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VOCABULARY Telling the time

4 Read the article and answer the questions. What 8 Label the clock with the times below. Then listen
time is it in the following cities? and check.
1 Moscow to A
2 Buenos Aires H
3 London
4 Sydney
5 San Francisco B
6 Hong Kong
7 Lisbon
8 Edinburgh
G C
5 Read the article again and decide if the sentences are
true or false.
1 People are standing on a bridge in the middle of London. F
2 People are waiting for the New Year in the USA.
3 People are eating beans in Argentina.
4 Bruno’s family are partying in the street. D
5 In Scotland, people sing a traditional song at midnight. E past
Edinburgh and we’re all having 6 The weather is very cold in Russia.
7 The Chinese New Year is in March. 1 It’s twenty to six. 5 It’s half past five.
8 It is morning in Australia and very quiet after the 2 It’s ten past five. 6 It’s five o’clock.
celebrations. 3 It’s five to six. 7 It’s quarter to six.
singing a traditional song called 4 It’s quarter past five. 8 It’s twenty-five past five.
‘Auld Lang Syne’. What are you
6 Look at Word Zone and find two other parts of the day in
the article. 9 Listen and write the times you hear.

Parts of the day 10 Write down five different times. You can choose them.
WORD 1 It’s six o’clock in the afternoon in San
ZONE Francisco. 10.20, 2.45, …

2 We’re all waiting for the celebrations at 11 In pairs, ask each other the time and give your answers
midnight! from exercise 10. Check your answers with your partner.
3 It’s eight o’clock in the evening here in
Buenos Aires.
What’s the time?
It’s twenty past ten.
7 In groups, discuss the questions. 12 In pairs, ask and answer questions. You can invent
your own questions, too!
● What are the New Year traditions in your country?
● What do people normally do on New Year’s Eve? What time do you …
● What does your family do?
get up? leave home in the morning?

have your first lesson? have lunch?
go to bed? get up on Sundays?

13 Write sentences about your partner.
Australia. It’s 9am. The city is very David gets up at half past six.
quiet after the night’s celebrations.

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