the clock strike midnight.
    midday vocabulary list

    midday

  • Midday is 12:00 PM, the middle of the day.
  • They had lunch at midday.
  • She called him at midday.
    half past vocabulary list

    half past

  • Half past means 30 minutes after the hour.
  • The meeting starts at half past two.
  • He arrived at half past seven.
    quarter past vocabulary list

    quarter past

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

    quarter to

  • Quarter to means 15 minutes before the hour.
  • The bus arrives at quarter to eight.
  • He gets home at quarter to six.
    morning vocabulary list

    morning

  • Morning is the time from sunrise until midday.
  • She drinks coffee every morning.
  • He goes for a run in the morning.
    afternoon vocabulary list

    afternoon

  • Afternoon is the time from midday until evening.
  • They have meetings every afternoon.
  • She likes to take a walk in the afternoon.
    evening vocabulary list

    evening

  • Evening is the time from sunset until bedtime.
  • He enjoys watching TV in the evening.
  • They had dinner together in the evening.
    night vocabulary list

    night

  • Night is the time from sunset until sunrise, when it is dark outside.
  • She likes to read at night before bed.
  • He usually goes to sleep early at night.
    o'clock vocabulary list

    o'clock

  • O'clock is used to indicate the exact hour of the day.
  • The meeting starts at nine o'clock.
  • She gets up at seven o'clock every morning.
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This page was written by Craig Shrives.

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