•Approximately
around/about/nearly/just before/coming up to
three / three-ish = 2.56 and 2.59
just after / just gone three = 3.01—3.04
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Accurately
6.00 BrE
6:00 AmE (note the punctuation)
six / six o’clock
6.01 (BrE) / 6:01 (NAmE)
six O one /
a (one) minute past six (BrE) / a minute after six (AmE)
6.05 (BrE) 6:05 (NAmE)
six O five/
five (minutes) past six (BrE)/ five (minutes) after
six (AmE)
6.15 / 6:15
six fifteen / (a) quarter (not fifteen) past
six (BrE) / (a) quarter past six (AmE)
6.30 / 6:30
six thirty / half past six (BrE) / half after six (AmE)
6.45 / 6:45
six forty-five / (a) quarter to seven (BrE) / (a)
quarter of (before) seven (AmE)
12.00 twelve/twelve o’clock/midday/twelve
noon
12.00 twelve/twelve o’clock/midnight/ twelve
midnight
Railways, airlines, the military use the 24-hour clock. Times are read or said as numbers:
17.15
= seventeen fifteen hours (5.15 p.m.)
20.00
= twenty hundred hours (8 p.m.)
04.50
= four fifty hours (4.50 a.m.)
16.30
= sixteen thirty hours (4.30 p.m.)
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Wake
me (up) at seven/ seven o’clock.
Wake
me (up) at twenty to seven. (not twenty to seven o’clock)
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asking the time: response
What’s the time? }
What
time is it? } 3.28 three
twenty eight
Have
you got the time? }
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comparing
the time by different watches:
what
time do you make it? Four ten. (4.10)
I
make it ten past four. That’s right.
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