How to tell time in English? Our suggestions

to indicate Hours of a day in EnglishWe use 12 hour time system (and not more than 24 hours).

AM vs. PM

In English, we distinguish between:

• hour before noon abbreviated to am (ante meridiem), from midnight to 11 a.m.

• bellAfternoon Or EveningEvening (post meridian), noon to 11 p.m.

To indicate: In English, we write hours and minutes in the following number format HH:MM am/pm

“to” and “past” prepositions

Here are the main grammar rules related to expression Minutes in English :

• Minutes are spoken before hours.

• From 1 to 30 minutes after the hour, we use the preposition “past” to tell time.

For example: Five past ten. (It's five o'clock.)

For example: It is five to ten. (Ten takes five minutes.)

To indicate: Time to specify After “to”. East Always the next hour Not the current time.

Examples:

Quarters and Halves

It is said to be a quarter of an hour Leg In English. They are marked before use Past Or to do Express it as “and leg”. Or “minus call”.

The structure is as follows: quarter + past / first + hour

Examples:

To express half an hour, we use the term Half past The corresponding time is continuous.

Examples:

We use this term to express precise time bell After time.

Examples:

Exercise 1: Write the time in letters.

1. 12:10 → It is ____________.

2. 8:45 am → It is _____________.

3. 3:30 pm → It is _____________.

4. 7:55 → This is ____________.

Exercise 2: Do, past, quarter, half past or hour?

A. 11:00 → It is eleven _______.

B. 2:45 → This is ____________.

C. 10:55 → This is ____________.

D. 6:30 → It _________ six.

E. 4:15 → It __________ four.

F. 12:00 → It is ____________.