When Spanish speakers ask for the time, they tend to ask "Qué hora es?" To tell the time in Spanish, you use the verb SER. However, you will only use one of two forms of the verb: ES or SON. There are two formulae to use when telling time. If the hour is a singular one (meaning 1:00-1:30 only) then you use ES + la+ UNA followed by the number of minutes. For example, "Es la una y diez" means that it is the first hour (1:00) and 10 minutes, more specifically, it is 1:10. Time is always feminine because it is LA HORA. If the hour is a plural one (meaning anything after 1:30) then you use SON + las+ dos, tres, etc. followed by the number of minutes. For example, "Son las dos y diez" means that it is the second hour (2:00) plus 10 minutes, more specifically, it is 2:10. Time is always feminine because it is LA HORA. In this case LAS is plural because you have more than one hour. Typically in Spanish you add minutes to the hour, (eg. Son las tres y veinte) but you stop adding at the 30th minute. To say it is 3:30 you would say: Son las tres y treinta, or media [half]. However, you would not say It is 3:31, 3:32, etc. because these numbers are higher than 30. Instead, you go to the next hour and subtract minutes, such as 3:31=It is four minus 29= Son las cuatro menos veinte y nueve. In the practice exercise, match the digital time with the sentence time.