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There are two common ways to tell time in English - saying the hour first then minutes or saying the minutes first and using past or to to indicate proximity to the next hour. The document also outlines how to say times like quarter past, quarter to, half past, and o'clock as well as using AM and PM designations.

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Time

There are two common ways to tell time in English - saying the hour first then minutes or saying the minutes first and using past or to to indicate proximity to the next hour. The document also outlines how to say times like quarter past, quarter to, half past, and o'clock as well as using AM and PM designations.

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There are two common ways of telling the time

2) Say the minutes first and then the hour. (Minutes + PAST / TO +
1) Say the hour first and then the Hour)

minutes. (Hour + Minutes)


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

6:25 - It's six twenty-five For minutes 31-59 we use TO after the minutes.

2:35 - It's twenty-five to three (25 menit lagi jam 3)


8:05 - It's eight O-five (the O is said like the
letter O) 11:20 - It's twenty past eleven ( 11 lewat 20)

4:18 - It's eighteen past four (4 lewat 18)


9:11 - It's nine eleven
8:51 - It's nine to nine (9 menit lagi jam 9)

2:34 - It's two thirty-four 2:59 - It's one to three (1 menit lagi jam 3)
Ways of telling the time

When it is 15 minutes past the hour we normally say: (a) quarter past

7:15 - It's (a) quarter past seven ( jam 7 seperempat)

When it is 15 minutes before the hour we normally say: a quarter to

12:45 - It's (a) quarter to one (seperempat jam lagi sudah jam 1)

When it is 30 minutes past the hour we normally say: half past

3:30 - It's half past three (but we can also say three-thirty) ( jam setengah empat)
Ways of telling the time

O'clock (tepat) 12:00


We use o'clock when there are NO For 12:00 there are four
minutes.
expressions in English.
10:00 - It's ten o'clock ( jam 10
tepat) twelve o'clock

5:00 - It's five o'clock ( jam 5 tepat)


midday / noon ( jam 12 siang)
1:00 - It's one o'clock ( jam 1 tepat)

Sometimes it is written as 9 o'clock


(the number + o'clock)
midnight ( jam 12 malam atau
00.00)
Ways of telling the time

We use It is or It's to respond to the questions that ask for the


time right now. We can also use subject
It is half past five (5:30).
pronouns in these responses.
It's ten to twelve (11:50)

We use the structure AT + time when giving the time of a specific It arrives at midday (12:00).
event.

The bus arrives at midday (12:00). It leaves at a quarter to two


The flight leaves at a quarter to two (1:45).
(1:45).
The concert begins at ten o'clock. (10:00)

It begins at ten o'clock. (10:00)


Ways of telling the time

AM (ante meridian) vs. PM (post meridian)

AM untuk 00.00 malam – 11.59 siang, PM untuk 12.00 siang – 11.59 malam

We don't normally use the 24-hour clock in English.

We use a.m. (am) for the morning and p.m. (pm) for the afternoon and night.

3am = Three o'clock in the morning.

3pm = Three o'clock in the afternoon.

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