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1:00 a.m.
It´s one O´clock
7:00 a.m.
It´s seven O´clock
12:00 m
It´s twelve O´clock
3:00 a.m.
It´s three O´clock
It´s noon 9:00 a.m.
It´s nine O´clock
5:00 a.m.
It´s five O´clock
Next…
11:00 a.m.
It´s eleven O´clock
…In the afternoon /evening
1:00 p.m.
It´s one O´clock
7:00 p.m.
It´s seven O´clock
12:00 m
It´s twelve O´clock
3:00 p.m.
It´s three O´clock
It´s midnight 9:00 p.m.
It´s nine O´clock
5:00 p.m.
It´s five O´clock
Next…
11:00 p.m.
It´s eleven O´clock
1:05 a.m.
It´s
It´s onepast
five fiveone
7:06 a.m.
It´s
It´s sixseven
past six
seven
12:04 m
It´s
It´s
four
twelve
past four
twelve
3:10 a.m.
It´s
It´s
tenthree
past ten
three
9:09 a.m.
It´s nine
It´s past
nine nine
nine
5:03 a.m.
It´s
It´s fivepast
three three
five
Next…
11:07 a.m.
It´s seven
It´s pastseven
eleven eleven
1:15 a.m.
It´s
It´s one fifteen
a quarter past one
12:15 m
It´s
It´s twelve fifteen
a quarter past
7:15 a.m.
It´s
It´sa seven
quarter
fifteen
past seven
twelve
3:15 a.m.
It´s
It´s
a quarter
three fifteen
past three
9:15 a.m.
It´s
It´sa nine
quarter past nine
fifteen
5:15 a.m.
It´s
It´s
a quarter
five fifteen
past five
11:15 a.m.
It´sIt´s
a quarter
eleven past
fifteen
eleven
Next…
1:30 a.m.
It´s
It´s half
one thirty
past one
12:30 m
It´s half
It´s twelve thirty
past twelve
7:30 a.m.
It´s seven thirty
half past seven
3:30 a.m.
It´shalf
It´s three thirty
past three
9:30 a.m.
It´s half
It´s nine past
thirty
nine
5:30 a.m.
It´s half
It´s five past
thirty
five
11:30 a.m.
It´shalf
It´s eleven
pastthirty
eleven
Next…
1:45 a.m.
It´s aone
quarter to two
forty-five
12:45 m
It´s
It´stwelve
quarter
forty-five
to one
7:45 a.m.
It´s
It´sa seven
quarter to eight
forty-five
3:45 a.m.
It´s athree
It´s forty-five
quarter to four
9:45 a.m.
It´s
It´s nine
a quarter
forty-five
to ten
5:45 a.m.
It´s afive
It´s forty-five
quarter to six
11:45 a.m.
It´s aeleven
It´s forty-five
quarter to twelve
Next…
Giving the Time http://www.vocabulary.cl/Basic/Telling_Time.htm
We use It is or It's to respond to the questions that ask for the time right now.
It is half past five (5:30).
It's ten to twelve (11:50)
AM vs. PM
We don't normally use the 24-hour clock in English.
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. Next…
Asking for the time 14
The common question form we use to ask for the time right now are:
AT
We use AT with specific time (hour/minutes)
I get up at / O´clock.
My English class starts at 10 a.m.
She finishes work at 6: 15 in the afternoon.
I left the party at midnight.
ON
We use ON for specific day or dates:
IN
We use IN for specific months, year, seasons, centuries and
lengths of time.
Compare:
The New Zealand National day is in February.
(I don´t mention the day – only the month)
The New Zealand National day is on February 6th.
(I don´t mention de day – The order is not important)
The weekend
Sometimes you will hear AT the weekend and sometimes ON the weekend.
A B C D
Sponge Bob eats breakfast at three forty
A B C D
Donald Duck wakes up at quarter to five
A B C D
Chieng studies English at half past seven
A B C D
They play videos games at ten to ten
10:10 10:50
pm
pm 9:50 pm 9:10 pm
A B C D
Martin practices guitar at twenty past one
A B C D
My sister´s friends listens to music at four o´clock
A B C D
Edith goes to bed at quarter past eleven
A B C D
Barnie and Fred watch TV at eight thirty
A B C D
Peter brushes his teeth at nine fifty five
A B C D
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