Clock Quest: A Time-Telling Adventure

Teams race around a 24-space board answering speaking prompts about telling time. Players use half, quarter, past, and to in authentic conversations about schedules, routines, and daily life. Includes pair tasks, team challenges, and action prompts to build confidence speaking about time.

A free Classic Board Game Race for Teens at CEFR B1 level. Topic: Telling the time.

Speaking prompts on the board

  1. What time is it right now?
  2. What time do you wake up on school days?
  3. Describe your favorite time of day and explain why you enjoy it.
  4. What time do you usually have lunch?
  5. What time do you go to bed?
  6. Compare your scWhat time does your school day start?
  7. Explain what you usually do at quarter past five in the afternoon.
  8. Ask your partner about a time they were late for something important.
  9. Show with your hands what time it will be in two hours from now.
  10. Describe a typical Wednesday and mention at least three specific times.
  11. Act out waiting for something — show how long you wait using clock movements.
  12. What do you usually eat for lunch?
  13. Explain how you tell time — do you use an analog clock, digital, or your phone?
  14. Your team must agree on the best time for a school field trip and justify it.
  15. Mime brushing your teeth at a specific time — your partner says the time aloud.
  16. Describe what you do at quarter to eight in the morning on a typical day.
  17. Ask your partner about their favorite time to meet friends and why they choose it.
  18. Explain how you remember important times, like appointment times or class times.
  19. At what time do you go to bed?
  20. How many hours a day do you stay in school?

Printable worksheet

This Classic Board Game Race comes with a free printable worksheet: 3 parts for students to do after the game, and an answer key for the teacher. It prints at three levels (Support, Core and Challenge); this is the Challenge sheet. Sign in free to print the whole sheet.

What's on the worksheet

  1. Say why · Answer in two sentences. Use "because" in one of them.
  2. Write your own card · A new card about Telling the time for the class game.
  3. The board game on paper

Part 1: Say why

Answer in two sentences. Use "because" in one of them.

  1. Compare your scWhat time does your school day start?
  2. Ask your partner about a time they were late for something important.
  3. Act out waiting for something — show how long you wait using clock movements.

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