How To Say The Time in English - Examples and Reference

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How to say the time in English Examples


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Timetables, TV,
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6:00 It's 6 o'clock.

6:05 It's 5 past 6. It's six oh five.

It's quarter past past and the previous hour


6:15 It's six fieen.
6. (here: 6)

6:30 It's half past 6. It's six thirty.


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6:35 It's 25 to 7. It's six thirty-five.

It's quarter to to and the following hour (here:


6:45 It's six forty-five.
seven. 7)

6:55 It's 5 to 7. It's six fiy-five.

7:00 It's 7o'clock.

1. The 12-hour-system in English


In English there is no 24-hour-system (sometimes it is used on TV and in timetables).

15:00 is 3 o'clock (p.m.) (on TV: fieenhundred). That's why you use a.m. (Latin: ante meridiem) and p.m. (post
meridiem) in situations where it is necessary to point out that you want to say in the morning or in the evening. In
other situations (or when it is clear that school starts in the morning and the party in the evening) it is le out.

Germany England

0:00 midnight

0:01 12:01 am

8:00 8:00 am

12:00 noon

12:01 12:01 pm

14:00 2 pm

18:00 6 pm

23:59 11:59 pm

2. When to use o'clock


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2. When to use o'clock


o'clock (abbreviation: of the clock) only on the hour

3. Quarter past and to


quarter 15 minutes
half 30 minutes

4. The minutes
multiplies of 5: leave out the word minutes (but: 6.01 It's one minute past 6.)

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