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Unit 3

There are two common ways to tell time in English. The first is to say the hour followed by the minutes, such as "six twenty-five" or "eight O-five." The second is to say the minutes followed by "past" or "to" and the next hour, such as "twenty-five to three" or "nine to nine." Telling the time in English depends on whether you say the hour first followed by minutes, or the minutes first followed by "past" or "to" and the next hour.

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Unit 3

There are two common ways to tell time in English. The first is to say the hour followed by the minutes, such as "six twenty-five" or "eight O-five." The second is to say the minutes followed by "past" or "to" and the next hour, such as "twenty-five to three" or "nine to nine." Telling the time in English depends on whether you say the hour first followed by minutes, or the minutes first followed by "past" or "to" and the next hour.

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TELLING THE TIME

How to ask the time in English?

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There are two common ways of telling the time.

1) Say the hour first and then the minutes. (Hour +


Minutes)

6:25 - It's six twenty-five


8:05 - It's eight O-five (the O is said like the letter O)
9:11 - It's nine eleven
2:34 - It's two thirty-four
2) Say the minutes first and then the hour. (Minutes + PAST / TO +
Hour)

For minutes 1-30 we use PAST after the minutes.

For minutes 31-59 we use TO after the minutes.

2:35 - It's twenty-five to three


11:20 - It's twenty past eleven
4:18 - It's eighteen past four
8:51 - It's nine to nine
2:59 - It's one to three
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The definite article (the) is used before a noun to indicate that
the identity of the noun is known to the reader referring to.

I want the red apple

The indefinite article (a, an) is used before a noun that is general


or when its identity is not known. 
I need a pen.
Marcos studies in a university in Cali  
/juːnɪˈvəːsɪti/
"My daughter really wants a dog for
Christmas.
"Somebody call a policeman!" 
"When I was at the zoo, I saw an elephant!"

a (before a singular noun beginning


with a consonant sound)
an (before a singular noun beginning
with a vowel sound)
REMEMBER, USING A OR AN DEPENDS ON THE
SOUND THAT BEGINS THE NEXT WORD. SO...
 a + singular noun beginning with a
consonant: a boy; a car; a bike; a zoo; a dog
 an + singular noun beginning with a
vowel: an elephant; an egg; an apple; an idiot; an orph
an
 a + singular noun beginning with a consonant sound:
a university; a unicycle
 an + nouns starting with silent "h": an hour
 a + nouns starting with a pronounced "h": a horse
• _______Decameron hotel is one of my favorites.

• She lives in ____ apartment.

• I need to buy ____ book for the English class.

• Allison is ____ housewife.

• We love ______ Colombian food.

• I study in ________ university.

• George is ________ honest man.


DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS

Demonstrative pronouns
are used to point out
something or someone. To
refer to people or objects
close to us, we use "this" or
"these." for people or
objects further away, we
use "that" or "those."

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