Telling the Time

Listening notes

Practise Telling the Time with this Elementary (A1) English listening lesson.

Audio mode: hear a prompt and choose the matching picture. Image mode: see a picture and choose the matching sound.

• Level: Elementary (A1)
• Template: Listen & Match
• Items: 10
• Focus words: Seven o'clock, Half past eight, Quarter past nine, Ten twenty, Twenty-five past eleven, Quarter to one, Twenty to three, and Four thirty-five, and more
• Default mode: audio

What you will practise

Listen for short prompts and match each one to the correct picture. You will hear language such as Seven o'clock, Half past eight, Quarter past nine, Ten twenty, Twenty-five past eleven, Quarter to one, Twenty to three, and Four thirty-five. The lesson also includes additional related words and phrases. In image mode, reverse the task and choose the matching sound for each picture.

Why this lesson helps

Short repeatable prompts make it easier to notice pronunciation, spelling patterns, and fast word recognition before moving on to longer listening tasks.