- AM dan PM tidak digunakan kalau pembagian waktunya telah dikenali dengan pasti.
pola :
Question : What time do you have dinner?
Answer : at seven o’clock.
- Past digunakan jika jam lebih/lewat sedangkan to digunakan jikalau jam kurang dari……
acuan:
1. Question : What time do you usually get up? ( Jam berapa umumnya kamu bangun tidur? )
Answer : I usually get up at 4 o’clock. (Saya biasanya bangkit jam 04.00 tepat)
2. Question : why do you look so grim? ( Mengapa kau tampakcemberut ?)
Answer : Because it is 3 o’clock. The time is up. ( alasannya sudah jam 03.00. waktunya sudah habis).
3. Question : What time is it? ( Jam berapa sekarang ? )
Answer : It is twenty to two. Don’t waste the time !. we have to go. (Sekarang 01.40 jangan buang-buang waktu! Kita mesti pergi ).
4. Question : Do you have leisure time this afternoon? ( Apakah kau punya waktu senggang sore ini?).
Answer : Yes, at 04.45 pm. ( Ya, jam 04.45 sore ).