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What Time Is

The document provides examples of telling time in both a formal way by stating the hours then minutes, and a more popular way by stating the minutes then hours using terms like "past" and "to". It explains that for minutes 1-30 you can say "past" the preceding hour, and for minutes 31-59 you can say "to" the forthcoming hour. It also provides equivalent alternatives to say "quarter past", "quarter to", and "half past" instead of minutes.

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What Time Is

The document provides examples of telling time in both a formal way by stating the hours then minutes, and a more popular way by stating the minutes then hours using terms like "past" and "to". It explains that for minutes 1-30 you can say "past" the preceding hour, and for minutes 31-59 you can say "to" the forthcoming hour. It also provides equivalent alternatives to say "quarter past", "quarter to", and "half past" instead of minutes.

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1. What time is it? Choose the right answer.

It's half past eleven. It's a quarter past It's five past three.
It's eleven o'clock. six. It's five past four.
It's twelve o'clock. It's half past three. It's five to four.
It's a quarter to six.

It's half past four. It's ten past eleven. It's twenty to nine.
It's four o'clock. It's ten to twelve. It's nine to twenty.
It's half past five. It's ten past twelve. It's twenty past
eight.

It's four past ten. It's a quarter to It's half past two.
It's ten to four. five. It's twenty-five to
It's ten past four. It's a quarter past two.
five. It's twenty-five past
It's a quarter past two.
four.
It's four to five. It's twenty-five to It's sixty past two.
It's five past four. five. It's sixty to four.
It's five to five. It's twenty-five past It's three o'clock.
four.
It's twenty-five to
four.
1. 11:30 = it's ______________________

2. 11:50 = it's _______________________

3. 2:15 = it's a _______________________

4. 10:20 = it's ______________________

5. 6:25 = it's __________________

6. 12:30 = it's ____________________

7. 8:45 = it's a ____________________

8. 4:25 = it's ____________________

9. 7:00 = it's ____________________

10. 5:10 = it's ______________________

Explanation
There are two common ways of telling the time.

Formal but easier way

Say the hours first and then the minutes.

Example: 7:45 - seven forty-five


For minutes 01 through 09, you can pronounce the '0' as oh.

Example: 11:06 - eleven (oh) six

More popular way

Say the minutes first and then the hours. Use past and the preceding hour for
minutes 01 through 30. Use to and the forthcoming hour for minutes 31 through
59, but .

Example: 7.15 - fifteen minutes past seven

Example: 7.45 - fifteen minutes to eight

Another possibility of saying '15 minutes past' is: a quarter past

Another possibility of saying '15 minutes to' is: a quarter to

Another possibility of saying '30 minutes past' is: half past

Example: 5:30 - half past five

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