Telling the time in English Virtual Class | Week 7... • We don't normally use the 24-hour clock in English... Easy way to express time The time is….. hour + minutes It’s one fifteen...
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English
Virtual Class | Week 7
Trang 2Asking for the time
INFORMAL
What is the time?
What time is it?
FORMAL
“Excuse me,….”
“…do you know what time it is?”
“…do you have the (right) time?”
“…do you happen to know what time it is?”
“Could you tell me the time?”
Trang 3• We don't normally use the 24-hour clock in English
• a.m : used for the morning (00:01 – 11:59) It’s 2a.m = It’s two in the morning
• p.m : used for the afternoon and night (12:01 – 24:00) It’s 2p.m = It’s two in the afternoon
• midnight : 00:00
• midday/ noon : 12:00
Remember
Trang 4Easy way to express time
The time is…
It is…
hour + minutes
It’s one fifteen
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The time is…
It is…
hour + minutes
It’s one twenty
Trang 6Easy way to express time
The time is…
It is…
hour + minutes
It’s one forty
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It’s one o’clock
hour hand minute hand
Trang 8o'clock
It’s two o’clock
Trang 9past
It’s twenty past eleven
Other ways to express time
It’s + [minutes] + past+ [hour]
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It’s ten past eleven
It’s + [minutes] + past+ [hour]
Other ways to express time
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10
15
It’s + [minutes] + past + [hour]
Other ways to express time
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10
It’s + [minutes] + past+ [hour]
Other ways to express time
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It’s a quarter past four
It’s + [minutes] + past + [hour]
Other ways to express time
Trang 14It’s + [minutes] + past + [hour]
Other ways to express time
Trang 15It’s + [minutes] + past + [hour]
Other ways to express time
Trang 16half It’s half past four
It’s + [minutes] + past + [hour]
Other ways to express time
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It’s + [minutes] + to + [hour]
Other ways to express time
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It’s twenty to five
It’s + [minutes] + to + [hour]
Other ways to express time
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It’s ten to three
It’s + [minutes] + to + [hour]
Other ways to express time
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40
45
It’s + [minutes] + to + [hour]
Other ways to express time
Trang 21a quarter
It’s + [minutes] + to + [hour]
Other ways to express time
Trang 22a quarter
It’s a quarter to five
It’s + [minutes] + to + [hour]
Other ways to express time
Trang 23a quarter
It’s a quarter to one
It’s + [minutes] + to + [hour]
Other ways to express time
Trang 24a quarter to a quarter past
five to ten to
twenty to twenty five to
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Trang 27Thank you!
See you next week