The time today is the same as yesterday and other question. Please help me.

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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  1. “The time today is the same as yesterday”. It is just a joke when someone asks me “what time is it?” Is it right?

Are these sentences right? Because I myself write them, I do not know they are right or not. So please help me.

  1. I usually take part in different activities at recess in school.

  2. it takes my sister two hours per day to learn English.

  3. My brother learns less than me.

  4. I play volleyball for the school team.

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  1. You would have to say something like “It’s the same time it was yesterday at this time.” Not sure how funny it is though

  2. sounds ok - “during recess” might be better

  3. ok grammatically, but it sounds a little odd to me, as “learning English” does not seem specific enough - how do you know that 2 hours a day is enough? How do you know when you have “learned English” for the day?

  4. ok

  5. ok

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Many thanks Luschen for your help.

Some more things, Please help me

  1. He is in/ at America. I prefer “in/ or from” not “at”

  2. Would you like joining/ to join our picnic.

  3. Her date of birth is on twelve May. I guess that it is wrong of word “twelve”. I have to change it into the ordinal number: “twelfth” right?

  4. There is a storm.

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  1. ‘In’ is correct. ‘At’ would be wrong when speaking about a country,
    2 ‘To join’ is the correct form there.
  2. You are correct - the twelfth of May. ‘on’ is not necessary.
  3. is okay grammatically. I can’t tell whether it carries your intended meaning.

In message #1, your first set of questions, you have missed a capital letter in sentence 3.

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Many thanks Tutor,

However, in # 3 this root sentence is "Her date of birth is on twelve May.’ I have to find out the mistake and correct, but I was powerless. Please help me more.

What does it mean in the sentence: “It io one- forty five”

And I have to rewrite the sentence with the begin is “It is …” What does (One-forty five) mean in this case. Many thanks. I have read some books but I could not find out the answer.

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The mistake is ‘twelve’ - you had already found it.

It is one forty-five
is another way of saying
It is quarter to two.

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Many Thanks Beeeneees. Your suggestion is really helpful for me.

It helps me improve my English skill a lot.