How do you express minutes after the hour in English time-telling?
Using 'past' after the hour.
How do you express minutes before the next hour in English time-telling?
Using 'to' before the next hour.
How do you say 6:05 in English?
It's five past six.
How do you say 6:30 in English?
It's half past six.
How do you say 6:45 in English?
It's quarter to seven.
How do you say 4:50 in English?
It's ten to five.
How do you say an exact hour like 5:00 in English?
Using o’clock, as in “5 o’clock”.
What does 5 am mean in English time expressions?
Five in the morning.
What does 5 pm mean in English time expressions?
Five in the afternoon.
What English words represent the numbers from 0 to 19?
Zero, nought, oh, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen.
What suffix do English numbers from 13 to 19 share?
They end with '-teen'.
How are multiples of ten between 20 and 90 formed in English?
They end with "-ty".
How are numbers between multiples of ten written in English?
By adding the unit to the ten with a hyphen.
What are the English words for the tens from 20 to 90?
Twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety.
How are hundreds formed in English numbers?
By placing the number followed by hundred, which is invariable.
What does British English add after 100 before tens or units?
The word and.
How does American English treat the word and after 100?
It can omit and.
What time does midnight correspond to in AM/PM format?
12:00 AM.
What time does noon correspond to in AM/PM format?
12:00 PM.
How do you say 08:01 when minutes are expressed separately in English?
Eight o one.
How do you say 11:34 when minutes are expressed separately in English?
Eleven thirty-four.
Which English numbers from 13 to 19 have irregular forms?
Thirteen, fifteen, and eighteen.
How is the word 'thirteen' formed irregularly?
By transforming 'three' into 'thir-'.
How is the word 'fifteen' formed irregularly?
By transforming 'five' into 'fif-'.
What is irregular about the spelling of 'eighteen'?
It has only one 't'.
Which tens have spelling changes in English between 20 and 90?
Forty, fifty, and eighty.
What is the spelling change for "forty" in English?
It is spelled without a "u".
How is "fifty" spelled differently in English?
"Five" changes to "fif-" in fifty.
What is the spelling change for "eighty" in English?
It has only one "t".
How can the number 100 be said in English?
Either one hundred or a hundred.
How is 100 pronounced in 4,100 in English?
As one hundred in four thousand one hundred.
How do you say 123 in English?
One hundred and twenty-three.
How do you say 101 in English?
A hundred and one.
How do you say 8,615 in English?
Eight thousand six hundred and fifteen.
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