Expressing Time in Different Ways

This video tutorial teaches how to ask and tell time in English. It covers the common question 'What time is it?' and provides various ways to answer, such as using 'o'clock', 'quarter past', 'half past', and 'quarter to'. The tutorial explains how to express time in terms of minutes past or to the hour and how to indicate approximate times like 'almost' or 'about'.

What is the most common question asked when inquiring about the time?

• What time is it?

• How is the weather?

• Where are you going?

• What is your name?

What does 'PM' stand for when telling time?

• Post Morning

• Pre Midnight

• Post Meridian

• Pre Meridian

What does 'AM' signify when telling time?

• After Midnight

• Ante Meridian

• After Morning

• Ante Morning

How would you express 2:15 in another way?

• Quarter past two

• Half past two

• Quarter to two

• Ten past two

How would you express 3:15 in another way?

• Ten past three

• Quarter to three

• Half past three

• Quarter past three

What is the term used for 15 minutes past the hour?

• Quarter past

• Half past

• Quarter to

• Five past

If the time is 4:30, how can it be expressed differently?

• Half past four

• Quarter to five

• Five past four

• Quarter past four

If the time is 5:30, how can it be expressed differently?

• Half past five

• Quarter past five

• Quarter to six

• Five past five

What is the term used for 30 minutes past the hour?

• Quarter to

• Five past

• Half past

• Quarter past

What is another way to say 4:45?

• Half past four

• Quarter to five

• Five to five

• Quarter past four