French telling time game
Fifteen entries covering the question and the answers: et quart, et demie, moins le quart, plus the parts of the day. Note the plural once you pass one o'clock, il est une heure but il est deux heures.
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Five games run on this set, since most entries are whole clauses rather than single words. Kraken Escape is the right one here: it shows a time expression and asks whether the English beside it is right.
The 15 words you will practise
| French | English | Say it like |
|---|---|---|
| Quelle heure est-il ? | What time is it? | kel ur eh-TEEL |
| Il est une heure | It is one o'clock | eel eh uu-NUR |
| Il est deux heures | It is two o'clock | eel eh duh-ZUR |
| à huit heures | at eight o'clock | ah wee-TUR |
| et quart | quarter past | ay kar |
| et demie | half past | ay duh-MEE |
| moins le quart | quarter to | mwan luh kar |
| Il est trois heures dix | It is ten past three | eel eh trwah-ZUR deess |
| Il est six heures moins vingt | It is twenty to six | eel eh see-ZUR mwan van |
| le matin | the morning | luh mah-TAN |
| l'après-midi | the afternoon | lah-preh mee-DEE |
| le soir | the evening | luh swar |
| la nuit | the night | lah nwee |
| midi | midday | mee-DEE |
| minuit | midnight | mee-NWEE |
Want the explanations rather than the drill? Read the French time and dates lesson.
5 games run on this set
- Sky Rescue: 10 rounds
- Pop Quiz: 10 rounds
- Kraken Escape: 48 rounds
- Warp Run: 10 rounds
- Flooded Hold: 6 rounds
Questions
Why does moins go before the number?
Because French counts backwards from the coming hour. Il est six heures moins vingt is twenty to six, literally six hours minus twenty. It is the same idea as English, worded the other way round.
Does France use the 24-hour clock?
In writing, almost always: timetables, tickets and opening hours are all 24-hour. In speech people use both, and the set drills the spoken forms.
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