What is a quarter to 6?

At minute 45, we say it’s “quarter to” the next hour. For example, at 5:45, we say it’s “quarter to six” (or 15 minutes before 6:00). At minute 30, we say it’s “half past”.

What is the answer of quarter past 6?

Here, ‘past’ means the time which has passed, and ‘to’ means the time which is remaining. So, we can say that quarter past 6 is nothing but 15 minutes has passed after 6 whereas 10 minutes to 7 depicts that 10 minutes are remaining to 7. We can write them as 6:15 and 6:50 respectively.

How do you draw a quarter past 6?

What is a quarter past 7?

7:15 (quarter past seven) 12:15 (quarter past twelve)

What is half past 6 o clock?

It’s six fifteen. It’s half past 6. It’s six thirty. It’s 25 to 7.

What is quarter past?

Definition of (a) quarter past

: 15 minutes after (a stated hour) The alarm went off at (a) quarter past six.

What is a half past 8?

Similarly half after eight = 8:30 in some parts of the USA, while they say half past eight or eight thirty elsewhere. There various ways to say 8:45 – quarter of nine is used in some areas of the USA, and quarter til nine, quarter to nine, or eight forty-five in others.

What is a quarter past 8?

8:15 p.m. It’s a quarter past eight p.m.

What is a quarter past 5?

15 minutes is quarter of an hour, we say “quarter past” or “fifteen” or “quarter to” or “forty-five”. We never say “half to”.

What does half nine mean in UK?

Answer Sat Sep 12, 2009 8:26 am GMT. No, half nine = 9.30. In English it’s always half past (including London)

What is the meaning of 10 past 10?

Ten minutes past any hour.

Is it a quarter past nine?

It’s a half past five. It’s a quarter to seven. It’s eight o’clock. It’s a quarter past nine.

How do the British say 7 30?

The standard way to tell the time when it’s X:30 is “half past X”. For example, 5:30 is “half past five”, 7:30 is “half past seven”, and so on (or, if precision is required, there’s nothing wrong with saying “five thirty”, “seven thirty”, etc.).

Do Americans say half 9?

The expression “half nine” isn’t a British thing — it’s a traditional English thing. It’s just that American English dropped it early on, so it isn’t common usage there anymore. In English, “half nine” means 9:30 — as in half past nine: as in half of the whole 9 o’clock hour.

What does half eleven mean?

I would like to know if “half nine” means “8:30” or “9:30”, “half eleven” means “10:30″ or “11:30” etc. Thank you very much.

How do you say 9 15 in English?

It is (a) quarter past nine. ( 9:15 ) It is (a) quarter to five. ( 04:45 )

What does half 2 mean in time?

or half two. informal. 30 minutes after one o’clock, two o’clock, three o’clock, etc.

How do you say clock in English?