1. Expression of time points

1. All times can be read directly using "hour + minute":

6: 10 six ten

8：30 eight thirty

2：40 two forty

2. If the time expressed is within half an hour, you can use "minutes + past + hours ":

6: 10 ten past six

4: 20 twenty past four

10: 25 twenty-five past ten

3. If the time expressed is beyond half an hour, you can use "(difference) minutes + to + (next) hour":

10:35 twenty-five to eleven

5:50 ten to six

9:49 eleven to ten

4. If the time expressed is exactly half an hour, you can use "half + past + hour" :

11:30 half past eleven

2:30 half past two

5. If the minute expressed is related to 15, there are three expressions :

(15 minutes is also called a quarter of an hour: a quarter)

9:15 nine fifteen; fifteen past nine; a quarter past nine

3:45 three forty-five; fifteen to four; a quarter to four

6. Expression of the hour:

It is two o'clock on the hour. It’s two. /It’s two o’clock.

In addition, noon and midnight in English can directly represent 12 o'clock during the day and night respectively:

It’s (twelve) noon. It's twelve o'clock noon.

It’s (twelve) midnight. It's midnight now.

7. Approximate time:

It’s almost two. It's almost two o'clock.

It’s not quite two. It's not even two o'clock yet.

It’s just after two. Just after two o'clock.

8. If you want to indicate that it is morning, you can add a.m after the time.

For example: thirteen past six a.m. (6:13 a.m.).

If you want to indicate that it is the afternoon, you can add p.m after the time.

For example: four o'clock p.m. (4 p.m.).

2. Expressions of century, year, year, month and day

1. Century:

①Use "definite article + ordinal number + century" Expression

Example: Writing in the 17th century: in the 17th century, pronounced as: in the seventeenth century

② Use "definite article + hundreds + s" to express

Example: Written in the seventeenth century: in the 1600s, pronounced: in the sixteen hundreds

Note: In this case, the actual number of centuries expressed is the Arabic numeral itself plus one.

2. Era

Use "definite article + (century to hundreds + ten years) + s"

Example: in 2 Written in the 1930s: in the 1930s, pronounced as: in the thirties of the twentieth century or in the nineteen thirties

Indicates the early, middle and late years of a certain era, and can be added after the definite article early, mid- and late

For example:

in the early 1920s;

in the mid-1950s in the mid-1950s

3. Year, month and day

1) Year

① When reading the year, it is generally divided into two units. The first two The number is one, and the last two numbers are one:

1949 is pronounced as: nineteen forty-nine or nineteen hundred and forty-nine

② If it is a three-digit number, read the first One digit, then add the last two numbers together and read:

253 is read as: two fifty-three or two hundred and fifty-three

③ In addition: 2000 is read as: two thousand, 1902 is pronounced as: nineteen hundred and two or nineteen o two

④ If you want to use year, put year before the numeral

For example: in the year two-fifty three B.C . In 253 BC

2) Month

Month is a proper noun, except for a few months there are abbreviations:

January - Jan. January

February - Feb. February

March - Mar. March

April - Apr. April

August - Aug. August

September - Sept. September

October - Oct. October

November - Nov. November

December - Dec. December

Note: The dot after the abbreviation cannot be omitted, because it is the symbol that represents the abbreviation.

Extended information:

The use of prepositions to express time:

If it refers to which year or month, use the preposition in; One day, the preposition on is required.

For example:

She was born in 1989.

She was born in August.

She was born in August 1989.

She was born on 2nd August, 1989.