Telling Time

Dalam bahasa Inggris ada banyak cara untuk menyampaikan waktu/jam. Berikut ini cara-cara menyampaikan
waktu dalam bahasa Inggris:

Dengan cara mengucapkan jam terlebih dahulu baru diikuti dengan menitnya  cara ini merupakan cara yang   
paling mudah.Perhatikan contoh di bawah ini!
5:10 - Five Ten
6: 30 - Six Thirty
Untuk bilangan 0-09, kita bisa mengucapkannya dengan 'oh' misalnya: 4:04 - Four (oh) four.

Dengan cara mengucapkan menitnya terlebih dahulu kemudian baru jamnya. Dengan cara ini, kita
menggunakan past jika menitnya 01-30
Contoh:
4:10 - Ten past four (jam 4 lewat 10 menit)
7:20 - Twenty past seven (Jam tujuh lewat dua puluh menit)

Gunakan to untuk menit 31-59

Contoh:
4: 35 - twenty five  to 5 (jam 5 kurang 25 menit)
7: 50 - Ten to eight (jam 8 kurang 10)

Dalam bahasa Inggris 30 menit = half, 15 menit = a quarter

Contoh:
1: 15 - a quarter past one
4: 30 - half past four

Masih biingung? Kalau begitu perhatikan gambar berikut ini, semoga gambar di bawah ini bisa membantu!

Pada gambar di atas dapat dilihat bahwa jika dari menit  01-30 adalah "past/lewat" jika dari menit 31-59
adalah "to". Jarum panjang menunjukan angka "3/9" sama dengan "a quarter". Jika jarum panjang berada pada
angka 3 berarti " a quarter past......" jika berada pada angka  9 berarti " a quarter to ....".
Jika jarum panjang berada pada angka 6 sama dengan "half past ...." Jika jarum panjang berada tepat pada
angka 12, kita bisa menggunakan "o'clock". misalnya: 7:00 ( seven o'clock), 5:00 (five o'clock).
Dalam bahasa Inggris Amerika, kata "after" sering dipakai untuk menggantikan kata "past". misalnya, 7:15
(a quarter after seven), 5:10 (ten after five), 7:30 ( half after seven). Kata "to" dalam bahasa Inggris Amerika juga
sering diganti dengan kata "before/of". Misalnya: 5:45 (a quarter before/of six)

Penggunaan a.m. dan p.m.

a.m. dan p.m. sering dipakai dalam menyampaikan jam. a.m. (ante merediem) dipakai untuk waktu
sebelum siang atau sesudah siang yaitu antara pukul 00:00 sampai pukul 12:00 siang. p.m. (post merediem)
dipakai untuk waktu antara pukul 12:00 siang sampai 00:00. Untuk a.m. atau p.m. digunakan/dirangkai
berbarengan cara penyampaian waktu pada cara  ke 1 di atas. Bila kita tidak ingin menggunakan a.m. ataupun
p.m., kita bisa menggungakan kata in the morning, in the noon, in the afternoon, in the evening, atau at night. 
Contoh: 7:15 (a quarter past seven in the morning/ a quarter past seven in the evening).
TASK 1
TASK 2
Please tell your daily activities and the daily activities of one classmate!
You Your Friend
No Time Activities No Time Activities

1. 05.00 in the morning Wake Up 1. 04.30 in the morning Wake Up

TASK 3
Match the sentences with the time!
1. My teacher arrives school at seventeen past six. ___   a. 07.30
2. They play football at fourteen past five. ___                 b. 07.15
3. Johny arrives home at ten to twelve. ___                       c. 05.14
4. Randy and Gerry have dinner at half past seven. ___   d. 09.00
5. Our school starts at seven o'clock. ___                           e. 08.30
6. Diana goes to bed at nine o'clock. ___                           f. 06.17
7. Bobby does his homework at a quarter past seven. __ g. 11.50
8. My father goes to his office at a quarter past seven. __ h. 07.00
9. My mother cleans our house at half past eight. ___       i. 06.45
10. I go to school at half past six. ___   j. 06.30

TASK 4
Read the text. Then, answer the questions !
At 04.50 every morning, Doni is still in bed. He takes a bath at 05.00 o’clock. He cleans his room after
taking a bath. At 06.10 he has breakfast in the dining room. Hr arrives at school at 06.50. he studies at school until
at 12. At 01.00 o’clock in the afternoon, he is at home. After having lunch he takes a nap. From 4 to 6 o’clock he
watches TV. He does his homework at 7 o’clock and go to bed at 9.

Questions :
1. What does Doni do at ten past six ?
2. How long is Doni at school ?
3. What time is Doni at home ?
4. Does Doni have lunch at four o’clock ?
5. How is Doni ?

