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TIME OUT !!! Combine your English & Maths skills ...

  •  English    18     Public
    This is a problem-solving quiz involving questions in different tenses related to TIME. For pre-intermediate or higher
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  • When did you go to sleep last night?
    I went to sleep at 1.30am
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  • John is exactly half-way through his guitar lesson (a 60-minute lesson). When did the lesson begin?
    It began at 3 o'clock.
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  • What time will the alarm go off?
    At 10 o'clock.
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  • If your plane takes off now (see photo) and lands at 12.25, how long is the flight?
    The flight is 4 hours and 55 minutes.
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  • If your meeting starts now (see clock) and lasts 90 minutes, what time will it end?
    At half-past three.
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  • What time was the car stolen?
    At two o'clock.
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  • John normally arrives at work at 8.30. It is now (see clock). How late will he be if he arrives now?
    An hour and 40 minutes.
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  • This is the current time in Zürich. New York is 6 hours behind. What time is it in New York?
    It is five to 6 in New York.
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  • Alice needs about 35 minutes to finish her homework. What time will it be then?
    Four thirty-five.
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  • John has just started a 3-hour operation. What time will the operation end?
    At twenty-five past 12.
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  • Tonight, Sara went to bed two and a half hours late (see clock). What time does she normally go to bed?
    At a quarter past 11.
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  • Which Japanese city was bombed at exactly this time in 1945?
    Hiroshima
    Osaka
    Kyoto
    Okinawa
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  • CHALLENGE QUESTION: At exactly what time was Kennedy assassinated in 1963?
    at 12;30pm on 22 November 1973
    at 11:45am on 21 November 1963
    at 13,30pm on 23 November 1963
    at 12.30pm on 22 November 1963
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  • Why do security guards feel exhausted and weary guarding the Big Ben clock tower?
    Because they are all working around the clock!!
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  • Samira and Miriam were both born at this time. But they don't have the same birthday. Why??
    Because they were born on two different days in different time zones.
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  • This is the time now. The lesson finishes in 25 minutes. What time will it finish?
    At a quarter to nine.
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