103 Telling the Time

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Quiz topic: Telling the time

1. How do you say the following time? 3:30a) its half past threeb) its thirty past threec) its three and thirtyd) its three and a half

2. How do you say the following time? 16:00

a) its sixteen hoursb) its four oclockc) its sixteend) All of the above answers are correct

3. How do you say the following time? 3:45a) its three forty fiveb) its quarter to fourc) its quarter tod) All of the above answers are correct

4. How do you say the following time? 6:02a) its just beyond sixb) its just gone sixc) its just over sixd) its just further past six

5. How do you say the following time? 2:57a) its nearly three oclockb) its just before three oclockc) its just coming up to three oclock

d) All of the answers are correct

6. In the army, they are very exact about time; how would a soldier express thefollowing? 16:00a) Four oclock in the afternoonb) Sixteen hundred hoursc) Four PMd) About four


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Quiz topic: Telling the time


a) its half past threeb) its thirty past threec) its three and thirtyd) its three and a half

a) You can say 'quarter past', 'half past'or 'quarter to' when saying the time.b) You can say 'three thirty'or 'half past three'c) Dont say 'and'd) This is not correct


a) its sixteen hoursb) its four oclockc) its sixteend) All of the above answers are correct

a) Dont use 'hours'to tell the timeb) When it is on the hour we say oclock

c) This is not correctd) Only one of the answers is correct


a) its three forty fiveb) its quarter to fourc) its quarter tod) All of the above answers are correct

a) You can say 'its three forty five','its quarter to four' orjust'its quarter to'b) You can say 'its three forty five','its quarter to four' orjust'its quarter to'c) You can say 'its three forty five','its quarter to four' orjust'its quarter to'd) Well done! You can say 'its three forty five','its quarter to four' orjust'itsquarter to'


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a) its just beyond sixb) its just gone sixc) its just over six

d) its just further past six

a) Choose a different word other than 'beyond'b) If its 2 or 3 minutes past the hour, you can say ' its just gone six'c) Choose a different word other than 'over'd) Choose a different word, rather than 'further past'


a) its nearly three oclock

b) its just before three oclockc) its just coming up to three oclockd) All of the answers are correct

a) You can say any of the following: its nearly / just before / just coming up to threeoclockb) You can say any of the following: its nearly / just before / just coming up to threeoclockc) You can say any of the following: its nearly / just before / just coming up to threeoclockd) Correct! You can say any of the following: its nearly / just before / justcoming up to three oclock

6. In the army, they are very exact about time how would a soldier express thefollowing? 16:00

a) Four oclock in the afternoonb) Sixteen hundred hoursc) Four PMd) About four

a) We might say it like this, but in the army it is often said more exactly.

b) Well done! In the army, they are very exact about time sixteen hundredhours is correct.c) We might say it like this, but in the army it is often said more exactly.d) We might say it like this, but in the army it is often said more exactly.

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