Telling the time
Danish means half past five: halfway to six. is a quarter to nine; is a quarter past nine.
Use for times, and for a period. Exact timetables may use twenty-four-hour readings.
Practise both the everyday and timetable forms.
Vi arbejder til halv seks.We work until half past five.
Jeg kommer kvart i ni.I arrive at a quarter to nine.
Klokken er kvart over ni.It is a quarter past nine.
Vi begynder klokken ni.We start at nine o’clock.
Vi arbejder fra ni til halv seks.We work from nine to half past five.
Pausen er tredive minutter.The break is thirty minutes.
Practice 1/6 · Finding words
Notice the pattern
Tap the form practised in this unit.
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We work until half past five.
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I arrive at a quarter to nine.
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It is a quarter past nine.
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We start at nine o’clock.
Practice 2/6 · The right form
Choose the Danish form
Choose the right word for the gap.
Vi arbejder til .
We work until half past five.
Jeg kommer .
I arrive at a quarter to nine.
Klokken er .
It is a quarter past nine.
Vi begynder ni.
We start at nine o’clock.
Vi arbejder ni til halv seks.
We work from nine to half past five.
Pausen er tredive .
The break is thirty minutes.
Practice 3/6 · Fill the gaps
Complete a message
Fill the gaps with the words from the box.
Vi arbejder til .
We work until half past five.
Jeg kommer .
I arrive at a quarter to nine.
Klokken er .
It is a quarter past nine.
Vi begynder ni.
We start at nine o’clock.
Vi arbejder ni til halv seks.
We work from nine to half past five.
Pausen er tredive .
The break is thirty minutes.
Practice 4/6 · Building sentences
Build a sentence
Put the words in order.
We work until half past five.
I arrive at a quarter to nine.
It is a quarter past nine.
We start at nine o’clock.
We work from nine to half past five.
The break is thirty minutes.
Practice 5/6 · In situations
What would you say?
Choose the right words for the situation.
We work until half past five.
You say:
Use the meaning and Danish pattern explained here.
We work until half past five.
You say:
Use the meaning and Danish pattern explained here.
I arrive at a quarter to nine.
You say:
Use the meaning and Danish pattern explained here.
I arrive at a quarter to nine.
You say:
Use the meaning and Danish pattern explained here.
It is a quarter past nine.
You say:
Use the meaning and Danish pattern explained here.
It is a quarter past nine.
You say:
Use the meaning and Danish pattern explained here.
We start at nine o’clock.
You say:
Use the meaning and Danish pattern explained here.
We start at nine o’clock.
You say:
Use the meaning and Danish pattern explained here.
Practice 6/6 · Matching
Connect messages and meanings
Match the pairs.
Unit complete
