Time- Days and Months
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Have you ever been on vacation and lost total track of time, forgetting not only the date, but the
day. That’s a sign of people truly getting away from it all. Hopefully guests will be having such a
guest may be just asking when specific restaurants or facilities open or close within the hotel
complex. Below are some common expressions used when talking about days and times.
Expressions- Days and Time
The date is (… January first)
Today’s date is ( the first of January)
It’s 12:45 PM
The time is a quarter to two.
Parson me, do you have the time?
What’s the date today?
Is today the (12th or 13th)?
What times does the (… bus leave)?
What time would you like (…. the reservation)?
What time will you be (… checking in)?
I would like to stay from (… Monday through Thursday).
Days of the week
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Friday Saturday Sunday
Months of the year
January February March April
May June July August
September October November December
Seasons
Spring Summer Autumn (fall) Winter
Other expressions used with time
dawn sunrise morning breakfast
noon midday lunch afternoon
evening sunset twilight night
midnight morning shift day shift graveyard shift
When giving dates use ordinal numbers
1st– First 2nd– Second 3rd– Third
4th– Fourth 5th– Fifth 6th– Sixth
7th — Seventh 8th– Eighth 9th– Ninth
10th — Tenth 11th– Eleventh 12th–Twelfth
13th — Thirteenth 14th– Fourteenth 15th– Fifteenth
16th — Sixteenth 17th– Seventeenth 18th– Eighteenth
19th — Nineteenth 20th– Twentieth 21st– Twenty-first
22nd– Twenty-second 23rd — Twenty-third 24th– Twenty-forth
25th– Twenty-fifth 26th– Twenty-sixth 27th — Twenty- seventh
28th — Twenty-eighth 29th–Twenty-ninth 30th– Thirtieth
31st –Thirty-first
Point to remember
There are two ways to give time. You can tell the hour and minutes (12:25) or you can tell
the minutes after the hour or before the next hour. For example, 12:25 can be expressed
as twelve twenty-five or twenty-five after twelve. 11:40 can be expressed as eleven-forty
or twenty to twelve.
Fifteen minutes after the hour can be expressed as a quarter past or a quarter after. Fifteen
minutes before the hour can be expressed as a quarter to or a quarter till the hour.
Dialogue- Days and Time
Guest: Could you tell me the time please?
Staff: It’s twenty after two.
Guest: What’s today’s date?
Staff: It’s March third.
Guest: What time is check out?
Staff: Check out is at 12:00 PM.
Staff: Good afternoon sir. How can I help you?
Guest: I would like to schedule a tennis game.
Staff: Certainly, what day and time would you like that for?
Guest: Do you have time available on Friday morning? About 11:00.
Staff: I’m sorry, we don’t have any openings at 11:00, but there is time between 9 and 10:30.
Guest: How about 10:30.
Staff: Yes sir, could I have your name please.
Guest: It’s Howard Johnson, room 1555.
Staff: OK Mr. Johnson, we have you scheduled for Friday at 10:30. See you then.
Guest: Thanks you, bye.
Conversation Activities- Days and Time
1. Practice using the above expressions by having a dialogue similar to the ones above with
a partner, one partner taking the role of the guest and the other the role of the staff.
For additional practice, switch roles. Practice the dialogue several times, trying to use
all of the expressions noted above.
2. Role play the following situations with a partner, one person taking the role of the guest and
the other person taking the role of a hotel staff.
The guest wants to know what times the Health Center facilities opens and closes
The guest wants to know when the buffet breakfast closes
The guest wants to know when different holidays are in the country
(for example Loy Kratong and Songkran in Thailand)
The guest wants to know the time
The guest wants to know when the rainy season is
The guest wants to change a dinner reservation time
The guest wants to know the date
The guest wants to know when check out time is
