What time is it?
How to tell the time in English
Tick-tock it’s nearly 2017!
Let’s start by looking at the clock here on our right.
The clock shows for example, that it’s ten to two in the afternoon 13:50
The first half of the hour is always past and the second half is always to.
Let’s use two o’clock (14:00) as an example.
First half of the clock
Five past two 14:05
Ten past two 14:10
A Quarter past two or you can say two fifteen 14:15
Twenty past two 14:20
Twenty- five past two 14:25
In English we always say that thirty minutes have Pasted.
Half past two or two thirty 14:30
Second half of the clock
After thirty minutes have pasted it changes to To because now we are looking towards the next hour:
Twenty- five minutes to three 14:35
Twenty to three 14:40
A Quarter to three or 14:45
Ten to three 14:50
Five to three 14:55
Three o’clock 15:00
What time is it?
When asked the time we should always say it is …….. or it’s three o’clock.
- It’s ten past two. 14:10
We use AT+ Time when giving the time of a specific event.
- The show starts at eight o’clock 20:00
- Let’s meet outside at quarter to seven. 19:45
- I’ll meet you at the restaurant at six thirty or half past six 18:30
When we write the time like in most languages we just use numbers:
- Meet you at 19:30 there.
- I get up at 08:30 every day.
See you in the next post!!!
