{"id":2500,"date":"2013-01-25T08:09:29","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T13:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=2500"},"modified":"2013-01-25T08:09:29","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T13:09:29","slug":"telling-the-time-in-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/telling-the-time-in-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Telling the Time in English"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to tell the time in English with this helpful, easy to follow video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"595\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vOb5znY7LAQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen title=\"Embedded video\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In this video, we&#8217;re going to learn how to tell the time in English.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some things you use to tell time\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0a clock<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0an alarm clock<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0a watch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are some questions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0What time is it?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0What&#8217;s the time?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Do you have the time?<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Do you know what time it is?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the clock, the little hand tells the hour. The big hand tells the minute.<\/p>\n<p>When the little hand is on a number and the big hand is on twelve, we use o&#8217;clock. It&#8217;s 3 o&#8217;clock.<\/p>\n<p>When the big hand is on three, it is a quarter past. It&#8217;s a quarter past seven.<\/p>\n<p>When the big hand is on six, it is half past. It&#8217;s half past nine.<\/p>\n<p>When the big hand is on nine, it is a quarter to. It&#8217;s a quarter to two.<\/p>\n<p>When the little hand is between 12 and 6, we use past. When it is between 6 and 12, we use to.<\/p>\n<p>For example, it&#8217;s five past ten. Or, it&#8217;s ten oh five.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s half past eleven. It&#8217;s eleven thirty.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s ten to eight. It&#8217;s seven fifty.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a picture to review&#8230; Now, you try.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What&#8217;s the time?<\/li>\n<li>What time is it?<\/li>\n<li>Do you have the time?<\/li>\n<li>Do you know what time it is?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Let&#8217;s check the answers\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s a quarter to one. It&#8217;s twelve forty five.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s twenty past four. It&#8217;s four twenty.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s five to six. It&#8217;s five fifty five.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s half past ten. It&#8217;s ten thirty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When it&#8217;s 12 o&#8217;clock, you can either say &#8220;It&#8217;s midnight&#8221; or &#8220;It&#8217;s noon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>12 AM is midnight, and 12 PM is noon.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some other useful phrases for telling time:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>in the morning<\/li>\n<li>in the afternoon<\/li>\n<li>in the evening<\/li>\n<li>at night<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For example, if it&#8217;s 9:15 AM, you can say\u2026 It&#8217;s a quarter past nine in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>If it&#8217;s 1:30 PM, you can say\u2026 It&#8217;s half past one in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>If it&#8217;s 5:50 PM, you can say\u2026 It&#8217;s ten to six in the evening.<\/p>\n<p>If it&#8217;s 10:00 PM, you can say\u2026 It&#8217;s ten o&#8217;clock at night.<\/p>\n<p>Now you are ready to tell the time in English!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to tell the time in English with this helpful, easy to follow video: In this video, we&#8217;re going to learn how to tell the time in English. Here are some things you use to tell time\u2026 \u00a0a clock \u00a0an alarm clock \u00a0a watch Here are some questions: \u00a0What time is it? \u00a0What&#8217;s the&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/telling-the-time-in-english\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[134956,135139,135370],"tags":[273704,273703,80382],"class_list":["post-2500","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-english-grammar","category-english-language","category-english-vocabulary","tag-esl-time-lesson","tag-how-to-tell-the-time-in-english","tag-telling-the-time"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.0.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn how to tell the time in English with this easy to follow, helpful video. Includes English subtitles so you can follow along.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"sasha\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"telling the time,how to tell the time in english,esl time lesson\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/telling-the-time-in-english\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.0.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"English Language Blog | Language and Culture of the English-Speaking World\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Tell the Time in English | English Language Blog\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Learn how to tell the time in English with this easy to follow, helpful video. Includes English subtitles so you can follow along.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/telling-the-time-in-english\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-01-25T13:09:29+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-01-25T13:09:29+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"How to Tell the Time in English | English Language Blog\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Learn how to tell the time in English with this easy to follow, helpful video. Includes English subtitles so you can follow along.\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/telling-the-time-in-english\\\/#article\",\"name\":\"How to Tell the Time in English | English Language Blog\",\"headline\":\"Telling the Time in English\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/author\\\/sasha\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/#organization\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-25T08:09:29-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-01-25T08:09:29-05:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"commentCount\":1,\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/telling-the-time-in-english\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/telling-the-time-in-english\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"English Grammar, English Language, English Vocabulary, ESL time lesson, how to tell the time in English, telling the time\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/telling-the-time-in-english\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/category\\\/english-grammar\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"English