Telling Time – Lección 5: Day Parts and Special Times
Learn
Day parts help clarify whether you mean morning, afternoon, night, or early morning. For noon and midnight, beginners should learn es mediodía and es medianoche.
Ejemplos
Focus on clean, common day-part examples.
1. Son las diez de la mañana.
It is ten in the morning.
2. Son las cinco y media de la tarde.
It is 5:30 in the afternoon.
3. Son las ocho de la noche.
It is eight at night.
4. Son las tres de la madrugada.
It is three in the early morning.
5. Es mediodía.
It is noon.
6. Es medianoche.
It is midnight.
7. Como a mediodía.
I eat at noon.
Check Understanding
Day Parts
Columna A
Columna B
Matching
Columna A
Columna B
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.
Use It
Say the most natural day part for each time.
- 10:00am
- 5:30pm
- 8:00pm
- 3:00am
For classroom use
Classroom Practice - Day Parts
Students answer ¿Qué hora es? with clear day-part phrases.
Ejemplos
Click the time to reveal the answer.
1. 10:00am
Son las diez de la mañana.
2. 5:30pm
Son las cinco y media de la tarde.
3. 8:00pm
Son las ocho de la noche.
4. 3:00am
Son las tres de la madrugada.
5. 12:00pm
Es mediodía.
6. 12:00am
Es medianoche.
¿Qué hora es? - Info Gap
Students ask and answer ¿Qué hora es? with day parts, mediodía, medianoche, and madrugada.
Estudiante A
- 12:00pm
- 3:45am
- 5:40am
- 1:21pm
Estudiante B
- 12:00am
- 3:10am
- 12:35pm
- 11:45pm
Estudiante C
- 1:19pm
- 12:12pm
- 4:30am
- 3:45am