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Learn how to tell the time in English in different countries and contexts. Find out how to say half past midnight and other times in 12-hour and 24-hour formats.
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Learn the meaning and usage of the phrase half past midnight, which means thirty minutes after midnight. Find out how to use it in different contexts and see examples and related idioms.
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We use o'clockwhen there are NO minutes. 1. 10:00 - It's ten o'clock 2. 5:00 - It's five o'clock 3. 1:00 - It's one o'clock Sometimes it is written as 9 o'clock (the number + o'clock)
The common question forms we use to ask for the time right now are: 1. What time is it? 2. What is the time? A more polite way to ask for the time, especially from a stranger is: 1. Could you tell me the time please? The common question forms we use to ask at what time a specific event will happen are: What time...? When...? 1. What time does the f...
We use It is or It's to respond to the questions that ask for the time right now. 1. It ishalf past five (5:30). 2. It'sten to twelve (11:50) We use the structure AT + timewhen giving the time of a specific event. 1. The bus arrives atmidday (12:00). 2. The flight leaves ata quarter to two (1:45). 3. The concert begins atten o'clock. (10:00) We can...
We don't normally use the 24-hour clock in English. We use a.m. (am) for the morning and p.m.(pm) for the afternoon and night. 3am = Three o'clock in the morning. 3pm = Three o'clock in the afternoon.
Try our interactive games to practice telling the time at: Telling the Time 1 and Telling the Time 2. Check out our grammar notes about using prepositions of time.
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The meaning of HALF PAST is half an hour after a stated time. How to use half past in a sentence.
phrase. Add to word list. A1 (also UK informal half) Half past a particular hour is 30 minutes later than that hour: I'll meet you at half past nine (= 09:30 or 21:30). UK informal I'll meet you at half seven (= half past seven). My alarm goes off at half past six in the morning. The bomb was set to go off at half past one.
