Mandarin · Chapter 1 · Lesson 20 · Phrase session

What time is it?

Clock, calendar and the weather: small talk's holy trinity.

Why these go together

Ask and tell the time, give the date, say when you are going somewhere and what the weather is doing.

  • 现在几点?

    What time is it?

  • 现在十二点。

    It's twelve o'clock.

  • 今天是九月十日。

    Today is the tenth of September.

  • 你几点去学校?

    What time do you go to school?

  • 我明天上午去学校。

    I'm going to school tomorrow morning.

  • 我们下午三点去商店。

    We're going to the shop at three this afternoon.

  • 昨天下雨了。

    It rained yesterday.

  • 今天天气怎么样?

    What's the weather like today?

  • 今天很冷,明天很热。

    It's cold today and it'll be hot tomorrow.

Matching

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Match each phrase to what it means.

Fill in the blank

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Put the missing word back.

  1. 现在几? (What time is it?)

    xiàn zài jǐ ___?

  2. 十二点。 (It's twelve o'clock.)

    ___ shí èr diǎn 。

  3. 今天是九十日。 (Today is the tenth of September.)

    jīn tiān shì jiǔ ___ shí rì 。

  4. 你点去学校? (What time do you go to school?)

    nǐ ___ diǎn qù xué xiào ?

  5. 我明天去学校。 (I'm going to school tomorrow morning.)

    wǒ míng tiān ___ qù xué xiào 。

  6. 我们三点去商店。 (We're going to the shop at three this afternoon.)

    wǒ men ___ sān diǎn qù shāng diàn 。

  7. 下雨了。 (It rained yesterday.)

    ___ xià yǔ le 。

  8. 今天怎么样? (What's the weather like today?)

    jīn tiān ___ zěn me yàng ?

  9. 今天很,明天很热。 (It's cold today and it'll be hot tomorrow.)

    jīn tiān hěn ___, míng tiān hěn rè 。

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