Thursday, October 10, 2013

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Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Prepositions of Time - at, in, on

At
In
On
Precise time
Months, Years, Centuries (long periods)
Days and Dates
At 3:00
In may
On Sunday
At 5:30
In summer (In the summer)
On Tuesdays
At bedtime
In 2013
On the August 5th
At lunchtime
In the past
On Halloween

For other prepositions of time please look here

Time

1. What time is it? (simple method)
a. Telling time is very simple in English. All you need to do is say the hour as a number, and the minute as a number.
Examples
8:30 is said Eight, Thirty
9:15 is said Nine, Fifteen
6:35 is said Six, Thirty-five
b. if the minutes read ":0x" you must say the time Hour, O'x
Examples
10:05 is said Ten O'Five
3:03 is said Three O'Three
c. if the minutes read ":00" you must say hour O'Clock
Example
5:00 is Five O'Clock
10:00 is Ten O'Clock
1:00 is One O'Clock

2. to/past
a. It is also possible to use the phrases Quarter to/past Half past, or minutes to
Examples
8:15 is quarter past eight
8:45 is quarter to nine
8:30 is half past eight
8:10 is ten past eight
8:50 is ten to nine
*It is always acceptable to use the simple method, and in some places it is more common and prefered
3. Special times of the day
a. 12:00 if it refers to the one in the middle of the day, you can either say "mid-day" or Noon
b. 12:00 if it refers to the middle of the night is said "midnight"
4. Self Practice
Please write out the following times in which ever method you prefer.
8:30
9:25
4:45
3:30
6:25
12:00

Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Ordinal Numbers

1. Ordinal numbers

st
nd
rd
th
1st
21st
31st
41st
151st
1091st
2nd
22nd
32nd
42nd
272nd
592nd
3rd
23rd
33rd
43rd
603rd
1123rd

4th-20th
24th-30th
34th-40th
44th-50th
100th,1000th,10000th
456th


2. Spelling
 3. Dates
(dates are written in the American form)
the #xx of (month)
(month) #xx
01/21
the 21st of January
January 21st
4/19
the 19th of April
April 19th
12/12
the 12th of December
December 12th
11/26
the 26th of November
November 26th
06/22
the 22nd of June
June 22nd
  *Remember dates are written month/day in America, but in other countries are written day/month

4. Years
Normal-say numbers as set of two numbers
Examples:
1999=19,99 (nineteen ninety-nine)
1776=17,76
1892=18,92
 Normal years (1110-1199, 1210-1299,1310-1399, 1410-1499,1510-1599, 1610-1699,1710-1799, 1810-1899, 1910-1999)
xx01-xx09
Dates that end in 01-09 are said xx "O"1
Examples:
1904= nineteen-o-four
1609=sixteen-o-nine
20xx
the first two digits can either be said twenty, or two thousand
2000-2009 are always said two thousand
Example:
2001=two thousand one
2009=two thousand nine
2010-2099 you can either say these dates as twenty xx or two thousand xx
Example:
2011= 20,11 or two thousand eleven 
2020= 20,20 or two thousand twenty