When you tell about time, you usually mention the hour and minutes. To show the minutes, you can use the words ‘past’ and ‘to’.
Now, read how to tell about time below.
- 10.00 ➞ ten o’clock
- 10.15 ➞ a quarter past ten
- 10.30 ➞ half past ten
- 10.45 ➞ a quarter to eleven
- 11.05 ➞ five past eleven
- 12.25 ➞ twenty-five past twelve
- 1:50 ➞ ten minutes to two
Note:
There are twenty-four hours in a day.
There are twenty-four hours in a day.
- We use a.m to show time from 12:01 at midnight until 12:00 at noon.
- We use p.m to show time from 12:01 at noon until 12:00 at midnight.