Telling the time to the half hour or quarter hour

There are 15 minutes in quarter of an hour. There are 30 minutes in half an hour. There are 45 minutes in three quarters of an hour. When it's past the hour (up to 30 minutes past) we say "past". When it's before the hour (after 30 minutes past) we say "to". 30 minutes is half an hour, we say "half past" or "thirty". 15 minutes is quarter of an hour. At 15 minutes past the hour we say "quarter past" or "fifteen". At fifteen minutes to the hour we say "quarter to" or "forty-five".

Twelv e o'cloc k

Twelv e fifteen or Quarte r past twelve

Twelv e thirty or Half past twelve

Twelv e fortyfive or Quarte r to one

!Note - you don't mention the "minutes".

Naturally speaking
Exactly or about
Exactly About

14.00 It's exactly two o'clock. How to ask the time - requires Real Player Basic

14.28 It's about half past two.

 o Excuse me. What time is it please?

It's exactly eight o'clock.

or It's eight.

o Excuse me. Do you have the time please?

It's half past twelve.

or It's twelve thirty.

o Excuse me. Could you tell me the time please? or

It's about half past eleven.

It's about eleven thirty.

Writing the time

morning 00:01 11:59 00:01 hrs 12:00 12:00 12:01 24:00 hrs 12:01 18:00 18:01 22:00 22:01 24:00 24:00

a.m. - stands for Ante Meridiem (the time between midnight and noon) noon or midday

p.m. - stands for Post Meridian (after noon)

afternoon

evening

night

midnight

There are 24 hours in a day, but only the military, police and computer programmers use the 24-hour clock. When writing or speaking generally we tend to use the 12-hour clock. The 24 hours of the day

are divided into two periods called a.m. (Latin "ante meridiem" | English: "before mid day") and p.m. (Latin "post meridiem" | English: "after mid day"). The way people write the time varies. I prefer a.m. and p.m. Choose from the following styles or use what your English teacher tells you to and stick to it:a.m. p.m. am pm AM PM A.M. P.M. prepositions at exact time. I have classes at 8 in the morning. Exception: At night we have dinner. On - days of the week. On Mondays, on the weekend. In parts of the day: In the morning seasons: In Spring the flowers blossom. Also years and months: In 2011

Daysoftheweek MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday FromMondaytoFridayIworkfrom9a.mto6p.m.OnMondayafternoonswe haveateammeeting,onTuesdaysIgotoyogafromhalfpastsevento9p.m. OnWednesdaysi

 TheVerb"Tohave"
To have is one of the most common verbs in the English language. Have is used in a variety of ways.

Uses
Have/Has Question Singular HaveI? Haveyou? Has he/she/it? Plural Havewe? Haveyou? Havethey? Ihave(I've) Youhave(You've) PositiveStatement (spoken) Ihavenot(Ihaven't/I'venot) Youhavenot(Youhaven't/You've not) NegativeStatement(spoken)

He/she/ithas(He/she/it He/she/ithasnot(He/she/ithasn't) 's) Wehave(We've) Youhave(You've) Theyhave(They've) Wehavenot(Wehaven't/We'venot) Youhavenot(Youhaven't/You've not) Theyhavenot(Theyhaven't/They've not)

Haveisoftenusedtoindicatepossession(Ihave)or(Ihavegot).
Examples

Have Question? "Doyouhaveacar?"

Havegot "Haveyougotacar?"

PositiveAnswer "YesIhaveacar."or"Yes,I "YesI'vegotacar." Yes do." NegativeAnswer "NoIdon'thaveacar."or No "No,Idon't." "NoIhaven'tgotacar."

Haveissometimesusedtoshowanaction. Question? "Doyouhaveashowereverymorning?" PositiveAnswerYes "YesIhaveashowereveryday." NegativeAnswerNo "NoIdon'thaveashowerinthemorning,Ihaveabath." Haveisalsousedtoindicatenecessity(Ihaveto)or(Ihavegotto). Haveto Havegotto

Question?

"Doyouhavetoleave early?"

"Haveyougottoleave early?"

PositiveAnswer "YesIhaveto."or"YesIdo" "YesI'vegotto." Yes NegativeAnswer "NoIdon'thaveto." No "NoIhaven'tgotto."

Describingpeople

heightandbuild

typeofhair

complexion

Appearances
Height

Howtallis he? Heistall. Heisverytall. Heisshort. Heisquiteshort. Heismediumheight.

Build

Sheisskinny.(negative) Sheisthin.(negative) Sheisslim.(positive) Sheisslender.(positive)

She is fat. (negative)

Sheisoverweight..(negative) Sheisplump.(neutral) Sheisstocky.(neutral)

Typeofhair

Shehas long hair.

She has short hair.

Hehasno hair.

Shehas medium lengthhair. Shehas medium length, blondehair.

Shehas medium lengthhair. Shehas medium length,red hair.

Shehasshort hair. Shehasshort, blondehair.

Shehas Shehas long, short,black black hair. hair.

Shehas long, ++ straight, black hair.

Shehas short, straight, blackhair.

Shehas medium length, straight, blonde hair.

Shehas medium length,wavy, redhair. Shewears glasses.

Shehasshort, curly,blonde hair.

Typeofcomplexion

HeisAsian.Hehas lightbrownskin.

She is black. She has dark skin.

Heiswhite.He hasfairskin.

Sheiswhite.She hasslightly tannedskin.

Sheiswhite.Shehas verypaleskin.

Notes
bald, black, blonde, blue, brown, curly, fat, grey, long , medium, overweight, pale, plump, red, short, skinny, slim, stocky, straight, tall, tanned, thin, wavy and white are all adjectives - they describe nouns very, quite and slightly are all modifiers - they change (modify) the adjectives