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Assalamu'alaikum Class... Good Morning... : He O LL

The document provides instructions on telling time in English, including: 1) There are two main ways to tell time - saying the hour then minutes (e.g. "six twenty-five") or saying the minutes then "past" or "to" the hour (e.g. "twenty-five past six"). 2) Specific times like "quarter past", "quarter to", and "half past" are used at 15 and 30 minute intervals. 3) Times ending in "00" use "o'clock". 4) AM and PM distinguish between morning and afternoon/night times.

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Assalamu'alaikum Class... Good Morning... : He O LL

The document provides instructions on telling time in English, including: 1) There are two main ways to tell time - saying the hour then minutes (e.g. "six twenty-five") or saying the minutes then "past" or "to" the hour (e.g. "twenty-five past six"). 2) Specific times like "quarter past", "quarter to", and "half past" are used at 15 and 30 minute intervals. 3) Times ending in "00" use "o'clock". 4) AM and PM distinguish between morning and afternoon/night times.

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h e L L O

assalamu'alaikum class...

GOOD MORNING...
telling time

class : 7 (1-5)
SMPN 57 BATAM
There are two common ways of telling the time.

• Say the hour first and then the minutes. (Hour +


Minutes)

6:25 - It's six twenty-five


8:05 - It's eight O-five (the O is said like the
letter O)
9:11 - It's nine eleven
2:34 - It's two thirty-four
2. Say the minutes first and then the hour. (Minutes +
PAST / TO + Hour)

a. For minutes 1-30 we use PAST after the minutes.

b. For minutes 31-59 we use TO after the minutes.

a. 10: 09 - It's nine past ten.


a. 4:18 - It's eighteen past four

b. 8:51 - It's nine to nine


b. 2:59 - It's one to threeb.
b. 2:35 - It's twenty-five to three
• When it is 15 minutes past the hour we
normally say: (a) quarter past.

7:15 - It's (a) quarter past seven

• When it is 15 minutes before the hour we


normally say: a quarter to

12:45 - It's (a) quarter to one

• When it is 30 minutes past the hour we


normally say: half past

3:30 - It's half past three (but we can also say


three-thirty)
O'clock
We use o'clock when there are NO minutes.

10:00 - It's ten o'clock


5:00 - It's five o'clock
1:00 - It's one o'clock

Sometimes it is written as 9 o'clock (the number + o'clock)

12:00
For 12:00 there are four expressions in English.

twelve o'clock
midday = noon
midnight
A more polite way to ask for the time, especially from a stranger is:

Could you tell me the time please?


Asking for the Time
The common question forms
we use to ask for the time right The common question forms we use to ask at what time
now are: a specific event will happen are:

• What time is it? What time...?


• What is the time?
When...?

• What time does the flight to New York leave?


• When does the bus arrive from London?
• When does the concert begin?
We use the structure AT + time when giving the
Giving the Time time of a specific event.
We use It is or It's to respond to
the questions that ask for the The bus arrives at midday (12:00).
time right now. The flight leaves at a quarter to two (1:45).
The concert begins at ten o'clock. (10:00)
It is half past five (5:30). We can also use subject pronouns in these
It's ten to twelve (11:50) responses.

It arrives at midday (12:00).


It leaves at a quarter to two (1:45).
It begins at ten o'clock. (10:00)
AM vs. PM

We don't normally use the 24-hour clock in English.

We use a.m. (am) for the morning and


p.m. (pm) for the afternoon and night.

3am = Three o'clock in the morning.


3pm = Three o'clock in the afternoon.
see you next week!

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