Enjoy English in 6ème (p24-25)
Objectifs
Activités :
- Dire l'heureCompétences lexicales et culturelles :
- Les nombres, les expressions pour dire l'heure au format analogique puis au format numériqueCompétences grammaticales :
-Compétences phonologiques :
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Séance 1_ Vocabulary of the periods of the day
Recap (TE):
- the morning = a.m. (ante meridiem = before midday)
- midday (= noon)
- the afternoon = p.m. (post meridiem = after midday)
- the evening
- the night
+ Révision of the numbers
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Séance 2_ Method: how to read a clock
Recap the important information (TE)
1- On donne toujours les minutes avant de dire l'heure.
Un peu de vocabulaire:
2- Pour dire l’heure quand elle est “pile”, on utilise “o’clock” (pas besoin de commencer par les minutes puisqu'il n'y en a pas !)
Ex: 12:00 → It is twelve o’clock
3- Pour dire l’heure quand les minutes ne dépassent pas 30, on utilise “past”
Ex: 1:10 → it is ten past one
4- Pour dire l’heure quand c’est “et quart”, on utilise “quarter past”
Ex: 2:15 → it is quarter past two
5- Pour dire l’heure quand c’est "la demie", on utilise “half past”
Ex: 3:30 → it is half past three
6- Pour dire l’heure quand les minutes sont supérieures à 30, on utilise “to”.
Pour cela, on calcule combien de minutes manquent pour arriver à 60 (on fait une soustraction à partir de 60 moins... et donc cela revient à calculer les minutes "à l'envers" sur l'horloge, c'est à dire qu'on compte dans le sens contraire des aiguilles d'une montre !)
Pour les heures, on utilise alors l’heure d’après,
Ex: pour 4h46 minutes, je calcule: 60 min - 46 min = 14 min.
4h46 équivaut à 5h-14 minutes donc on dira: → it is fourteen (14) to five (5)
7- Pour dire l’heure quand c’est “moins le quart”, on utilise “quarter to” (...avec l’heure d’après bien sûr !)
Ex: 5:45 → it is quarter to six
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Séance 3_ Reading clocks
Look at the clock and watches, then listen and repeat

Vocabulary:
- The hands = les aiguilles- An alarm clock = un réveil
- A watch = une montre
- A clock = une horloge
Look at the clocks and listen to learn :
1. It's three o'clock
2. It's ten past three
3. It's a quarter past three
4. It's twenty past three
5. It's half past three
6. It's twenty-five to four
7. It's a quarter to four
8. It's five to four
Then listen and give the number of the corresponding clocks :
AM or PM ?
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Séance 4_Exercices for practice:
What time is it ?
Exercice 1:
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Exercice 2:
Correction 2:
1. It's twenty to ten
2. It's ten past five
3. It's half past three
4. It's twenty-five to five
5. It's five past six
6. It's quarter past eleven
7. It's ten past four
8. It's twenty-five to one
9. It's quarter to five
10. It's five past eight
11. It's quarter to three
12. It's twelve o'clock
1. It's one o'clock
2. It's half past one
3. It's quarter past three
4. It's twenty-five past six
5. It's twenty past one
6. It's half past one
7. It's two o'clock
8. It's twenty to nine
9. It's quarter to eight
10. It's five past ten
11. It's three o'clock
12. It's twenty to ten
13. It's twenty-five to one
14. It's ten past five
15. It's twenty-five to one
16. It's quarter to five
17. It's quarter past eleven
18. It's five past eight
19. It's twenty five to eleven
20. It's half past three
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1- it's thirteen to seven
2- it's half past two
3- it's half past nine
4- it's eleven o'clock
5- it's twelve to eight
6- it's ten to two
7- it's twenty past eleven
8- it's five past six
9- it's seven to six
10- it's twenty to eight
11- it's twenty-five past four
12- it's five to three
13- it's half past one
14- it's ten past nine
15- it's quarter to four
16- it's quarter past ten
17- it's four o'clock
18- it's six o'clock
19- it's quarter past nine
20- it's quarter to one
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Site pour pratiquer la lecture de l'heure (horloges générées automatiquement) clic here
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Exercice 3
Correction 3:
1. It's one o'clock
2. It's half past one
3. It's quarter past three
4. It's twenty-five past six
5. It's twenty past one
6. It's half past one
7. It's two o'clock
8. It's twenty to nine
9. It's quarter to eight
10. It's five past ten
11. It's three o'clock
12. It's twenty to ten
13. It's twenty-five to one
14. It's ten past five
15. It's twenty-five to one
16. It's quarter to five
17. It's quarter past eleven
18. It's five past eight
19. It's twenty five to eleven
20. It's half past three
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Exercice 4:
Correction 4:
1- it's thirteen to seven
2- it's half past two
3- it's half past nine
4- it's eleven o'clock
5- it's twelve to eight
6- it's ten to two
7- it's twenty past eleven
8- it's five past six
9- it's seven to six
10- it's twenty to eight
11- it's twenty-five past four
12- it's five to three
13- it's half past one
14- it's ten past nine
15- it's quarter to four
16- it's quarter past ten
17- it's four o'clock
18- it's six o'clock
19- it's quarter past nine
20- it's quarter to one
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Séance 5_ Listening to Departure times
Look at the departures board, listen and and repeat the times.
Now listen to the announcements and give the corresponding gate numbers.
This is the correction of the exercice:
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Séance 6_More practice of Listening and understanding
Listen to your teacher and fill in the empty clocks with drawings of the long minute hand and the short hour hand.
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Séance 7_Speak !
Observe the map of the world and compare the times in different countries and cities.
Example: When it's 12 a.m. (noon) in London, it's 7 a.m. in New York
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Séance 8_ More practice
Site pour pratiquer la lecture de l'heure (horloges générées automatiquement) clic here
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