Telling Time, Date and Doctor’s Schedule, Nurses/ Menceritakan Waktu,

Tanggal dan Jadwal Dokter, Perawat

Telling Time, Date and Doctor’s Schedule, Nurses

(Sumber/ Source: Pramudya, Leo A.2005. English for Professional Nurses. Jakarta: EPN.)
(Rewritten by Dimas Erda Widyamarta: www.ithinkeducation.blogspot.com)

Second : (n) detik

Minute : (n) menit
Hour : (n) jam
p.m. (post meridiem) : kurun waktu antara jam 12 tengah hari sampai jam 12 tengah malam
a.m (ante meridiem) : waktu antara jam 12 malam sampai jam 12 tengah hari. “Good
evening” diucapkan pada malam hari saat bertemu. “Good night” diucapkan pada malam hari
saat berpisah.

Response
It’s+ minute+PAST+main hour
It’s+minute+TO+main hour

Example:
1)      Using “past”. Example: it is three o’clock; it’s ten past three; it’s quarter past three.
2)      Using “to”. Example: it’s twenty five to four; it’s quarter to four; it’s ten to four; it’s five to
four.
Note:
A quarter : fifteen (minutes)
A half : thirty (minutes)
....o’clock : used only at full hour (exact hour)
A.     M. :ante meridian (before 12 at noon)
P. M. : Post meridian (before 12 at midninght)

A)    Asking and telling about dates

1)      What date is it today?
2)      When were you born?
3)      When were you admitted to this hospital?
Response: it’s (is/was) on.......

Write Say
14 Jan(uary) 1990 January the fourteenth nineteen ninety (Brit
E)
14.1.90 (G B) January the fourteenth nineteen ninety (Brit
E)
1.14.90 (US) January fourteenth nineteen ninety (Am E)
5 Apr(il) 1892 April the fifth eighteen ninety two
9 Dec (ember) 1600 December the ninth sixteen hundred
5 Nov(ember) 1804 November the fifth eighteen hundred and
four

B)     Asking and telling about doctor’s schedule

1)      When can I visit Dr Pranawa?
2)      Pardon me. Do you know when dr Pranawa is available?
3)      What time is dr Pranawa available?
4)      When is it my turn?
Response:

1)      It is nine o’clock/ it’s nine o’clock

2)      The internist’s/ Dr Pranawa’s schedule is at nine o’clock/ on Monday.
3)      The obstetrician/ she/ he is available on Monday (day) at nine o’clock (time). Will be
available on Wednesday (day) at nine o’clock (time).