2B Telling Time

Question 1

Use the verb _____ with numbers to tell what time it is.

Answer 1

êTRE

EXAMPLE

Quelle heure est-il?
(what time is it?)

Quelle heure avez-vous/ as-tu?
(What time do you have?)

Question 2

Use HEURES by itself to express time on the hour.

Answer 2

EXAMPLE

il est SIX HEURES

Question 3

Use UNE HEURE for one o’clock.

Answer 3

EXAMPLE

il est UNE HEURE

Question 4

Express time from the hour to the half-hour by stating the number of minutes it is past the hour.

Answer 4

EXAMPLE

**Il est quatre heures CINQ

**Il est onze heures VINGT

Question 5

Use ET QUART to say that it is fifteen minutes past the hour

Answer 5

EXAMPLE

**Il est une heure ET QUART

Question 6

Use ET DEMIE to say that it is thirty minutes past the hour

Answer 6

EXAMPLE

**il est sept heures ET DEMIE

Question 7

to express time from the half hour to the hour, subtract the number of minutes or the portion of an hour from the next hour

Answer 7

EXAMPLE

**il est trois heures MOINS DIX

**il est une heure MOINS LE QUART

Question 8

to express at what time something happens, use the preposition “à”

Answer 8

EXAMPLE

**On passe un examen à UNE HEURE

Question 9

the hour and minutes are separated by the letter “H” (heure)

Answer 9

EXAMPLE

3:25=3H25

Question 10

LIAISON occurs between numbers and the word heure(s).

Final “-S” and “-X” in DEUX, TROIS, SIX, and DIX are pronounced like a z.

the final “-F” of NEUF is pronounced like a V

Answer 10

EXAMPLE

il est DEUX—HEURES
(it’s two o’clock)

il est NEUF—HEURES et quart
(it’s 9:15)

Question 11

You typically do NOT make a liaison between:

Answer 11

the verb form EST and a following number that starts with a vowel sound