Grammar\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/category\\\/english-grammar\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"English Grammar\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/category\\\/english-grammar\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/telling-the-time-in-english\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Telling the Time in English\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/telling-the-time-in-english\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Telling the Time in English\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/category\\\/english-grammar\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"English Grammar\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"English Language Blog\",\"description\":\"Language and Culture of the English-Speaking World\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/author\\\/sasha\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/author\\\/sasha\\\/\",\"name\":\"sasha\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/telling-the-time-in-english\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0a2dc93f50916e4f3c34e0c999de91451954073e0e3e87bf6b514a570630d949?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"sasha\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/telling-the-time-in-english\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/telling-the-time-in-english\\\/\",\"name\":\"How to Tell the Time in English | English Language Blog\",\"description\":\"Learn how to tell the time in English with this easy to follow, helpful video. Includes English subtitles so you can follow along.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/telling-the-time-in-english\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/author\\\/sasha\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/author\\\/sasha\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-25T08:09:29-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-01-25T08:09:29-05:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/\",\"name\":\"English Language Blog\",\"description\":\"Language and Culture of the English-Speaking World\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.transparent.com\\\/english\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"How to Tell the Time in English | English Language Blog","description":"Learn how to tell the time in English with this easy to follow, helpful video. Includes English subtitles so you can follow along.","canonical_url":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/telling-the-time-in-english\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"telling the time,how to tell the time in english,esl time lesson","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/telling-the-time-in-english\/#article","name":"How to Tell the Time in English | English Language Blog","headline":"Telling the Time in English","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/author\/sasha\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/#organization"},"datePublished":"2013-01-25T08:09:29-05:00","dateModified":"2013-01-25T08:09:29-05:00","inLanguage":"en-US","commentCount":1,"mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/telling-the-time-in-english\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/telling-the-time-in-english\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"English Grammar, English Language, English Vocabulary, ESL time lesson, how to tell the time in English, telling the time"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/telling-the-time-in-english\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/category\/english-grammar\/#listItem","name":"English Grammar"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/category\/english-grammar\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"English Grammar","item":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/category\/english-grammar\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/telling-the-time-in-english\/#listItem","name":"Telling the Time in English"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/telling-the-time-in-english\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"Telling the Time in English","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/category\/english-grammar\/#listItem","name":"English Grammar"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/#organization","name":"English Language Blog","description":"Language and Culture of the English-Speaking World","url":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/author\/sasha\/#author","url":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/author\/sasha\/","name":"sasha","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/telling-the-time-in-english\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0a2dc93f50916e4f3c34e0c999de91451954073e0e3e87bf6b514a570630d949?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"sasha"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/telling-the-time-in-english\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/telling-the-time-in-english\/","name":"How to Tell the Time in English | English Language Blog","description":"Learn how to tell the time in English with this easy to follow, helpful video. Includes English subtitles so you can follow along.","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/telling-the-time-in-english\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/author\/sasha\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/author\/sasha\/#author"},"datePublished":"2013-01-25T08:09:29-05:00","dateModified":"2013-01-25T08:09:29-05:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/","name":"English Language Blog","description":"Language and Culture of the English-Speaking World","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"English Language Blog | Language and Culture of the English-Speaking World","og:type":"article","og:title":"How to Tell the Time in English | English Language Blog","og:description":"Learn how to tell the time in English with this easy to follow, helpful video. Includes English subtitles so you can follow along.","og:url":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/telling-the-time-in-english\/","article:published_time":"2013-01-25T13:09:29+00:00","article:modified_time":"2013-01-25T13:09:29+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"How to Tell the Time in English | English Language Blog","twitter:description":"Learn how to tell the time in English with this easy to follow, helpful video. Includes English subtitles so you can follow along."},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"2500","title":"How to Tell the Time in English | #site_title","description":"Learn how to tell the time in English with this easy to follow, helpful video. Includes English subtitles so you can follow along.","keywords":[{"label":"telling the time","value":"telling the time"},{"label":"how to tell the time in English","value":"how to tell the time in English"},{"label":"ESL time lesson","value":"ESL time lesson"}],"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"Article","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"location":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2020-12-21 16:09:02","updated":"2025-07-09 17:46:56","focus_keyword":null,"additional_keywords":null,"truseo_locale":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2500"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2503,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2500\/revisions\/2503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}