HOW CAN WE SAY THE TIME IN ENGLIHS

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3. PAST
the
hour
TO
the
hour
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We say "past" to talk
about times from the
full hour to half past, or
30 minutes past the
hour.
We say "to" to talk about
times from 31 minutes until
the full hour.

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PAST
the
hour
TO
The
next
hour
10 past 11
20 to 10

5. o’clock
5 past
10 past
a quarter past
20 past
25 past
half past
25 to
20 to
a quarter to
10 to
5 to
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Talking about the time:
We use the phrase ‘a clock face’, but we call it the dial of a wrist watch.
On the clock, there are the numbers that represent the time, and there are hands - the
hands of the clock are the big hand (for hours) and the little hand (for minutes). There is
also often a third hand to show the seconds.
In English we only say “o’clock” for the full hour – for example, we say “It's six o'clock”.
When we tell the time, we can say “It’s twenty-five past five” (notice we do not have to say
it’s twenty-five minutes past five), or we can say “It’s five twenty-five”.
We have to say “It’s a quarter past” and “It’s a quarter to”, but we don’t use ‘a’ to tell any
other time.
We can say “It’s 12 o’clock” when we mean the middle of the day, but sometimes we need
to add ‘noon’ or ‘midday’ to show we mean the middle of the day, or ‘midnight’ to show we
mean the middle of the night.
Remember, when we are speaking about the different times of the day we often use: in the
morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, but it’s at night.

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What time is it?

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Vocabulary and phrases
Questions – to ask someone what the time is now, we can say:
What is the time, please?
What time is it, please?
Do you know the time, please?
Have you got the time, please?
Could you tell me the time, please?
Answers – tell someone what the time is now, we can say:
The time is 3 o’clock.
The time is 3pm.
It’s 3 o’clock.
It’s almost 3 o’clock.
It’s nearly 3 o’clock.
How do you say these sentences in your language?

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