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

Click a prompt from Columna A, then click the matching definition from Columna B.
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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.

mediodía mañana noche
Accent marks:
  1. Son las diez de la .
  2. Son las ocho de la .
  3. Es el .

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

  1. 12:00pm
  2. 3:45am
  3. 5:40am
  4. 1:21pm

Estudiante B

  1. 12:00am
  2. 3:10am
  3. 12:35pm
  4. 11:45pm

Estudiante C

  1. 1:19pm
  2. 12:12pm
  3. 4:30am
  4. 3:45am