Hello everyone!
Let's do a quick review to help us with today's point.

Do you remember?

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"Excuse me. Do you have the time?"
"Yeah, it's a quarter past five."
"Pardon?"
"It's 5:15."
"Ok, thanks!"
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Did you notice the new phrase? Last time I said telling time in English is easy, but sometimes we use words other than the actual hour and minute numbers. Here are some examples:

5:15 -> a quarter past (after) five
4:45 -> a quarter til five
**Quarter means 1/4. So a quarter of an hour is 15 mninutes. In our examples, it means 15 minutes after 5:00 and 15 minutes before 5:00.

8:30 -> half past eight
**Half mean 1/2. So a half an hour is 30 minutes. In this example, it means 30 minutes after 8:00.

12:00am -> midnight
12:00pm -> noon

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Well, that's all for this time. I hope these tips are useful. Please try using them when you get a chance.

Today is this school year's last English point. But I'll see you again next year in April!! Take care!