Write the time in word !

a. 25 : it is ———————————
b. 15 : it is ———————————
c. 35 : it is ———————————
d. 30 : it is ———————————
e. 13 : it is ———————————
f. 45 : it is ———————————
g. 07.55 : it is ———————————
h. 08.48 : it is ———————————
i. 09.04 : it is ———————————
j. 10.30 : it is ———————————
TASK 5
No.1
A : What time is it ?
B  : It is …………… No.5
A : It is time to …………. A : What time is it ?
B  : It is ……………
A : It is time to ………….
No.2
A : What time is it ?
B  : It is ……………
A : It is time to …………. No.6
A : What time is it ?
B  : It is ……………
A : It is time to ………….
No.3
A : What time is it ?
B  : It is ……………
A : It is time to ………….
No.7
A : What time is it ?
B  : It is ……………
No.4 A : It is time to ………….
A : What time is it ?
B  : It is ……………
A : It is time to ………….

TASK 6
Study the following conversations. Then, answer some questions about them.
A. Mr. Ron, a Biology teacher meets Donny at school library
Mr. Ron : Donny, what are you doing here?
Donny  : Hello, Sir. I’m reading a Harry Potter novel.
Mr. Ron  : You have an English Class right now, don’t you?
Donny  : Oh, I forgot. What time is it, Sir?
Mr. Ron  : It’s already 11 am.
Donny  : Oh my Goodness. It’s too late. Thank you Sir.
Mr. Ron  : Anytime…You’d better to be hurry

1. Where does the conversation take place?

2. What is Donny doing in school library?
3. What does Donny ask to Mr. Ron?
4. What did Mr. Ron say to answer Donny’s question?
5. Why should Donny be hurry?

B. Lucy is talking to Andrew in canteen

Lucy  : Hello, Andrew…what’s wrong? You look not happy today?
Andrew  : Hi, Lucy… Yeah. I came very late this morning. in result, Mr. Tom gave me assignment to rewrite
our
homework 5 times. It was very exhausting.
Lucy  : What a pity are you. What time do you get up in the morning, anyway?
Andrew  : I used to get up every 4.30 am or five. But this morning, I got up at 7 o’clock
Lucy  : How come?
Andrew  : Yeah…I got up very late because last night I didn’t sleep. I stayed awake all night watching
football
match on TV.  
Lucy  : Ouch…that’s a bad habit, you know?
Andrew  : Yeah, You’re right.  Okay…I have to finish my work.
Lucy  : Okay, good luck, then

6.  Who are in the dialogue above?

7. Why did Andrew feel sad?
8. What makes Mr. Tom gave Andrew a punishment?
9. Why did Andrew stay awake all night?
10. What do you think about the sentences in bold?

TASK 7
Read the following passage and answer questions 11-14

Mery Riana is a junior high school student in Palembang who won the International Mathematics
Olympiad in Swiss 2014. She was born in Ende and lived there until having graduated from Elementary school.
Next, she moved to Palembang with her family until now.
Everyday, she usually gets up early in the morning at 05.00 a.m. She prays Subuh, reads Al-Qur’an and
tidies up her bedroom. At 05.45 a.m, she takes a bath. Then she puts on her uniform and has her breakfast. She
goes to school at 06.30 a.m. She usually goes to school by bicycle. Her class begins at 07.00 a.m. Around 01.00
p.m, the bell rings. It tells her that her class is over. She then returns home. She arrives home at 01.30 p.m. Later,
she prays Dzuhur and has lunch. At 03.00 p.m, she prays Ashar. After that, she takes a bath at 04.00 pm. Then she
prays Maghrib with her parents. At 07.00 p.m, she has dinner and prays Isya’. Afterwards, she prepares her stuffs
for the next day school, studies and sometimes watches TV. Finally, she goes to bed at 09.00 p.m

11. What time does Mery Riana take a bath in the afternoon?

a. 05.00 am c. 04.00 pm
b. 05.45 am d. 09.00 pm

12. When does Mery Riana study at night?

a. After she gets home c. After praying Ashar
b. Around 01.00 pm d. After having dinner

13. How long does Mery Riana study at school?

a. 4 hours c. 6 hours
b. 5 hours d. 7 hours

14. Why does the writer write Mery Riana’s daily activities?

a. To tell the daily activities of Mery Riana c. To retell the experience of Mery Riana in Math Olympiad
b. To describe the childhood of Mery Riana d. To persuade the readers to join International Math Olympiad   

TASK 8
Match the time in left column with their spelling in left column.
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TASK 9
Start the sentence with “it’s”. don’t write the word “minutes”. (e.g.: 06.50 - It’s ten to seven)