Para perguntar as horas podemos falar: Whats the time? ou What time is it?.

Usamos a forma Its + time para dizer que horas so e quando for a hora exata acrescentamos oclock. Ex.: Its seven oclock. (So sete horas.) Ex.: Its midday. ( meio-dia.) Ex.: Its midnight. ( meia-noite.) - Quando dizemos as horas exatas (sem os minutos), acrescentamos a expresso oclock. Nesta expresso oclock, este o contrao de of the: Its five oclock = Its five of the clock. - Quando queremos indicar que se trata de horas antes ou depois do meio-dia, usamos as expresses ante meridiem (antes do meio-dia) e post meridiem (depois do meio-dia) que so abreviadas a.m. e p.m. Observe: Its seven a.m. (So sete da manh) Its five p.m. (So cinco da tarde).

- Existem dois modos o Americano e o Britnico para se dizer as horas: Seguem alguns exemplos: 07:05 07:10 07:15 07:20 07:25 07:30 07:35 07:40 07:45 07:50 07:55 Americano It's seven five. It's seven ten. It's seven fifteen. It's seven twenty. It's seven twenty-five. It's seven thirty. It's seven thirty-five. It's seven forty. It's seven forty-five. It's seven fifty. It's seven fifty-five. Britnico It's five past seven. It's ten past seven. It's fifteen past seven / It's a quarter past seven. It's twenty past seven. It's twenty-five past seven. It's half past seven. It's twenty-five to eight. It's twenty to eight. It's quarter to eight. It's ten to eight. It's five to eight.

Observe agora como se l as datas em ingls: Ex.: 27 December 1970 L-se: (the twenty-seventh of December nineteen seventy.) - Os anos leem-se por dezenas separadamente. - Os meses e os dias da semana so escritos com a primeira letra em maiscula. - O primeiro, segundo e terceiro dia de cada ms e escrito com uso de: 1st (first), 2nd (second), 3rd (third). - Emprega-se o uso de algumas preposies quando vamos falar de datas: - Para datas completas( dia, ms e ano), usa-se a preposio on. Ex.: on 27 December 1970. - Somente o ano, usa-se a preposio in. Ex.: in 1970. - Somente o dia da Semana usa-se a preposio on. Ex.: on a Sunday. Dias da Semana Monday Segunda Tuesday Tera Wednesday Quarta Thursday Quinta Friday Sexta Saturday Sbado Sunday Domingo