L ESSON 2 : T IME AND D ATE
Telling / Asking the time
1) 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)
2:35 - It's twenty-five to three
11:20 - It's twenty past eleven
4:18 - It's eighteen past four
8:51 - It's nine to nine
2:59 - It's one to three
 Asking for the Time
The common questions are:

What time is it?

What is the time?

A more polite way to ask for the time:

Could you tell me the time please?

What time does the flight to New York leave?

When does the bus arrive from London?
When does the concert begin?

Giving the Time

We use It is or It's to respond to the question:

It is half past five (5:30).

It's ten to twelve (11:50)

We use the structure AT + time when giving the time of an event.

The bus arrives at midday (12:00).

The concert begins at ten o'clock. (10:00)

Telling / Asking the date

We ask the date or about dates in many ways.

What date did they get married?

A: What date is it?
A: Whats the date today?
A: Whats todays date?
B: Its the first of June. (1st June)
 Vocabulary

12:00
twelve o'clock
midday = noon = 12 PM
Midnight = 12 AM

AM vs. PM
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.
Monday 1st ... the first January
Tuesday 2nd the second February
3rd the third March
Wednesday 4th the fourth April
Thursday 5th the fifth May
Friday 6th the sixth June
Saturday 7th the seventh July
Sunday 8th the eighth August
9th the ninth September
10th the tenth October
11th the eleventh November
12th the twelfth December
13th the
thirteenth
14th the
fourteenth
15th the fifteenth
16th the sixteenth
17th the
seventeenth
18th the
eighteenth
19th the
nineteenth
20th the
twentieth
21st the twenty-
first
22nd the twenty-
second
23rd the twenty-
third
24th the twenty-
fourth
25th the twenty-
fifth
26th the twenty-
sixth
27th the twenty-
seventh
28th the twenty-
eighth
29th the twenty-
ninth
30th the thirtieth
31st the thirty-
first