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Clocks
Read clocks and departure boards, then pick the French.
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Read the clock in French: et quart, et demie, moins le quart
Eight clock faces to read in French. Practise il est trois heures et quart, et demie, moins le quart and moins dix, the way people actually say the time.
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Vers, pile and presque: approximate times in French
Il est presque cinq heures, il est cinq heures passées, on se voit vers 20 h: read eight clocks and choose the natural approximate time.
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Read 24-hour times on French boards and screens
Train departures, shop hours, TV listings: France writes 14 h 05 and says quatorze heures cinq. Read eight digital boards and pick how the time is said.
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Midi, minuit and other time traps in French
Il est midi et demi, not douze heures et demie? Une heure, not un heure? Read eight clocks that hide the classic French time traps.
