Telling Time – Lección 1: Whole Hours
Learn
For most whole hours, Spanish uses son las followed by the hour. In this lesson, focus only on whole hours from two o'clock through eleven o'clock.
Ejemplos
Click each example to reveal the meaning.
1. ¿Qué hora es?
What time is it?
2. Son las dos.
It is two o'clock.
3. Son las cinco.
It is five o'clock.
4. Son las ocho.
It is eight o'clock.
5. Son las once.
It is eleven o'clock.
Check Understanding
Match the Time
Click a prompt from Columna A, then click the matching definition from Columna B.
Columna A
1. Son las dos.
2. Son las cinco.
3. Son las ocho.
4. Son las once.
Columna B
a. It is eleven o'clock.
b. It is eight o'clock.
c. It is two o'clock.
d. It is five o'clock.
Matching activity for this episode
Matching
Columna A
Son las dos.
Son las cinco.
Son las ocho.
Son las once.
Columna B
It is eleven o'clock.
It is eight o'clock.
It is two o'clock.
It is five o'clock.
Practice
Fill-in-the-Blank Quiz
Complete the sentences using the most appropriate word or phrase from the list. You can click or tap on a word from the list to reveal its definition.
Son
Accent marks:
Use It
Say each time out loud in Spanish.
- 2:00
- 5:00
- 8:00
- 11:00
For classroom use
Classroom Practice - ¿Qué hora es?
The instructor asks ¿Qué hora es? Students answer as a class using whole-hour sentences.
Ejemplos
Click the time to reveal the answer.
1. 2:00
Son las dos.
2. 5:00
Son las cinco.
3. 8:00
Son las ocho.
4. 11:00
Son las once.
¿Qué hora es? - Info Gap
Students ask and answer ¿Qué hora es? to practice whole hours out loud.
Estudiante A
- 2:00
- 5:00
- 8:00
- 11:00
Estudiante B
- 3:00
- 6:00
- 9:00
- 10:00
Estudiante C
- 4:00
- 7:00
- 8:00
- 11:00