Telling the time by https://padlet.com/angellina_p/l79k4c0mxb24sexh en-us 2020-12-06 06:55:23 UTC 2024-10-17 00:20:35 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. Watch the video "How to tell the time" angellina_p https://padlet.com/angellina_p/l79k4c0mxb24sexh/wish/991073322 2020-12-06 07:25:00 UTC https://padlet.com/angellina_p/l79k4c0mxb24sexh/wish/991073322 2. Study the information angellina_p https://padlet.com/angellina_p/l79k4c0mxb24sexh/wish/991077784 There are two common ways of telling the time.
1) Say the hour first and then the minutes. (Hour + Minutes)
  • 6:25 - It's six twenty-five
  • 8:05 - It's eight O-five (the O is said like the letter O)
  • 9:11 - It's nine eleven
  • 2:34 - It's two thirty-four
2) Say the minutes first and then the hour.  (Minutes + PAST / TO + Hour)
For minutes 1-30 we use PAST after the minutes.
For minutes 31-59 we use TO after the minutes.
  • 2:35 - It's twenty-five to three
  • 11:20 - It's twenty past eleven
  • 4:18 - It's eighteen past four
  • 8:51 - It's nine to nine
  • 2:59 - It's one to three
When it is 15 minutes past the hour we normally say: (a) quarter past
  • 7:15 - It's (a) quarter past seven
When it is 15 minutes before the hour we normally say: a quarter to
  • 12:45 - It's (a) quarter to one
When it is 30 minutes past the hour we normally say: half past
  • 3:30 - It's half past three (but we can also say three-thirty)
We use o'clock when there are NO minutes.
  • 10:00 - It's ten o'clock
  • 5:00 - It's five o'clock
  • 1:00 - It's one o'clock
Sometimes it is written as 9 o'clock (the number + o'clock)


]]> 2020-12-06 07:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/angellina_p/l79k4c0mxb24sexh/wish/991077784 angellina_p https://padlet.com/angellina_p/l79k4c0mxb24sexh/wish/991080479 2020-12-06 07:30:15 UTC https://padlet.com/angellina_p/l79k4c0mxb24sexh/wish/991080479 3. How to ask the time? angellina_p https://padlet.com/angellina_p/l79k4c0mxb24sexh/wish/991084349 The common question forms we use to ask for the time right now are:
  • What time is it?
  • What is the time?
A more polite way to ask for the time, especially from a stranger is:
  • Could you tell me the time please?
The common question forms we use to ask at what time a specific event will happen are:
What time...?
When...?
  • What time does the flight to New York leave?
  • When does the bus arrive from London?
  • When does the concert begin?
]]> 2020-12-06 07:33:05 UTC https://padlet.com/angellina_p/l79k4c0mxb24sexh/wish/991084349 4. Now let's practice angellina_p https://padlet.com/angellina_p/l79k4c0mxb24sexh/wish/991092664 Match the picture to the time]]> 2020-12-06 07:39:29 UTC https://padlet.com/angellina_p/l79k4c0mxb24sexh/wish/991092664 5. Test time! angellina_p https://padlet.com/angellina_p/l79k4c0mxb24sexh/wish/991093946 2020-12-06 07:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/angellina_p/l79k4c0mxb24sexh/wish/991093946