TELLING TIMES

(Menyatakan Waktu)

Terdapat dua cara untuk menyatakan waktu dalam bahasa Inggris.

American (Jam + Menit)  

• 04:10 ➔ It's four ten
• 05:25 ➔ It's five twenty-five
• 01:09 ➔ It's one o-nine (dibaca o nine)
• 02:43 ➔ It's two forty-three
• 07:30 ➔ It's seven thirty

British (Menit + Past/To + Jam)  

• 07:40 ➔ It's twenty to eight
• 11:25 ➔ It's twenty-five past eleven
• 04:53 ➔ It's seven to five
• 08:28 ➔ It's twenty-eight past eight
• 05:15 ➔ It's (a) quarter past five
• 09:45 ➔ It's (a) quarter to ten
• 10:30 ➔ It's half past ten

Note:  

• Menit 1-29 gunakan (menit + past + jam berada)
• Menit 31-59 gunakan (sisa menit + to + jam menuju)
• Menit ke 15 gunakan (a quarter past + jam berada)
• Menit ke 45 gunakan (a quarter to + jam menuju)
• Menit ke 30 gunakan (half past + jam berada)

O'clock

Gunakan o'clock jika tidak ada menit.  

• 02:00 ➔ It's two o'clock
• 07:00 ➔ It's seven o'clock

Jawaban

10:40

• a. It's twenty to eleven.
• b. It's ten forty.

08:05

• a. It's five past eight.
• b. It's eight (o) five.

07:07

• a. It's seven past seven.
• b. It's seven (o) seven.

09:11

• a. It's eleven past nine.
• b. It's nine eleven.

11:40

• a. It's twenty to twelve.
• It's eleven forty.

04:44

• It's sixteen to five.
• It's four forty-four

04:05

• It's five past four.
• It's four (o) five.

11:05

• It's five past eleven.
• It's eleven (o) five.

Catatan

• Silakan tulis o yang di dalam kurung atau tidak. Sesuaikan dengan bagaimana yang diajarkan gurunya.