This
Hint is the second of several summaries on how to say
different times.
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Saying Times
with Hours
and Minutes (Summary) __________________________________ |
You can also say times with hours and
minutes
in several different
ways:
as numbers
only
11:10 = eleven
ten 7:25 = seven
twenty-five 4:40
= four
forty 6:54 = six
fifty-four
Note: The minutes 1 - 9 are read as oh one, oh
two, oh
three, etc.:
1:05
= one oh five; 8:08 =
eight oh eight, etc.
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with A.M. or P.M.:
11:12 = eleven
twelve A.M.
/ eleven
twelve
P.M.
3:23 = three twenty-three
A.M. / three
twenty-three
P.M.
6:09 = six oh nine
A.M.
/ six
oh nine
P.M.
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with in the
morning, in the afternoon, in the
evening, or at
night:
1:06 = one oh six in the morning
/ one oh six in the
afternoon
6:14
= six fourteen
in the
morning / six fourteen in the evening
8:22 = eight
twenty-two
in the morning / eight twenty-two at
night
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Remember that 12:00 during the day is
usually called noon and that 12:00
during the night is usually
called midnight.
Note:
We can say "___ minutes before (etc.) /
after noon" or "___ minutes
before (etc.) / after midnight,"
but we do
not say *"noon /
midnight o'clock" or *"noon
/ midnight ten / fifteen,
etc. |