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Session 32
Listen to find out how to ask someone what time they start work.
αα° α°α₯ α°αα΅ ααα°α α΅α«α α¨ααα
αα ααααα₯ α½α α’αα©α α΅ααα’
ααα-α΅α«αα΅ ααα ααα«α
α΅αα αα₯α’ ααα ααα-α΅α«αα΅ 32
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Activity 1
What time do you start work?
Listen to find out how to ask someone what time they start work.
αα° α°α₯ α°αα΅ ααα°α α΅α«α α¨ααα
αα ααααα₯ α½α α’αα©α α΅ααα’
Listen to the audio and take the quiz. α½α α’αα©α α₯αα΅ααα‘ αα α°ααͺα‘ αα αα°α α΅ααα’
α£αα«α’ ααα α΅ααα
α°ααα‘ α₯ααα αα₯ αα°α₯ Essential English Conversation α₯α΅αα αα»α₯α©αα’ α₯α αα°α₯ α₯α α£αα°α΅α² αααα΅ ααα α₯αααα αααα©α αααα₯ αα°α₯ α₯α©α’ α£α α°α½αααͺα«α α αͺα΅ α₯α¨α‘
α£α₯ αα αα αααα€ ααα΅ α΅α«α α΅α
αα ‘start work’ α¨αα‘’αα ααα΅ α΅α«α α΅αα΅α₯ ‘finish work’ ααα₯α α₯αΈαα α¨αα₯α΅αα± ααααα α’αα’
α₯α΅α¨ α₯αα ααα° α°α£α΅ ααα΅ α΅α«α α¨ααα
αα© ααα«α¨α‘ α₯αα¨αα αα΅ααα’
Judy
Hi Paul, when do you start work?
Paul
I start work at seven thirty.
Judy
What time do you finish work?
Paul
I finish work at five thirty.
α£αα«α’ ααα α΅ααα
αα₯α΅ αα α α₯αα°αα²α α£αα΅α»ααα‘ α₯α αααα₯’α α¨αααα α₯ααα«α₯ αα½α΅αααα± αααααα©α α’αα’
ααα αα² ααα ααα΅ α΅α«α α¨ααα
αα ‘start work’ αα²α³αΆα’ α°ααα©α α΅αααα’
When do you start work?
α£αα«α’ ααα α΅ααα
αα α°αα΅ αΈααα°α α³αα³α ‘seven thirty’ α΅α«α αα
αα α’αα’ α₯α΅ααͺ α₯α² ααα₯ α°αα΅ αα α°ααα ααααα½ α°αα³ αα₯αα ααα΅’α©α’ ααΈααα° αα¨ααα’ α°ααα©α α΅αααα’
I start work at seven thirty.
α£αα«α’ ααα α΅ααα
αα² α£α΅αα£ ααα α°αα΅ ααα°α α΅α«α α¨αααα΅α₯ ‘finishes work’ αα²α³αΆα’ α₯ααα£ α°αα΅ αααα΅α΅ α₯αα¨αα ‘when’ αα ‘what time’ αα₯ααα€ αααα α¨α₯ααα’ α°ααα©α α΅αααα’
What time do you finish work?
α£αα«α’ ααα α΅ααα
α α α°αα΅ ααα½α°α αα¨αα ‘five thirty’ α΅α«α ααα΅α₯ α’α: α°ααα©α α΅αααα’
I finish work at five thirty.
α£αα«α’ ααα α΅ααα
αααα€ αα αα°αααα© α°α£α΅ ααα΅ αα₯ αα«α΅ α¨αααΈα±α α¨ααα΅αα΅α‘α α¨αα¨α‘ α₯αα΅αα α£α¨αααΉα’
α«α«α α°αα΅ α΅α½αα°α α³αα³α αα αα¨αα α΅α«α ααα© α°αα΅ α αα£αα°α αα¨αα ααα΅α₯α’
Hi Ryan, what time do you start work?
I start work at nine thirty.
Ok. What time do you finish work?
I finish work at four thirty.
ααα€ α°αα΅ α΅α½αα°α α°αα³α αα αα¨αα α΅α«α ααα« αΈααα°α α΅αα³α α΅αα΅α₯α’
Hi Liz, when do you start work?
I start work at nine thirty.
OK. When do you finish work?
I finish at seven thirty.
α£αα«α’ ααα α΅ααα
αα«α α₯αα₯α£αα‘ αα α°ααα©α αα΅αα’ αα αα α’ααααα αα³α£α΅ α₯αα΅αα α΅αααα’
ααα° αα αα΅α°ααα α’αΉαα’
When do you start work?
When do you start work?
I start work at seven thirty.
I start work at seven thirty.
What time do you finish work?
What time do you finish work?
I finish work at five thirty.
I finish work at five thirty.
