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L'emploi du temps et l'heure

French timetables use the 24-hour clock, so 'quinze heures trente' is half past three in the afternoon. Once you can read the clock you can read any timetable, station board or TV guide.

Part of your national curriculum
  • Grammar and vocabulary: Develop and use a wide-ranging and deepening vocabulary that goes beyond their immediate needs and interests

Lesson overview

What you'll learn in this lesson

Develop and use a wide-ranging and deepening vocabulary that goes beyond their immediate needs and interests

Key learning points

  • • Telling the time
  • • Days and the school week
  • • Describing the day

This lesson at a glance

  • 25 minutes
  • 15 parts to scroll through
  • 4 quick checks
  • Marked quiz at the end
  • Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses

Words to know

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L'emploi du temps et l'heure

An English teaching video on this topic from Pearson UK & International Schools. Watch it, then scroll down for the lesson.

In a nutshell

Develop and use a wide-ranging and deepening vocabulary that goes beyond their immediate needs and interests

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Learning cycle

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Learning cycle 1 of 2

Part 1 · Telling the time

A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.

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Telling the time

Il est huit heures — it is eight o'clock. Il est huit heures et quart — quarter past eight. Il est huit heures et demie — half past. Il est neuf heures moins le quart — quarter to nine. Formal and written French prefers digits: 8h15, 8h30, 8h45.

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Days and the school week

lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi. No capital letters in French. 'Le lundi' with the article means every Monday: 'Le mardi, j'ai deux heures de sciences.'

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Quick check

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Quick check

What time is 'quinze heures trente'?

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Quick check

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Quick check

'Les cours finissent à seize heures' means lessons...

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Pause

That's sitting 1 of 2 done

Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.

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Part 2 · Describing the day

A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.

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Describing the day

Les cours commencent à huit heures et finissent à seize heures. La récréation est à dix heures. On mange à la cantine à midi. Useful verbs: commencer (to start), finir (to finish), durer (to last).

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Quick check

How do you write 'on Wednesdays'?

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'La récréation' is...

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Worked example

Worked example

Read: 'Le jeudi, le cours de français commence à 14h et dure une heure.' Break it down: le jeudi = on Thursdays, commence à 14h = starts at 2pm, dure une heure = lasts an hour. So French is Thursdays, 2pm to 3pm.

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Challenge round

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Game · Sort it

Which of these are true?

Drag each card into the right column. Tap a card first if dragging is fiddly.

True

Not true

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Mastery quiz

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Marked quiz

End of lesson quiz: L'emploi du temps et l'heure

4 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.

  1. 1. What time is 'quinze heures trente'?

  2. 2. 'Les cours finissent à seize heures' means lessons...

  3. 3. How do you write 'on Wednesdays'?

  4. 4. 'La récréation' is...

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Luna: 0 out of 4 on the practice checks. Only if you feel up to it — one more?

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Do the work

Your written work for this lesson

This is the part you'd do in your book at school. Pick the pieces below, write here or on paper, and photograph anything you draw or work out.

Extract

Une journée à Lyon

Samedi matin, je me lève à sept heures et demie. Je prends le petit déjeuner avec ma sœur — du pain, du beurre et un chocolat chaud. Ensuite, nous prenons le bus jusqu'au centre-ville.

J'aime beaucoup Lyon parce qu'il y a un grand marché près du fleuve. Ma sœur préfère les magasins, mais moi, je préfère le marché : c'est moins cher et c'est plus intéressant. À midi, nous mangeons un sandwich au parc.

L'après-midi, il commence à pleuvoir, alors nous rentrons à la maison en tram. Le soir, je fais mes devoirs et je regarde un film avec mes parents.

Original text written for Good Learning Co.

Reading questions

  1. In English, say what the writer does in the morning, at midday and in the evening.
  2. Find the phrases that give an opinion and a reason, and copy them out.
  3. Write 8–10 sentences about your own Saturday, using at least three phrases from the text.

  • Written practice

    Writing

    Write the sentences out in the language, then translate them back into English.

    8–10 sentences

  • Vocabulary page

    Working out

    Copy the new words, cover them, and test yourself. Note the ones you keep missing.

    15 words

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