Understanding Time in English

What is the term used to describe 12 o'clock during the day?

• Midnight

• Noon

• Evening

• Dawn

If the time is 2:05, how would you express it using five-minute intervals?

• Two fifteen

• Two ten

• Two o'clock

• Two oh five

How would you say 2:15 using an alternative expression?

• Quarter past two

• Quarter to three

• Two fifteen

• Half past two

What does 'am' stand for in time expressions?

• Ante meridiem

• After midnight

• After meridiem

• Ante midnight

If someone says 'I'll meet you at 4pm', what time of day is it?

• Noon

• Morning

• Midnight

• Afternoon

How would you express 6:50 using an alternative expression?

• Half past six

• Ten to seven

• Six fifty

• Quarter to seven

What is the alternative way to say 9:15?

• Nine fifteen

• Half past nine

• Quarter to nine

• Quarter past nine

How would you express 5:30 using an alternative expression?

• Half past five

• Quarter past five

• Quarter to six

• Five thirty

What is the correct way to express 10:10?

• Ten past ten

• Quarter past ten

• Half past ten

• Ten to ten

If the time is 1:40, how would you express it using an alternative expression?

• Twenty past one

• Half past one

• Twenty to two

• One forty