α£αα«α’ ααα α΅ααα
α½α‘α α₯αα α£αα‘ αα ααα¨ ααα°α αα² αα°αααα©α ααα α’αααα α¨αα΅αααα αα₯α΅αΉα α₯α΅ααααα αα α£αΊα α₯α©α’ αα α₯α΅ααα α΅α°ααα ααα₯ αα³α£α΅ α₯α₯ααααα α΅αααα’
ααα΅ α΅α«α α΅α
αα?
When do you start work?
α°αα΅ αΈααα°α α°αα³α α΅α«α α₯α
ααα’
I start work at seven thirty.
α°αα΅ ααα°α α΅α«α α΅αα΅α₯?
What time do you finish work?
ααα½α°α α°αα³α α΅α«α α₯αα΅α₯α’
I finish work at five thirty.
α£αα«α’ ααα α΅ααα
α½α‘αα€ αα α°αα΅ ααα°α α΅α«α α΅α
αα α°αα΅ ααα°α’α¨ α΅αα΅α₯ ααα₯α ααΆα³α΅ α₯αΈαα α¨α α₯α΅αα±α α₯α΅ααα±α ααα₯α©α α£ααΉαα’ α΅αα α°αα΅ ααα°α ααα ααα«α΅ α΅αα₯α©αα ααα₯α ααΆ ααα² α₯αααα΅ α°αααα±α’
When do you start work?
What time do you finish work?
α£αα«α’ ααα α΅ααα
αααα‘ αα αα ααα₯ αααα₯ α°ααα©α α₯αα΅αα ααα΅αΉα α£α¨αααΉα’
Judy
Hi Paul, when do you start work?
Paul
I start work at seven thirty.
Judy
What time do you finish work?
Paul
I finish work at five thirty.
α£αα«α’ ααα α΅ααα
αααα‘ αα α₯αα α£α αα°α£α΅ α°αα΅ ααα°α α΅α«α αα
αα©α ααα΅α‘α α₯α’αααα α¨αα α¨α α₯α΅αα± ααα₯α©α α£ααΉαα’ αα°αααα©αα ααααα΅ αα α£αα΅α¨α΅αα’ ααα α£αα²αΉαα‘ α₯α₯ααααα ααα΅ α΅α«α α¨α α₯α΅α
αα©α α΅αα΅α‘α α₯ααα°α΅α©α αααα΅ α£αα΅α¨α΅αα’
α£α₯ αα
α½α Essential English Conversation αα³α₯ α₯αα«αΈα₯ ααα α
αα’
Check what you’ve learned by putting the words in the correct order.
α₯αα³α α¨ααα°αααα©α αααα³α½ ααα αα΅αα£ ααα΅ α₯αα΅αα α£ααα₯ααα’
α°αα΅ ααα°α α΅α«α α΅α αα?
3 Questions
Put the words in the correct order.
ααα ααα΅ α
αα αα΅αα α£α΅ααααα’
ααα
Activity
Put the words in the correct order.
ααα ααα΅ α
αα αα΅αα α£α΅ααααα’
α£αα΅
α₯α αα°αα΅ α₯α΅ααα¨α΅ ααΆα‘ αα° α°α₯ α°αα΅ ααα°α α΅α«α α¨ααα αα α΅αα΅α΅ α£αα’Question 1 of 3
ααα
Activity
Put the words in the correct order.
ααα ααα΅ α
αα αα΅αα α£α΅ααααα’
α£αα΅
α₯α α°α₯ α₯ααα£ α΅α«α αα αα ααα¨α₯ α£αα’Question 2 of 3
ααα
Activity
Put the words in the correct order.
ααα ααα΅ α
αα αα΅αα α£α΅ααααα’
α£αα΅
α₯α α°α₯ α₯ααα£ ααα³α₯ α΅α«α ααα΅α΅ α£αα’Question 3 of 3
Excellent!Great job!ααα αα΅α!ααααα₯α©αα αα₯α’ ...:
Join us for our next episode of Essential English to learn more useful language and practise your listening skills.
α£α₯ ααα½α αα°α₯ Essential English α£αα°α΅α² αα α ααααα αααα₯ ααααα©α ααααα₯ α’α’α α₯α°αα α¨α«α½α αα’
ααα«α³ αααα΅ α£α₯α² αα ααα΅α‘α αα»α΅α α°αΈαα α©α
Session Vocabulary
When do you start work?
α°αα΅ ααα°α α΅α«α α΅α αα?
I start work at ______.
α°αα΅ ______ α΅α«α αα ααα’
What time do you finish work?
α°αα΅ ααα°α α΅α«α α΅αα΅α₯?
I finish work at ______.
α°αα΅ ______ α΅α«α α₯αα΅α₯α’
five thirty
ααα½α°α αα¨ααα’
seven thirty
αΈααα°α αα¨ααα’