| 1. Making An Appointment - 2. Can - 3. Will and 'll - 4. The Time - 5. Preposition with Time |
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1. MAKING AN APPOINTMENT | ||
| ANNE Can I make an appointment please? JOHN When would you like to come in? |
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| When we say a specific time, we use at. I’ll see you at ten o’clock. I’ll see you at half-past four. |
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| JOHN Let’s see… Yes, I can see you at ten o’clock. |
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2. CAN | ||
Can means 'able to'. To ask a question using can, change the order of I and can |
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| ANNE Can you find missing people? JOHN Sometimes we can. |
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3. WILL AND 'LL | ||
| As we’ve seen before, the word will is used to
show that we are talking about the future. I will see you tomorrow. Usually, in conversation, we shorten this to: I’ll see you tomorrow. |
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The other contractions are: |
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4. THE TIME | ||
| For exact hours we say o' clock. 4:00 = It’s four o’clock. 10:00 = It’s ten o’clock. We can also just say: It’s ten. Often we add a.m.(for any time after twelve midnight to twelve midday.) or p.m. (for any time after twelve midday to twelve midnight). |
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| It’s ten a.m. Or It’s ten p.m. |
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| For half-way between the hours, we use half-past. 4:30 = It’s half-past four. or we can just say: It’s four-thirty(p.m. or a.m.). |
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| For quarter hours we say a quarter past or a
quarter to. 4:15 = It’s a quarter past four. 4:45 = It’s a quarter to five. Or we can just say: It’s four fifteen. It’s four forty-five. For any time we can say a number of minutes past an hour up to half-past, or a number of minutes toan hour after half-past. |
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| 4:10 = It’s ten past four 4:25 = It’s twenty-five past four. 4:35 = It’s twenty-five to five. 4:50 = It’s ten to five. Or we can just say: It’s four ten; four twenty-five; four thirty-five; or four fifty. |
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5. PREPOSITIONS WITH TIME | ||
| The prepositions used with time are: in; at; on; for; from; until |
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| at = a particular time. I’ll see you at ten o’clock. |
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| JOHN Let’s see… Yes, I can see you at ten o’clock. |
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| in= a period of time in the future. I’ll see you in an hour. I’ll see you in a week. |
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| CLERK The restaurant opens in an hour, and dinner is served between six and nine pm. |
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| on = a day or date I’ll see you on Wednesday. I saw you on the 30th of June. |
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| for = a period of time an action takes place. I’ll see you for an hour. I’ve been sick for a week. |
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| from = the time an action starts. until = the time an action finishes. They worked from 9a.m. until 5 p.m. |
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| We can also use between to describe time. They were working between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. |
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| CLERK The restaurant opens in an hour, and dinner is served between six and nine pm. |
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