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The document provides guidelines on telling time in English, including the use of o'clock, A.M., and P.M., as well as various phrases for indicating time such as 'a quarter after' and 'half past'. It also covers how to ask about time and dates, the difference between ordinal and cardinal numbers, and the use of prepositions in relation to time and dates. Additionally, it highlights cultural differences in terminology and date formats between British and American English.

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UNIT 5 LEVEL 1 (2)

The document provides guidelines on telling time in English, including the use of o'clock, A.M., and P.M., as well as various phrases for indicating time such as 'a quarter after' and 'half past'. It also covers how to ask about time and dates, the difference between ordinal and cardinal numbers, and the use of prepositions in relation to time and dates. Additionally, it highlights cultural differences in terminology and date formats between British and American English.

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grammar:

Questions about time


Prepositions in, on, and at for
dates and times

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Language and culture

O’clock -- exact hour (8 o’clock)


NOT: six fifteen o’clock

A.M. - From 12 midnight to 11:59 in the morning.


P.M. - From 12 noon to 11:59 at night.
O’clock → en punto.
O’clock se usa para indicar la hora exacta,
sin minutos adicionales. For example: It's
three o'clock (3 p.m.).

"A quarter after" es una forma más coloquial


para decir "y cuarto".
For example: It's nine fifteen OR It's a
quarter after nine→ Son las nueve y
quince / Son las nueve y cuarto.
"Twenty after" es una forma alternativa para
decir "y veinte".
For example: It's five twenty / It's twenty
after five → Son las cinco y veinte

"Half past" es una manera común de decir "y


media".
For example: It's ten thirty / It's half past
ten → Son las diez y treinta / Son las diez
y media
"Twenty to" es la forma inglesa de decir que
faltan veinte minutos para la siguiente hora.
For example: It's eleven forty / It's
twenty to twelve → Son las once y
cuarenta / Faltan veinte para las doce.

“A quarter to" es la forma habitual de decir


que faltan 15 minutos para la siguiente hora.
For example: It's seven forty-five / It's a
quarter to eight → Son las siete y cuarenta
y cinco / Falta un cuarto para las ocho.
Language and culture

• Telling time digitally (saying the exact numbers on


the clock: It’s eleven forty-five) is more common than
the traditional way (using expressions like a quarter to:
It’s a quarter to twelve).

• English speakers use oh and NOT zero to tell time.


They say eight oh three for 8:03 and ten oh five for
10:05.

• In the U.K., the 24-hour clock is normally used


instead of a.m. / p.m. for train, bus, and air timetables.
The 12-hour clock is normally used in the U.S., Canada,
and Australia.
football vs. soccer
Both are nouns
Soccer: fútbol
Football: fútbol americano

U.S. (United States): football ≠ sport - soccer: fútbol


British English: soccer is called football.
Questions about time

To ask about time (now): What time is it?


We can answer: It’s 5 o’clock OR five o’clock (It’s = now)

To ask about the day (now): What day is it?


We can answer: It’s Saturday OR Saturday

To ask about time of an event: What time is the movie?


We can answer: It’s at seven o’clock OR At 7 o’clock (At = future event)

To ask about the day of an event: What day is the concert?


We can answer: It’s on Sunday OR On Sunday (It’s on = future events)

To ask about the time or day of an event: When is the dance?


We can answer: It’s at 8 o’clock. It’s on Friday OR It’s at 8 o’clock on Friday OR It’s
on Friday at 8 o’clock
Be attentive!
Time of events: What time is the movie?
When we speak, we can say: What time’s the movie?
HOWEVER, we DO NOT use: What time’s it?

Day of the week of events: What day is the concert?


When we speak, we can say: What day’s the concert?
HOWEVER, we DO NOT use: What day’s it?

Time/day of an event: When is the dance?


When we speak, we can say: When’s the dance?
HOWEVER, we DO NOT use: When’s it?
language and culture
In British English, a movie is called a film.
Look: Focus someone’s attention on
something.
Great! - To show enthusiasm for an idea.
At (preposition) is used with places.
Let’s is the contraction for let us and is
used often in spoken English to make
suggestion.
ASK ABOUT
BIRTHDAYS

Use ORDINAL NUMBERS (to talk about positions, the rank of something,
and dates) - (1st, 2nd, 3rd).
Use CARDINAL NUMBERS (to talk about quantity and dates) For example:
I have 2 sisters - (1, 2, 3).
ordinal and cardinal numbers
Which day of the week is Sunday?
Answer: The seventh.
How to make ordinal numbers?
The + (four, six, seven, ten, eleven) + TH
Twenty --> Y : IE + TH
Twentieth - Thirty: Thirtieth
Exceptions
The first (1st) - The second (2nd) - The third (3rd) -
The fifth (5th) - The eighth (8th)
LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

We can use ordinal numbers to say dates; for example; January fifteenth.
In formal writing, use cardinal numbers; for example, January 15.
It is common to use ordinal numbers in informal writing.

In British English, when dates are written giving the month as a word, the number may precede
or follow the month: January 15 OR 15 January.
In American English, the number always follows the month.
GRAMMAR (Prespositions IN - ON - AT for dates and times)

IN + months and years ON + days of the week and dates AT + time (exact time)

In May On Tuesday At 12:00 p.m.


In 2020 On May 5th At noon
In May 2020

Be careful!

IN + short period of time


In the morning / In the afternoon / In the evening
BUT - At night
when’s your birthday?
My birthday is on January 4th.

QUESTIONS: When’s (when is) her/his birthday?

November 15th.
It’s on (month) (date): It’s on July 3rd.
It’s in June. On the 2nd.

Happy birthday! - Thank you - Thanks


My best wishes for you!
Have a wonderful birthday!
Wish you a great birthday filled with joy and loved ones.
Happy birthday to my amazing co-worker and incredible person!

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