Learn and practise time vocabulary with puzzles, quizzes and exercises.
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Time Exercises
Time Exercises focuses on the basic vocabulary and structures needed for social interaction and everyday experiences. There are puzzles and quizzes to reinforce your learning so you feel confident using different texts about time.
⏱️ About 15–20 minutes.
💡 Strengthening new vocabulary about time.
📶 Developing stages of learning English.
Find as many time words as you can hiding in the grid. Words can run across, down, or diagonally — and some may be backwards!
👀 Scan one row or column at a time so you don’t miss any words.
⏱️ Try to find at least 10 words before you check the Key Vocabulary tab for help.
✏️ Not sure what a word means once you find it? Look it up in Key Vocabulary.
New to these words? Check the Key Vocabulary tab first.
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midday / midnight — midday = 12 o’clock in the daytime · midnight = 12 o’clock at night — easy to mix up!
daily / monthly — daily = happening every day · monthly = happening every month
weekday / weekend — weekday = Monday to Friday · weekend = Saturday and Sunday
century — a period of 100 years
date — can mean the day, month and year (today’s date) — or a romantic meeting between two people
Useful Language
Parts of the day, in order: morning → afternoon → evening → night
Seasons mentioned here: summer · winter
Vocabulary Tip
Group time words by type to help you remember them — parts of the day (morning, afternoon, evening, night, midday, midnight), how often something happens (daily, monthly), and relative days like tomorrow. Watch out for date — it has two very different meanings depending on the context.
Can You…?
✅ Put morning, afternoon, evening and night in the correct order?
✅ Explain the difference between midday and midnight?
✅ Name the two days of the weekend?
✅ Use century in a sentence?
🗣️ Speaking practice
Talk about time.
⏰ What time do you usually wake up on a weekday? What about at the weekend?
🎂 Talk about your last birthday. What did you do?
📅 Describe your plans for tomorrow.
✍️ Writing practice
Write a short description (25 words or more) of your daily routine.
📝 Use at least four time words from this page.
🕐 Include what time you do each thing.
🔎 Vocabulary challenge
These words are not explained on this page — look them up, then write your own sentence for each one.
🎂 birthday
🗓️ calendar
🕑 hour
⏪ yesterday
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Extra Time Exercises
Practise what you have learned with these exercises.
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A2 Key Vocabulary
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