Do you know how to tell the time in English?

 

 

• am before noon (ante meridiem)


• pm after noon (post meridiem)

We use o'clock at the full hour

• 12:00 o'clock


• 12:10 ten past twelve

For 15 minutes past we use quarter past

• 12:15 (a) quarter past twelve

For 30 minutes past the hour we use

• 12:30 half past twelve

For 15 minutes to the hour we use quarter to

• 12:45 (a) quarter to one

For 00:00 and 12:00 we use the expressions midnight and midday or AM/PM

• 00:00 Midnight or 12 am


• 12:00 Midday or 12 pm

Do not use quarter past/to with AM/PM

For example:
it is a quarter past twelve pm
It is twelve fifteen pm
or
It is a quarter past twelve

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