Listen for the Time

Listen for the Time

  • Post category:Listening

Topic: Time

Mode: Interpretive

Level: Novice

Students will listen to recordings of brief sentences and identify the times that were stated. 

Components of this activity: Scripts, recordings, clock pictures, multiple choice worksheets

Instructions to the teacher

There are two versions of this activity below, which are not sequential. Either make a recording of the scripts in advance or read them aloud to the class. Make the corresponding multiple choice worksheets. 

Version 1

Script

  1. Class begins at 1:15.
  2. I’m finished at 11:30.
  3. Lunch begins at 1:15.
  4. The movie ends at 8:30.
  5. We leave at 10:20.
  6. The movie begins at 5:45.
  7. He wakes up at 5:15.
  8. They go running at 5:30.
  9. The bus leaves at 5:45.
  10. Can we meet at 8:30?

Instructions to students

Listen carefully for the time stated in each sentence. Choose the clock that shows the stated time.

A. B.
C. D.

2.

A. B.
C. D.

3.

A. B.
C. D.

4.

A. B.
C. D.

5.

A. B.
C. D.

6.

A. B.
C. D.

7.

A. B.
C. D.

8.

A. B.
C.D.

9.

A. B.
C. D.

10.

A. B.
C. D.

Version 2

Instructions to the teacher

In advance, make a recording of the following sentences, or read them aloud at a relatively normal pace. Also, make a multiple choice worksheet like the one below. It is up to you whether you use time written in numerals or in words. Below, the correct answers appear in bold.

Script

  1. The baby was born at 8:31. 
  2. Can you meet me at 9:30?
  3. The plane leaves at 8:33.
  4. It’s 3:38.
  5. Class begins at 4:10.
  6. Do you really get up at 6:20?
  7. What are you doing at 7:15?
  8. The plane lands at 3:49.
  9. It’s exactly 7:27.
  10. The train arrives at 9:18.

Instructions to students

Listen carefully to each sentence and circle the time you hear.

  1.  a. 8:33    b. 8:31        c. 9:32        d. 9:34
  2.  a. 9:40    b. 9:20        c. 9:30        d. 9:50
  3.  a. 8:37    b. 8:33        c. 8:34        d. 8:31
  4.  a. 3:38    b. 3:28        c. 3:18        d. 3:48
  5.  a. 4:10    b. 5:10        c. 3:50        d. 4:50
  6.  a. 6:40    b. 6:30        c. 6:10        d. 6:20
  7.  a. 8:15    b. 7:45        c. 7:15        d. 8:45
  8.  a. 3:49    b. 3:47        c. 3:59        d. 3:57
  9.  a. 7:37    b. 7:17        c. 7:28        d. 7:27
  10.  a. 9:58    b. 9:28        c. 9:48        d. 9:18
Categories: Listening