Learn how to talk about time and when things happen.
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Nazia: That鈥檚 a pretty watch Jess. Is it new?
Jess: Yes! My grandmother gave it to me. It was my birthday on Saturday.
Nazia: Yes!
Nazia and Filip: Happy birthday!
Jess: Thank you!
Filip: What did you do on your birthday?
Jess: I went to the park in the morning. Then my grandmother came over in the afternoon. After that we ate lots of cake in the evening.
Filip: Fun! What did you do at the weekend, Nazia?
Nazia: I played football on Sunday, in the afternoon鈥 and I scored the winning goal!
Filip: Woah!
Nazia: My next match is on Sunday at at half-past seven.
Filip: In the morning? That鈥檚 early!
Jess: What time do you wake up in the morning?
Filip: At the weekend I sleep in late because I stay up watching movies in the evening. Yesterday I stayed up until nine at night and鈥 I slept in this morning.
Nazia: Uh oh.
Filip: I did not have enough time to eat breakfast.
Jess: If you don鈥檛 start now, you won鈥檛 have time to eat lunch either!
Filip: What?
Jess: It鈥檚 quarter-past twelve now. Lunchtime finishes at half-past twelve.
Filip: It鈥檚 half-past twelve. I finished just in time! Mmm delicious!
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