1. Words in Context
Directions: Use one of the words in the box to complete each sentence.
| Hours clock watch early afternoon |
1. I wish there were more than 24 ___________ in a day.
2. Our plane came in ________ because one of the stops was canceled.
3. I forgot my __________ today so I don’t know what time it is.
4. The ________ on the wall says it’s almost midnight.
5. We will be meeting for lunch this _________ at around 1:00 P.M.
| Minutes sunset evening time month |
6. The recipe says to bake the cookies in the oven for 25 __________.
7. September is the worst __________ because we have to go back to school.
8. What ___________ do we have to be at the hockey rink?
9. I love to watch the ___________ when the sky turns pink and orange.
10. I made a dinner reservation for this _________ at 7:00 P.M.
| Later calendar week seconds midnight |
11. You can stay up a little __________ than 9:00 P.M. because the movie goes until 9:30 P.M.
12. Many people stay up until the clock strikes __________ to celebrate New Year’s Day.
13. There are 60 ___________ in a minute and 1440 minutes in a day.
14. My one ___________ vacation package includes five nights and seven days.
15. I’ll have to check my _____________ to make sure I am not busy on May 21.
2. Word Families
Directions: Choose the correct form of the word to complete the sentence.
| noun | time |
| noun | timer |
| verb | time |
16. Excuse me, do you know what ____________ the bus arrives?
17. I will _________ you to see how fast you go.
18. I need a ___________ so that I know when the cake is ready to come out of the oven.
| noun | week |
| noun | weekend |
| adverb | weekly |
19. You will get paid __________, or every seven days.
20. It is a long __________ so we get three days off instead of two.
21. There are seven days in the ___________.
| noun | seconds |
| adjective | second |
| adjective | secondary |
22. We start the countdown when there are ten ___________ left in the final minute.
23. After primary school children go on to ___________ school.
24. The winner beat me by one point so I came in ___________.
