Lesson 2: Tell me the Time
Read the Following Text
It’s ten to six in the afternoon. Shahana and Suman are standing outside Dr. Milon Hall at Dhaka Medical College Campus. They are waiting for Mehedi. They are going to see the play “Aisa Mongal” tonight. The show starts at 6:30 in the evening.
2.1. Answer Orally
i) Where are Shahana and Suman standing?
ii) Whom are they waiting for?
iii) What are they going to see?
iv) When will the play ‘Aisa Mongal’ start?
Dialogue
Choose a partner and perform role-playing with the following dialogue
Put emphasis on intonation
Suman : What time is it?
i) Where are Shahana and Suman standing?
ii) Whom are they waiting for?
iii) What are they going to see?
iv) When will the play ‘Aisa Mongal’ start?
Dialogue
Choose a partner and perform role-playing with the following dialogue
Put emphasis on intonation
Suman : What time is it?
Shahana : It’s ten to six.
Suman : When is Mehedi supposed to come?
Shahana : Between six and six thirty. He said he’d come straight from a meeting.
Suman : But the show will start at 6.30. Do you think he’ll make it?
Shahana : Well, he said he would. Anyway, there’s plenty of time yet.
Suman : Let’s go and have some coffee then.
Suman : When is Mehedi supposed to come?
Shahana : Between six and six thirty. He said he’d come straight from a meeting.
Suman : But the show will start at 6.30. Do you think he’ll make it?
Shahana : Well, he said he would. Anyway, there’s plenty of time yet.
Suman : Let’s go and have some coffee then.
Read and Note
Read the following
1. Expressing time
a. half past five or five thirty (5:30)
b. a quarter past five or five fifteen (5:15)
c. a quarter to five or fifteen minutes to five (i.e. 4:45)
d. twenty past five or five twenty (5:20), ten to five (i.e. 4:50), twenty to three (i.e. 2:40)
2. Supposed to means expected to / obliged to
e.g. He was supposed to come at five.
1. Expressing time
a. half past five or five thirty (5:30)
b. a quarter past five or five fifteen (5:15)
c. a quarter to five or fifteen minutes to five (i.e. 4:45)
d. twenty past five or five twenty (5:20), ten to five (i.e. 4:50), twenty to three (i.e. 2:40)
2. Supposed to means expected to / obliged to
e.g. He was supposed to come at five.
2.2. Exercise
1. When do Suman and Shahana meet?
2. How much time is left for the play to begin?
3. When is Mehedi supposed to come?
4. Where will he come from?
1. When do Suman and Shahana meet?
2. How much time is left for the play to begin?
3. When is Mehedi supposed to come?
4. Where will he come from?
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