Unit 9 Time and Dates

You too. Telling the time.

M:It's just 3 o'clock.

W:It's about 3 o'clock.

M:It's 8:00AM

W:It's 3:15.

M:It's a quarter past three.

W:It's half past three.

M:It's a quarter to four.

W:It's exactly 20 minutes and ten seconds past three o'clock.

M:My watch keeps good time.

W:My watch is two minutes fast.

M:I'm seven thirty, but my watch is a little fast.

W:My watch says seven ten.

M:My watch gains ten minutes a day.

W:My watch is not going.

M:It is run down, I must wind it.

W:I forgot to wind my watch last night.

M:Sorry, but I don't care your watch.

W:I forgot to bring my watch today.

Asking about the time

M:What time is it ?

W:What’s the time?

M:Do you have the time?

W:What time do you have?

M:What time did your watch say?

W:Please tell me the time?

M:May I ask the time?

W:Could you tell me time?

M:What is the correct time?

W:Do you have the right time?

M:What time will you be over?

W:How long do you think you'll take?

M:What time do you want me to be there?

Putting in the time

M:We'll behind schedule.

W:I'm in a hurry.

M:Please hurry up. The time is running short.

W:Don't be long.

M:Don't be long making up.

W:What's holding you up?

M:What's keeping you?

W:Get move on.

M:It's no time to lose.

W:What's taking you so long?

M:Don't rush me. I won't be long.

W:Give me a minute to change, it won't take long.

M:I'll be ready in a few minutes.

W:Wait a minute, I'm not properly dressed.

M:What's the hurry?

W:Take it easy. We don't have to rush.

M:Take your time ,Bill.

W:There's no hurry.

M:Don't rush to do anything.

W:You seem to have a letter in your pets.

M:Get to let out.

W:Don't hurry, You are mistake about the time.

Telling Dates

M:August fifteenth.

W:August the fifteen.

M:The fifteenth of august.

W:Two thousand and two.

M:Nineteen ninety-eight.

W:Nineteen eightieth.

M:The twenty-fourth century

W:The third Century BC

Asking about Dates

M:What day is it?

W:What is the day today?

M:What is today's date?

W:What day of the month is it today?

M:What day of the weekend's today?

W:What day is today?

M:What month is this?

W:What year is this?

M:What day is your birthday?

W:When is your birthday?

M:What's the date of your birth?

W:What's the dates of Miss P's wedding?

M:What's the vacation? Today is your birthday.

W:What holiday is it today?

M:What special day is today?

Conversations

Dialogue 1

M:What is the correct time, please?

W:It's exactly twelve minutes past seven.

M:When will your lecture begin?

W:It will begin at 9 o'clock sharp.

Dialogue 2

M:Could you tell me the right time ,please?

W:Well. My watch says five past two. But it's no use rely on it because it has been gaining and

losing these last a few days,

M:You have to get fixed.

W:Yes. I will.

Dialogue 3

W:What time is it, Tom?

M:Just a minute. It's ten to nine by my watch.

W:Is it? I have no idea it's so late. I must be off now.

M:What's the hurry?

W:I must catch the nine-thirty Train.

M:It's plenty of time yeah. The railway station is very close. It won't take you more twenty

minutes to get there.

Dialogue 4

M:What day is today?

W:Today is December twenty-third, two thousand and two.

M:Oh, The day after tomorrow is Chrismas.

W:Merry Chrismas to you.