Telling  The Tıme

What time is it ?

• İngilizce’de saatin kaç olduğunu sormak için ‘What time is it?’ ya da ‘What’s the time?’ soruları kullanılır. Aşağıdaki formüllere dikkat ediniz.

1. X:00 – It’s X o’clock.
Ex:
09:00 – It’s nine o’clock.
2. X:30 – It’s half past X (o’clock).
Ex:
09:30 – It’s half past nine (o’clock).
3. X:15 – It’s quarter past X (o’clock).
Ex:
09:15 – It’s quarter past nine (o’clock).

4. X:45 – It’s quarter to X+1 (o’clock).
Ex:
09:45 – It’s quarter to ten (o’clock).

5. X:01-29 – It’s 01-29 past X (o’clock).
Ex:
09:14 – It’s fourteen past nine (o’clock).
6. X:31-59 – It’s 01-29 to X+1 (o’clock).
Ex:
09:42 – It’s eighteen to ten (o’clock).

NOT: Bir eylemin saat kaçta yapılacağını anlatırken ‘at’ edatı kullanılır.

I am at the office AT two o’clock.
My sister has got a meeting AT half past eight.
There is a dance party in our house AT twelve o’clock.

Activity Exercise

Write the time
1. 05:00 –
2. 06:05 –
3. 14:40 –
4. 21:45 –
5. 16:50 –
6. 10:19 –
7. 17:00 –
8. 09:22 –
9. 19:15 –
10. 10:18 –

Answers:
1. 05:00 – It’s five o’clock. 2. 06:05 – It’s five past six.
3. 14:40 – It’s twenty to three. 4. 21:45 – It’s quarter to ten.
5. 16:50 –It’s ten to five. 6. 10:19 –It’s nineteen past ten.
7. 17:00 – It’s five o’clock. 8. 09:22 –It’s twenty two past nine.
9. 19:15 –It’s quarter past seven. 10. 10:18 –It’s eighteen past ten.

Activity Exercise

Write the time

1. It’s ten to five.
2. It’s eleven o’clock.
3. It’s twenty past four.
4. It’s quarter to nine.
5. It’s nine o’clock.
6. It’s half past seven.
7. It’s quarter to three.
8. It’s twenty five past six.
9. It’s twenty to six.
10. It’s quarter past eight.

Answers:

1. 16:50 2. 11:00 3. 04:20 4. 20:45 5. 09:00
6. 19:30 7. 02:45 8. 18:25 9. 05:40 10. 08:15

Not: Bazen Türkçe’de olduğu gibi İngilizce’de de saatler iki noktanın her iki yanı tek tek okunarak söylenebilir.

Ex:
21:36 – It’s twenty-one thirty-six.
10:05 – It’s ten five.
13:45 – It’s thirteen forty-five.