Lesson Fifteen - The time

There are many ways to ask the time in English...let's learn four of them.

1- What time is it , please?
2- What's the time, please?
3- What time you have, please?
4- What time you got , please?

Please...

* Could you please tell me what's the time?
* Could you tell me what time you got, please?
* Could you tell me , please, what time is it?
* Please, Could you tell me what time you have?
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Vocabulary

*  It's = è, são
* o'clock = em ponto, exata
* a quarter = 15 minutos, 1/4
* a half = 30 minutos
* almost = quase
* midday = meio dia
* midnight = meia noite
* at = às
* to = para
* before = antes
* after = depois
* past = passado
* hour = hora
* minute = minuto
* second = segundo
* am = madrugada/manhã
* pm = tarde/noite
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Many ways of telling the time

1- O'clock

* Usamos a expressão "o'clock" quando a hora for exata, em ponto.

. 9:00  -  It's nine o'clock
  7:00 -    It's seven o'clock
   3:00 -   It's three o'clock.
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* I have english classes every friday at 6:00 o'clock.
* I go to work every morning at 7:00 o'clock.
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2- To/before

* Usamos "to" ou "before"  para informar os minutos que faltam para determinada hora.

2:40  - It's twenty to three.


           It's twenty before three.

5:45  - It's fifteen to six.
            It's a quarter before six.

9:52 - It's eight to ten
           It's eight before ten

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3- Past/After

* Usamos "past/after" para informar os minutos que se passaram após determinada hora. Podemos também evitar essa estrutura informando apenas a hora seguida dos minutos.

8:15  - It's eight fifteen
           It's fifteen past eight
           It's a quarter after eight
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5:35  - It's thirt-five after five.
           It's five thirty-five.
           It's thirty-five past five
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1:49  - It's eleven past one.
           It's eleven after one.
           It's one forty-nine
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4-am / pm

* Usamos essa estrutura para indicar manhã ou noite. AM indica madrugada ou manhã e PM indica tarde ou noite.

4:45 am  - It's a quarter to five am.  = Faltam quinze para as cinco da manhã.
3:26 pm - It's three twenty-six pm   = São duas e vinte seis da tarde.
9:42 pm - It's eighteen to ten pm.    = Faltam dezoito para as dez da noite.
7:50 am - It's ten to eight am.          = Faltam dez para as oito da manhã.

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5- Midday/Midnight/Half/quarter

Midday = meio dia. Também podemos usar a palavra " noon"
Midnight = meia noite. Tambem podemos usar a expressão " in the middle of night"
Half = trinta minutos. Também podemos usar o número trinta " thirty".
Quarter  = quinze minutos. Também podemos usar o número quinze " fifteen"
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Sentences:

1- Excuse me , Could you tell me the time, please?
2- I never have lunch at midday.
3- Waldo open his store every day at 8 am.
4- Please call me around noon.
5- I use to watch tv in the middle of night.