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The clock
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| Analogue | Digital | Normal use | Timetables, TV, etc. | |
| 6: 00 | It's 6 o'clock. | ||
| 6: 05 | It's 5 past 6. | past and the previous hour (here: 6) | It's six oh five. |
| 6: 15 | It's quarter past 6. | It's six fifteen. | |
| 6: 30 | It's half past 6. | It's six thirty. | |
| 6: 35 | It's 25 to 7. | to and the following hour (here: 7) | It's six thirty-five. |
| 6: 45 | It's quarter to seven. | It's six forty-five. | |
| 6: 55 | It's 5 to 7. | It's six fifty-five. | |
| 7: 00 | It's 7o'clock. |
*Tips: 1) In English there is no 24-hour-system (sometimes it is used on TV and in timetables). 15.00 is 3 o'clock (p.m.) (on TV: fifteenhundred). That's why you use a.m. (Latin: ante meridiem) and p.m. (post meridiem) in situations where it's necessary to point out that you want to say " in the morning" or " in the evening". In other situations (or when it's clear that school starts in the morning and the party in the evening) it's left out.
Example:
| Germany | England | |
| 0: 00 | midnight | |
| 0: 01 | 12: 01 a.m. | |
| 8: 00 | 8: 00 a.m. | |
| 12: 00 | noon | |
| 12: 01 | 12: 01 p.m. | |
| 14: 00 | 2 p.m. | |
| 18: 00 | 6 p.m. | |
| 23: 59 | 11: 59 p.m. | |
- o'clock (abbreviation: " of the clock") only on the hour;
- quarter = 15 minutes; half = 30 minutes;
- multiplies of 5: leave out the word " minutes" (but: 6.01 - It's one minute past six.
*Exercise 11. Read and translate the dialogues. Make up your own using the following as the model:
Dialogue 1:
A: Look at those clouds. How black they are! There's a thunderstorm coming on. Aren't you afraid?
B: Oh no! I like it. Oh, look, what a flash of lightning!
A: Yes, and there's a clap of thunder. The first thunder this year.
B: Shall I turn off the TV?
A: What? The thunder is so loud, I can't hear you.
B: I say, shall I turn off the TV? Mom says it's better to turn it off during a thunderstorm.
A: Yes, do. And I'll shut the window. A gust of wind may break the pane.
B: Oh, what a shower!
A: It's good. It will lay the dust and revive the flowers in the garden.
Dialogue 2:
A. Why don't you go out, Bob? I don't like the way you sit at home and read all day long.
B. But there's a hard frost, Mom.
A. You haven't been out yet, so how do you know?
B. Kate says it's very cold and windy.
A. Kate doesn't know. She was out early in the morning, then it was really cold. I've just come in, so I know. It's not so frosty now as it was in the morning, and the wind has dropped. Go for a walk.
B. Oh, Mom, I've got such a wonderful book and I am so comfortable here.
A. Look how pale you are. An hour or two in the open air will do you good. Just put aside that book, get into your coat and go out like a good boy.
B. Oh, all right.
**Exercise 12. Speak about the seasons of the year. What is your favourite season? Why do you like it?
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