HI dear teacher;
Its forty past nine.
It is nine forty.
Its twelve past six in the evening .
Its six twelve in the evening.
It is half past two.
Its two thirty.
It is five o’clock in the morning.
It is a quarter past ten o’clock in the morning.
Its seven forty seven.
Its forty seven past seven.
Generally we don’t say ‘forty past…’:
‘it’s forty minutes past nine’ or ‘it’s twenty to ten’.
We only leave out the word ‘minutes’ when using digital time or when talking about these times past and two the hour:
five past, ten past, quarter past, twenty past, twenty-five past, twenty-five to, twenty to, ten to and five to.
In addition, we use ‘half past’ (half an hour) rather than ‘thirty (minutes) past’ and ‘quarter to’ (quarter of an hour) and ‘quarter past’ rather than ‘fifteen minutes to/past’.
We only say ‘o’clock’ if it is exactly on the hour.
So, bearing these facts in mind:
‘It’s twelve minutes past six’
however
It’s six twelve in the evening’ is okay (digital time)
It is a quarter past ten in the morning.
‘It is seven forty-seven’ is okay (digital time)
but
‘It is forty-seven minutes past seven’
or, more usually,
‘It is thirteen minutes to eight’.
1:15 it’s quarter past one
2:45 it’s quarter to one
1:30 it’s half past one
alternatively
1:15 one fifteen
2:45 two forty five
1:30 one thirty
It is nine forty.
It is six twelve.
It is two thirty in the noon.
It is five o’clock in the morning.
It is fifteen past ten.It is ten fifteen.
It is seven forty-seven.It is thirteen to eight.
correct me please
Please compare your answers with those at message #503 above in this thread to find your errors.
Hi Ralph,
Here are the answers:
a)9:40 a.m. - nine forty at morning, or forty to ten,
b) 6:12 p.m. - six twelve at evening, or twelve past six
c) 2:30 p.m. - two thirty at evening, or half past two
d) 5:00 a.m. - five a o’clock at morning
e) 10.15 a.m. - ten fifty at morning, or quarter past ten
f) 7:47 p.m. - seven forty-seven at evening, or forty-seven to eight.
Are they correct?
Thanks again,
Hello dear Sunny,
Here are the answers to the exercise:
What time is it?
a) 9:40 a.m.
It is nine forty in the morning.
b) 6:12 p.m.
It is six twelve in the afternoon.
Q. Could you tell me up to what time it is afternoon?
c) 2:30 p.m.
It is two thirty in the afternoon.
d) 5:00 a.m.
It is five o’clock in the morning.
e) 10.15 a.m.
Q. Is this a time? I am asking because you wrote “10.15” instead of “10:15”. Is that ok too?
It is ten fifteen in the morning.
f) 7:47 p.m.
It is seven forty-seven in the evening.
Are my answers correct?
Thanks a lot for your patience.
Cachita
Hello Cachita,
There is no general set time for the ‘afternoon’ period, but usually it is considered to last from midday until somewhere between 4pm and 6pm.
Very often these days the time is written using a single stop rather than a colon, as in 10.15.
a) 9:40 a.m. - forty past nine
b) 6:12 p.m - twelve past six
c) 2:30 p.m - half past two
d) 5:00 a.m - five o’clock
e) 10.15 a.m - quarter past ten
f) 7:47 p.m - thirteen to eight
Please compare your answers with those at message #503 above in this thread to find your errors.
Exercise:
What time is it? a) 9:40 a.m. It’s forty past nine./ It’s nine forty.
b) 6:12 p.m. It’s twelve past six./ It’s six twelve.
c) 2:30 p.m. It’s half past two./ It’s two thirty.
d) 5:00 a.m. It’s five o’clock / It’s five.
e) 10.15 a.m. It’s quarter past ten. / It’s ten fifteen.
f) 7:47 p.m. It’s forty seven past seven./ It’s seven forty seven.
a) It’s nine forty in the morning.
b) It is six twelve in the evening.
c) It is half past two in the evening.
d) It’s five o’clock in the morning.
e) It is a quarter past ten in the morning.
f) It is seven forty-seven in the evening.
a) 9:40 a.m.
