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Apprendre ou revoir l'heure en anglais

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The LEGO Movie | "Good Morning!" Clip [HD]

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Apprendre ou réviser le vocabulaire des activités du quotidien

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Prépare-toi à répondre aux questions sur ton quotidien

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Lis la lettre qu'Emily t'a envoyé

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Apprends les adverbes qui te permettront de dire à quelle fréquence tu fais les activités du quotidien

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Ecoute Emily et repère ce que tu comprends

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Updated February 2022 - let me know if there are any problems.

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This is a mini-game to learn and practice telling the time in English. Students can interact with a clock to change the time and there is also a mini-game which involves matching a time phrase to a clock.

The first screen shows an analog clock displaying a time - initially 9 o'clock - and a pane below showing the matching time phrase. You can change the time on the clock by moving the clock hands or by clicking on the arrows at the bottom. As you change the time on the clock, the time phrase below gets updated. Moving the hour hand changes the time really quickly, but the minute hand is slower. It is only possible to display times at intervals of 5 minutes, and so the clock hands will align to the nearest 5 minutes.

On the second screen there is a mini-game. A text pane in the middle displays a time phrase eg. 3 o'clock. Then 3 clocks are shown above; each with a different time. To play the game, you have to click on the clock that matches the time phrase. This repeats about 20 times with increasingly precise times being shown. In order to complete the game, you have to choose the correct clock every time. If you make a mistake, then the game is lost and you have to start again from the beginning.

While playing the game, a cat is displayed in the bottom left of the screen, with a bridge infront of her. As you guess the clocks, the cat progresses across the bridge to the other side of the screen. But if you make a mistake, then the cat falls and returns to the beginning. There is nothing significant about the cat; it is just meant to be a visual progress aid. There is also a score box in the bottom right. Score is awarded based on how quickly you pick the correct clock. If you take too long, then no points are awarded at all.

The target language is time phrases, specifically:

Half past, quarter past, quarter to, five past/to, ten past/to, twenty past/to, twenty-five past/to.

These were chosen as they are the main phrases used to tell the time. I did not use more precise times, such as "2 minutes past", as this could have made the game overly complicated. Five minute intervals are really enough for most situations. Alternative wordings, such as "twelve thirty" or "eight forty-five" were avoided so as to keep things simple.

The aim of this game is to practice, or initally explore and learn, telling the time in English. The target audience is low level English learners. Telling the time, while important, is quite a straight forward skill and most elementary level learners should be able to tell the time quite easily. The first screen aims to present the target language, while the mini-game on the second screen is a means to practice and re-enforce the language.

This game is made with Javascript with the CreateJS framework. While primarily aimed at desktops, it should work on mobile phones and tablets. The reasons for remaking this game from the old 'clock' flash version are, firstly, that the old version was not very good - the appearance was not all that appealing, the game displayed in a small window and there was not much variance in the clocks being show. Secondly, the old version still seemed quite popular, despite being taken off the home page of the site and being buried with a bunch of other old games. Finally, telling the time is quite an essential skill for speaking english in everyday life and time phrases are really quite easy to represent visually. Learning to tell the time in English is something that anyone should be able to do by themselves. And so resources to do help with this, should be free and easily available online.

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Practice telling the time in English. An interactive clock and mini game for ESL students to learn and practice telling the time in English.

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Match the clocks to the corresponding time. Which clock is the odd one out? (app created by Isa Boresy)

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Write the words

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Adverbes et expressions de fréquence

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Answer the questions!

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Match the correct picture with the expression.

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Listen to Emily and take notes!

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frequency adverbs

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Norman Rockwell

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Now, your turn! Write a letter to Emily!

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Solve this jigsaw puzzle as fast as you can !

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A day in the life of a boy (Norman Rockwell - jigsaw puzzle (35 pieces)

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Telling the Time in English | Learn how to tell the time in English with Pronunciation

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Routine et heure aiguille

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Isabelle Beaubreuil (Ac. Limoges)

NEXT

DO YOU KNOW YOUR VOCABULARY?

MAIL

BACK

MAIL

BACK

BACK

WRONG

BACK

WRONG

BACK

BACK

MAIL

AND HE HAS AN EVIL PLAN FOR TOMORROW. YOU MUST STOP HIM !CLICK ON A DRAWER TO DISCOVER WHAT HE WANTS TO DO !

SSHH ! THE GRINCH IS SLEEPING.

(= un tiroir)

IL VEUT ENLEVER LE PERE NOEL

IL VEUT VOLER NOEL

IL VEUT FETER NOEL

HE WANTS TO STEAL CHRISTMAS !

FRIENDLY

BIG - HEARTED

GOOD

MERRY

HAPPY

JOYFUL

GENEROUS

HELPFUL

MEAN

NICE

WHY ? BECAUSE HE IS ...

MISSION 1

TRY TO STOP THE GRINCH !

HE WANTS TO STEAL CHRISTMAS !

FIVE PAST THREE

THREE PAST FIVE

THREE PAST ONE

WHAT TIME IS IT ?

MISSION 1

BACK

YOU LOSE 10 SECONDS !

HALF TO EIGHT

EIGHT PAST HALF

HALF PAST EIGHT

WHAT TIME IS IT ?

MISSION 1

BACK

YOU LOSE 10 SECONDS !

QUARTER TO FOUR

QUARTER TO FIVE

NINE TO FIVE

WHAT TIME IS IT ?

MISSION 1

BACK

YOU LOSE 10 SECONDS !

TWENTY PAST ELEVEN

FOUR O'CLOCK

FOUR PAST ELEVEN

WHAT TIME IS IT ?

MISSION 1

BACK

YOU LOSE 10 SECONDS !

MISSION 2

HE WANTS TO STEAL CHRISTMAS !

TRY TO STOP THE GRINCH !

MISSION 2

HE WANTS TO STEAL CHRISTMAS !

BACK

YOU LOSE 10 SECONDS !

TYPE THE CODEFINAL CODE

MISSION 3

HE WANTS TO STEAL CHRISTMAS !

-- -- -- --

TYPE THE CODEFINAL CODE

MISSION 3

HE WANTS TO STEAL CHRISTMAS !

-- -- -- --

TYPE THE CODEFINAL CODE

MISSION 3

HE WANTS TO STEAL CHRISTMAS !

WRONG

WRONG

TYPE THE CODEFINAL CODE

MISSION 3

HE WANTS TO STEAL CHRISTMAS !

TYPE THE CODEFINAL CODE

MISSION 3

HE WANTS TO STEAL CHRISTMAS !

-- -- -- --

TYPE THE CODEFINAL CODE

MISSION 3

HE WANTS TO STEAL CHRISTMAS !

-- -- -- --

YOU SAVED CHRISTMAS!

THANK YOU SO MUCH !

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Isabelle Beaubreuil (Ac. Limoges) NEXT DO YOU KNOW YOUR VOCABULARY? MAIL BACK MAIL BACK BACK WRONG BACK WRONG BACK BACK MAIL AND HE HAS AN EVIL PLAN FOR TOMORROW. YOU MUST STOP HIM !CLICK ON A DRAWER TO DISCOVER WHAT HE WANTS TO DO ! SSHH ! THE GRINCH IS SLEEPING.