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Have you ever told the time or maybe someone asked you the time in

English?

Literally, this is a common thing that everyone does. Why? As you know, all
activities of people are bound by time. So time is very close to you.
Therefore, I'm sure that you are ever asking and telling the time although in

Indonesian. But this time, we are going to talk about the time in English.

Resources: Google Image
Picture 1. Clock

I. Telling the Time

In English there are two common ways to say the time, namely American and British style.

1. American style: Say the hour first and then the minutes. (Hour + Minutes)

7:05 seven-five
7:20 seven-twenty

7:40 seven-forty

7:55 seven-fifty-five
2. British style: Say the minutes first and then the hour. (Minutes + Past/To + Hour).

 Use past for the first 30 minutes of the hour.
 Use to for the remaining 30 minutes.

E-book Telling Time 4