It is twenty to ten in the morning
it is fourty past nine in the morning
it is nine fourty in the morning
b) 6:12 p.m.
it is fourty eight to seven in the after midday, (afternoon)
it is twelve past six in theafternoon
it is six twelve in the afternoon
c) 2:30 p.m.
it is thirty to three in the afternoon
it is half past three in the afternoon
it is two thirty in the afternoon
d) 5:00 a.m.
it is five o’clock in the morning
e) 10:15 a.m.
it is fourty five to eleven in the morning
it is fifteen past ten in the morning
it is ten fifteen in the morning
f) 7:47 p.m.
it is thirteen to eight in the afternoon
it is fourty seven past seven in the afternoon
it is seven fourty seven in the afternoon
In canada sometimes they use the time as of 24 hours of the day.
example;
6:12 p.m. they would count (12 hours of the morning + 6:12 of the afternoon ) the result is 18:12 or eighteen twelve. (without adding “in the afternoon”
But this way is seldom used in general conversation.
a) 9:40 a.m.
It is twenty to ten in the morning
it is fourty past nine in the morning
it is nine fourty in the morning
b) 6:12 p.m.
it is fourty eight to seven in the after midday, (afternoon)
it is twelve past six in theafternoon
it is six twelve in the afternoon
c) 2:30 p.m.
it is thirty to three in the afternoon
it is half past three in the afternoon
it is two thirty in the afternoon
d) 5:00 a.m.
it is five o’clock in the morning
e) 10:15 a.m.
it is fourty five to eleven in the morning
it is fifteen past ten in the morning
it is ten fifteen in the morning
f) 7:47 p.m.
it is thirteen to eight in the afternoon
it is fourty seven past seven in the afternoon
it is seven fourty seven in the afternoon
In canada sometimes they use the time as of 24 hours of the day.
example;
6:12 p.m. they would count (12 hours of the morning + 6:12 of the afternoon ) the result is 18:12 or eighteen twelve. (without adding “in the afternoon”
But this way is seldom used in general conversation.
a) 9:40 a.m.
It is forty past nine in the morning.
It is nine forty in the morning.
It is twenty to ten in the morning.
b) 6:12 p.m.
It is six twelve in the evening.
It is twelve minutes past six in the evening.
c) 2:30 p.m.
It is half past two in the afternoon.
It is two thirty in the afternoon.
d) 5:00 a.m.
It is five o’clock in the morning.
e) 10.15 a.m.
It is a quarter past ten in the morning.
It is ten fifteen in the morning.
f) 7:47 p.m.
It is seven forty-seven in the evening.
Hi Sunny,
It’s nine fourty.
It’s six twelve or twelve past six.
It’s two thirty.
It’s five o’clock.
It’s ten fifty or quarter past ten.
It’s seven fourty seven or thirteen to eight.
I have a question : for the last one can we say thirteen before eight?
Please answer me,thank u.
Thirteen minutes before eight.
It is only the multiples of five minutes that the word ‘minutes’ is not used with when using analogue time.
Please compare your answers with those at message #503 on page 34 in this thread to find your errors.
a) 9:40 a.m. - 20 minutes to 10 in the morning. (It is nine forty in the morning.)
b) 6:12 p.m. - 12 past 6 in the evening. (It is six twelve in the evening.)
c) 2:30 p.m. - half past 2 in the evening. (two thirty in the evening.)
d) 5:00 a.m. - 5 o’clock in the morning.
e) 10.15 a.m. - quarter past 10 in the morning. (ten fifteen in the morning.)
f) 7:47 p.m. - 13 minutes to 8 in the evening. (seven forty seven in the evening.)
Regards,
Nay Chi
a) 9:40 a.m. It is forty past nine in the morning.
b) 6:12 p.m. It is twelve past six in the evening.
c) 2:30 p.m. It is tow half or It is half past tow in the evening.
d) 5:00 a.m. It is five in the morning.
e)10.15 a.m. It is fifteen past ten in the morning.
f) 7:47 p.m. It is forty seven minutes past seven o’clock in the evening.