Italian as a second language – Telling Time in Italian – Che Ore Sono? An activity to practice how to tell the time in Italian.
Italian as a second language – Telling Time in Italian – Che Ore Sono?
Un’attività per imparare e praticare come si comunica il tempo in italiano.
Levels of Difficulty: Beginner
Age: Young Adults, Teenagers Adults
Description: exercises in fill-in-the-blank-format
Che ore sono? = What time is it?
Hours
Sono le otto = it’s eight o’clock (literally: they are the eight)
Sono le nove = it’s nine o’clock (literally: they are the nine)
Sono le dieci = it’s ten o’clock (literally: they are the ten)
Minutes past
Sono le otto e dieci = it’s ten past eight (literally: they are the eight and ten)
Sono le otto e venti = it’s twenty past eight (literally: they are the eight and twenty)
Sono le otto e venticinque = it’s twenty past eight (literally: they are the eight and twenty-five)
Sono le otto e un quarto = it’s quarter past eight/eight fifteen
Sono le otto e mezza = it’s half past eight/eight thirty
Minutes to
Sono le nove meno dieci = it’s ten to nine (literally: they are the nine minus ten)
Sono le nove meno venti = it’s twenty to nine (literally: they are the nine minus twenty)
Sono le nove meno un quarto = it’s quarter to nine
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