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    Learn Courses Basic level Numbers dates time Time

"What time is it? It's four o´clock". In this lesson we will explain the different ways of telling time in English.

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 “o’clock”:

Examples:

  nine or nine o’clock
  twelve or twelve o’clock

We cannot say:

six-thirty o’clock

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 [o’clock] in the morning / 4 am(4:00)
  Five [o’clock] in the afternoon / 5 pm(17:00)

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

Examples:

  one o’clock(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?
  What’s the time?

Answer

  It’s …
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