Temporal expressions in English

The hour is the easiest, and 8 o'clock is eight

o'clock

From 8:01 a.m. to 8:30 a.m., one word can be used: past

PAST indicates the time that has passed).

fivepasteight

quarter

pasteight

halfpast

means a quarter, half means half).

From 8:31 a.m. to 8:59 a.m., one word can be used: to to indicate the time that is approaching).

twenty-eight

thirty-two)

quarter

tonine

The English expression of twotonine AM is:

The expression in English for afternoon is:

There are days and weeks with prepositions with in, without days without days with prepositions with on, and the exact time and minutes of the preposition with at, usually at the beginning or end of the sentence.

The forward and backward reading methods of the English expression of time are two different readings:

1. Reading.

The method of reading directly in the order of "hours and minutes" is called the forward reading method.

For example, 6:35 is pronounced six thirty-five; 4:04 is pronounced as four o four; 10:00 is pronounced as ten o'clock, etc.

2. Reverse reading method.

The method of reading the time in the order of "minutes to past" is called reverse reading.

1) When the number of minutes is less than 30, "Minutes past the number of hours" is used to indicate "what time is the number of points".

For example, 9:10 is pronounced as: ten past nine

2) When the number of minutes is greater than 30, use "minutes to hours", where "minutes" is 60 minus the original minutes, and "hours" is "next hour", indicating "a few minutes short".

For example: 7:53 is read as: seven to eight (seven 60 53, eight 7 1).

1.Direct time method: It is to express time in the order of what time and minutes. (This one is the easiest) for example:

8：00——eight(o’clock) 5:20——five twenty

2.Add prepositional notation.

If the fraction is less than or equal to 30, it is represented by past, and the structure is "minute + past + this o'clock"; If the minute is greater than 30, it is represented by to, and the structure is "minute + to + next o'clock."

For example: 12:05 – Five Past Twelve

9:50——ten to ten

8:40——twenty to nine

Tips: In the second notation of reed jujube, if the minute is 15, a quarter is generally used to replace the air fifteen; If the minute is 30, half is usually used instead of thirty. For example:

9:15 - a quarter past nine

11：30——half past eleven

2：45——a quarter to three

10 o'clock Yun Zheng Ming 10 points: 10 past 10

Usually, when the year date is expressed in English, it is in the form of month + day + year, for example, June 10, 2003, which is june (June) + thetenth (10).

twothousand

three (2003).

It is worth noting that ordinal numbers are usually used when talking about dates, such as first, second, third, etc.

As for the time, it can be expressed as morning and afternoon, which refers to 1 a.m., and 1 p.m., and 13:00, which is a few minutes to a few points, such as 2 o'clock and 2 minutes, can be expressed as two-to-two, and a few minutes such as 2:30, which can be said to be thirty

pasttwo or half

pasttwo, from which the correct expression of time can be derived.