Telling the Time
Listening for specific times and schedules.
Lesson Goal: Learn how to hear and understand time expressions like "o'clock", "half past", and "quarter to".
How Native Speakers Tell Time
When asking for the time, you might expect people to say numbers exactly as they are written (like "three fifteen" or "four forty-five"). However, native English speakers often use fractions of an hour.
If a train leaves at 3:30, they might say it leaves at "half past three." If a meeting is at 4:45, they might say it is at "quarter to five."
Go to the next tab to learn the basic time vocabulary, then listen to the conversation about the train schedule in the Practice tab!
Clock Words 🕒
ពាក្យប្រើប្រាស់ទាក់ទងនឹងម៉ោង
Exactly
/ɪɡˈzækt.li/
យ៉ាងពិតប្រាកដ / ម៉ោងគត់
Quarter
/ˈkwɔːr.t̬ɚ/
មួយភាគបួន / ១៥នាទី
Schedules 🚆
កាលវិភាគ
Half past
/hæf pæst/
កន្លះ / ៣០នាទី
Leave / Depart
/liːv/
ចាកចេញ
Plans 🤝
ការរៀបចំកម្មវិធី
Meeting
/ˈmiː.t̬ɪŋ/
ការជួបជុំ / ណាត់ជួប
Plenty
/ˈplen.t̬i/
ច្រើន / គ្រប់គ្រាន់
🎧 Click play to listen:
📝 Comprehension Check
1. What time is it right now?
2. When does the train leave?
3. When is the man meeting his friend?
Real World Tasks
Practice your time vocabulary!