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Time
There are many ways to express time in English.
1. We can say the numbers as they are:
Examples:
Ten twenty (10:20)
Two fifteen (2:15)
Five forty-five (5:45)
2. When the hour is on the hour, it is expressed using oclock:
Examples:
Nine or nine oclock
Twelve or twelve oclock
We cannot say:
Six-thirty oclock
3. When speaking, we do not use the 24 hour clock. To differentiate
between the morning and the afternoon, we use am (morning) and
pm (afternoon).
Examples:
Four [oclock] in the morning / 4 am (4:00)
Five [oclock] in the afternoon / 5 pm (17:00)

4. The following are further examples of how to say the time:


Examples:
One oclock (1:00)
7am (7:00)
3pm (15:00)
Ten past [after] five (5:10/17:10)
Quarter past [after] six (6:15/18:15)
Half past eight / eight thirty (8:30/20:30)
Twenty to eleven (10:40/22:40)
Quarter to twelve (11:45/23:45)

Note: In British English, 15 minutes after the hour is quarter past and
in American English, it is more often said, quarter after.
5. Asking and telling the time:
Question:
What time is it?
Whats the time?
Answer
Its

Exercises:
Write the hour.
Example:
Sample
9:00
9 o'clock / nine o'clock

12:15 ____
3:30 _______
1:00 _______
5:45 _______

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