ISTITUTO MÉDIO POLITÉCNICO KIBANGAS

COLECTIVE WORK OF ENGLISH

Group: 5
Curse: G.S.I
Grade: 11ª
Classroom: 09
 Constitucion of Group

1- Zola Jorge Miguel Paulo

 Índice

Introducion..................................................................................................4
The teeling time...........................................................................................5
Exercises......................................................................................................8
Conclusion...................................................................................................9
 Introducion

We use the hours for several actions in the day: to make

appointments, organize our study schedules and arrive on time for
classes. If you always need to ask other people the time, it's
interesting that you also know this very important step to optimize
your level of English.
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Teeling the Time

Telling the time in English is a little different from the Portuguese

language. Learn how to tell time in the language in this article!

But first, learn some words that are used to measure time and that
will be used during your learning:

 Hour – Hour
 Minute – Minute
 Second – second

Rules and Examples

How to ask the time in English?
To ask the time in English we use the following expressions:

 What time is it? (What time is it?)

 What is the time? (What time is it?)
 Have you got the time? (Do you have time?)
 Do you have the time? (What time is it?)
 Could you tell me the time? (Could you tell me the time?)

In British English , it is also common to use the expressions:

 What time do you make it? (What time do you have?)

 What do you make the time? (What time do you have?)

Another difference between American and British English is the sign used

between the hour and minutes:

Examples:

 2 : 10 – two ten (American English)

 2 . 10 – two ten (British English)

How to tell the time in English?

To tell the time in English, use “it is” or “it's” and the corresponding numbers
(hour and minute):
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Examples:

 4:35 – It is four thirty-five.

 7:20 – It is seven twenty.

Hours in English can be accompanied by some time expressions , for example:

 Day : day
 today : today
 yesterday : yesterday
 The day before yesterday: anteontem
 Tomorrow : tomorrow
 The day after tomorrow : after tomorrow
 morning : morning
 Afternoon: tarde
 Evening : night
 night : night
 Tonight : tonight
 midday : noon
 At noon : at noon
 Midnight : midnight
 At midnight : at midnight

Expressions used to tell the time

The expression “ o'clock ” is used to indicate the exact time:

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Examples:

 3:00 – It is three o’clock.

 9:00 – It is nine o’clock.

The expression “ past ” is used to indicate the minutes before 30:

Examples:

 6:20 – It is six twenty ou It is twenty past six.

 8:10 – It is eight ten ou It is ten past eight.

The expression “ a quarter ” is used to indicate a quarter of an hour (15

minutes):

Examples:

 3:15 – It is three fifteen ou It is a quarter past three.

 8:15 – It is eight fifteen ou It is a quarter past eight.

The expression “ half past ” is used to indicate half an hour (30 minutes):

Examples:

 8:30 – It is eight thirty ou It is half past eight.

 11:30 – It is eleven thirty ou It is half past eleven.

Note that after 30 minutes, instead of the “past” expression, we use “ to ”:

Examples:

 8.45 – It is eight forty-five ou It is a quarter to nine.

 8.50 – It is eight fifty ou It is ten to nine.

Pay Attention!

We use the expressions am and pm to indicate when the English time occurs
before or after noon.

am – before noon

p.m. - after midday
Examples:

 9:00 – It's nine am or It's nine o'clock in the morning. (It is nine in the morning.)
 10:00 – It's ten pm or It's ten o'clock in the evening
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Exercises
1. Write the time in English.

a) 7:00

b) 5:10

c) 7:50

d) 8:55

e) 10:30

2. Write the numerals that represent the hours given in English.

a) It’s a quarter to ten.

b) It’s half past seven.

c) It’s eleven o’clock.

d) It’s a quarter past five

e) It’s eight ten

3. Look at the clocks and write the hours in words.

a) It’s ______________________.

b) It’s ______________________.

c) It’s ______________________.
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Conclusion

Concluid that we use the hours for several actions in the day: to
make appointments, organize our study schedules and arrive on
time for classes. If you always need to ask other people the time,
it's interesting that you also know this very important step to
optimize your level of English. 9
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