Grammar and Vocabulary_Present Simple_Daily Routine - Telling the Time & Adverbs of Frequency

Telling the time

Minutes+hours

O’clock

Topast

A half

Opposites

A Quarter To ≠ A Quarter Past

O’clock ≠ A Half 

What time is it?

6:00 It’s six o’clock  

2:15 It’s a quarter past two 

5:30 It’s a half past five

9:40 It’s twenty minutes to ten

Prime Meridian at Greenwich 0º longitude 

a.m. = anter meridian 

p.m. = post meridian

Parts of the day

In the morning (after dawn or the sun rises)

At noon/midday (12:00 p.m.)

In the afternoon (after 12:00 p.m.)

In the evening (when the sky is getting dark or before dusk)

At night (when is dark, the sun sets or you go to sleep)

At midnight (12:00 a.m.)

Opposites

Sunrise ≠ Sunset

Day ≠ Night

Dawn ≠ Dusk

Daily Routines

These verbs can help you to organise your day:

wake up

get up

have breakfast

brush your teeth

have a shower

 I go to school at eight o’clock in the morning.

Adverbs of Frequency

always 

generally 

usually 

hardly ever

seldom

random

never

Auxiliary Verb+Adverb+Main Verb

He always gets up at 7:00 in the morning.

She is never late.

I have just finished my dinner.

Routine Verbs with Aretha Franklin