Telling the time

 Language and functions  

TELLING THE TIME

1.     After the hour we use past and before the hour we use to
 

3: 05      five past three                                 3: 35         twenty-five to four
3: 10      ten past three                                  3: 40         twenty to four

3: 15      quarter past three                           3: 45         quarter to four

3: 20      twenty past three                            3: 50         ten to four

3: 25      twenty-five past three                     3: 55         five to four

3: 30      half past three                                 3: 00         three o'clock

 

2.     We can also say :

      3: 10      three  ten                                           3: 35         three  thirty-five

and etc...

 

REMEMBER AT                                         ON                                               IN at ten o'clock                       on Sunday                              in the morning at night                                                                                  in the afternoon at the weekend                                                                    in the evening