SAYING THE TIME

How to say the time in English?

  

Rules:

1. In English we use “past” to say times after the hour until half past, or 30 minutes past the hour.

It’s twenty past nine  9.20
2. We use “to” to say times before the hour from 31 minutes until the full hour.
It’s twelve to ten  9.48
3. In English we use o’clock only at the full hour.
It’s five o’clock  5.00
4. We use “quarter” to say 15 minutes.
It’s quarter (15 minutes) to six  5.45
5. We use “half” to say 30 minutes.
It’s half (30 minutes) past seven  7.30
6. We can also just say the numbers in groups of two.
It’s seven twenty-five  7.25
7. When speaking about the different times of the day we often use: in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening
It’s ten past ten in the morning  10.10
8. Be careful! In English we use at night NOT in the night

It’s eleven past ten at night 23.10

NOTICE:

WE CAN SAY AM OR PM ACCORDING TO THE PART OF THE DAY.

AM 1.00-11.59  AND PM  12.00 - 24.00

SAY THE TIME CORRECTLY