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1. The 12-hour-system in English. In English there is no 24-hour-system (sometimes it is used on TV and in timetables). 15:00 is 3 o'clock (p.m.) (on TV: fifteenhundred). That's why you use a.m. (Latin: ante meridiem) and p.m. (post meridiem) in situations where it is necessary to point out that you want to say in the morning or in the evening.
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- O’clock, ‘Past’ and ‘To’
- The 12 Hour Clock and Am / PM
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For hourly times use the phrase ‘o’clock’.For example: It is three o’clock (pronounced: ‘three oh clock’) For any minute past the hour but before the half hour, use the word ‘past’before the previous o’clock, or read out the full numbers. 1. The phrase ‘o’clock’ is a shortening of the phrase ‘of the clock’. This is to differentiate it from when we ...
When we tell the time in English, we can use the 12 hour clock or the 24 hour clock. The 12 hour clocksplits the day into two 12 hour sections. One lasts from midnight to noon and the second half lasts from noon to midnight. In the 12 hour clock, we need a way to differentiate between morning and evening, so we use the letter ‘am’ and ‘pm’ to show ...
If we use the 24 hour clockto tell the time in English, there is no need to use ‘am’ and ‘pm’. This is because 11.20am is simply 11.20, and 11.20 pm is 23.20. When we get past 12 noon the time does not go back to 1, but instead moves onto 13, often written with an ‘h’ after the number, for example 13h. In Britain we often use the 12 hour clock (exc...
Consider the clock faces on the left. Here, the first clock canshow: five past ten / ten o five / 10.05 / 22.05 The second clock shows: four forty-five / quarter to five / 4.45 am / 4.45 pm or 04.45 / 16:45 The third clock shows: quarter past twelve / 12.15 am / 12.15 pm / 00.15 The fourth clock shows: twenty-five past eight / 8.25 am / 8.25 pm / 2...
We normally use the preposition ‘at’ with times for making plans for a specific time.For example, ‘I am meeting them at two o’clock’. But we use the word ‘in’ for a less definite amount of time.For example, ‘I am meeting them in two hours’. This implies a a more general time.
We use the preposition ‘in’ for a general time of day. For example ‘in the morning’, ‘in the afternoon’ and ‘in the evening’. If it is late, we normally say ‘at night’, for example ‘it’s ten o’clock at night’ to mean 10 pm. We also say ‘in the night’ to mean in the middle of the night in general. We can add the phrase ‘in the morning’to mean a time...
At the start of spring, we put the clocks forward one hour to British Summer Time (BST). At the start of winter, we put the clocks back one hour again. This habit of changing the clocks back and forth is in order to use the daylight more effectively. Find out more about changing the clocks and Daylight Saving Time.
There are a few phrases that we can use to ask the time. Here are some examples: 1. Can you tell me the time, please? 2. Couldyou tell me the time, please? 3. Excuse me, do you have the time? 4. Have you got the time? 5. Do you know the time? 6. Do you know what the time is? 7. What’s the time? 8. Got the time? 1. Although ‘got the time?’ is an inf...
There are a few phrases we use related to time in English speaking countries. Traditionally the ‘working day‘ is called ‘9 to 5’. This means 9 am until 5 pm. These are the opening hours of most shops. (Many shops in the UK now regularly open until 5.30pm or 6pm. There is also often a ‘late night shopping’ day once a week when shops will open until ...
Other phrases with the word ‘time’ include: Having the time of my life– having an amazing time (‘Are you enjoying the concert?’ ‘Yes, I’m having the time of my life!’) A race against time – a situation where you have to rush to finish something (‘It was a race against time to finish the essaybefore the deadline’) Time will tell – the passing of tim...
1 de ene. de 2024 · 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; Telling the time video
Use o'clock only at the full hour. Example: 7:00 - seven o'clock (but 7:10 - ten past seven) In English ordinary speech, the twelve-hour clock is used. Timetables usually use the twenty-four-hour clock. In spoken English, the twenty-four-hour clock is, however, only used in official announcements, but not in ordinary speech.
1 de jun. de 2015 · 90K. 5.8M views 8 years ago Learn English Vocabulary. A simple ESL video about telling the time in English. We have a clock which shows a time and we ask the question "What is the time?" It...
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This is a mini-game to learn and practice telling the time in English. Students can interact with a clock to change the time and there is also a mini-game which involves matching a time phrase to a clock. The first screen shows an analog clock displaying a time - initially 9 o'clock - and a pane below showing the matching time phrase.
Ejercicio 1. 1. Las horas. Para saber cómo decir la hora en inglés debemos tener en cuenta que hay dos formas para expresarla: la forma tradicional y la forma digital. En ambos casos se utiliza el verbo to be ya sea para preguntar sobre la hora o para responder. - What time is it? - ¿Qué hora es? - It is / It's 12 o'clock. - Son las 12 en punto.
