A1#Basic 850Official15 sentences55/850 core words

What time is it? — numbers, days, and time

Numbers fly past fast in real speech. Catch the number, the day, and the little words around them — at seven, on Saturday, in ten minutes.

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Read the sentences below, then practice the whole lesson with audio.

  1. 1What time is it?
  2. 2It's ten o'clock.
  3. 3I get up at seven.
  4. 4See you at six, then.
  5. 5What day is it today?
  6. 6It's Friday, at last!
  7. 7The train comes at nine.
  8. 8I'm free on Saturday.
  9. 9How about Sunday morning?
  10. 10That works for me.
  11. 11I'll be there in ten minutes.
  12. 12Sorry, I'm a little late.
  13. 13It's almost twelve, let's go.
  14. 14Time goes so quickly.
  15. 15Today is an important day.

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