At
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In
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On
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Precise time
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Months, Years, Centuries (long
periods)
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Days and Dates
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At 3:00
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In may
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On Sunday
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At 5:30
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In summer (In the summer)
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On Tuesdays
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At bedtime
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In 2013
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On the August 5th
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At lunchtime
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In the past
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On Halloween
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Prepositions of Time - at, in, on
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
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
*Remember dates are written month/day in America, but in other countries are written day/month
st
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nd
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rd
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th
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1st
21st
31st
41st
151st
1091st
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2nd
22nd
32nd
42nd
272nd
592nd
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3rd
23rd
33rd
43rd
603rd
1123rd
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4th-20th
24th-30th
34th-40th
44th-50th
100th,1000th,10000th…
456th
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2. Spelling
3. Dates
(dates are written in the
American form)
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the #xx of (month)
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(month) #xx
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01/21
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the 21st of January
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January 21st
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4/19
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the 19th of April
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April 19th
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12/12
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the 12th of December
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December 12th
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11/26
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the 26th of November
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November 26th
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06/22
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the 22nd of June
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June 22nd
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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
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