TIMES –Thời gian
1/- Hỏi giờ:
– What time is it? / What's the time?
2/- Nói giờ
a/. Giờ đúng: It's + "giờ" + o'clock
Ex: – It's 7 o'clock.
– It's 12 o'clock
b/. Giờ hơn: It's + "phút" + past + "giờ"
Ex: – It's twenty past nine. (9.20)
– It's fifteen past ten. (10.15)
Chúng ta có thể dùng "a quarter" thay cho số phút là 15 và "half" thay cho số phút là 30
Ex:-
It's half past eight = It's thirty past eight (8.30)
It's half past eight = It's thirty past eight (8.30)
– It's a quarter past one = It's fifteen past one. (1.15)
c/. Giờ kém: It's + phút + to + giờ
Ex: It's twenty to ten. (9.40)
– It's fifty to three. (3.50)
Chúng ta có thể dùng "a quarter" thay cho số phút là 15 trong cách nói giờ kém.
Ex:- It's a quarter to ten = It's fifteen to ten. (9.45)
– It's a quarter to two = It's fifteen to two (1.45)
Chú ý trong giao tiếp người Anh, Mỹ thường dùng cách nói giờ như người Việt Nam, nói giờ trước phút sau.
Ex:- It's ten twenty.(10.20)
– It's fiveforty-five (5.45)
