Telling the time

a) There are 3 ways of telling the time:
- the informal (e.g. at home)
6.10 - ten past six (in the morning)
7.03 - three minutes past seven (in the morning); AmE also: three minutes after seven
8.55 - five to nine (in the morning)
9.49 - eleven minutes to ten (in the morning)
10.30 - half past ten (in the morning) - sometimes even ‘half ten’
11.15 - a quarter past eleven (in the morning)
12.00 - noon OR midday
18.45 - a quarter to seven (in the afternoon); AmE also: a quarter of seven
20.00 - eight (o’clock) (in the afternoon)
24.00 - midnight

- the quite formal (e.g. on the radio) - the 12-hour clock
7.03 - seven oh three
12.00 - twelve a.m.
20.00 - eight p.m. OR twenty (hundred) hours
24.00 - twelve p.m.

- the formal (e.g. for timetables) - the 24-hour clock
6.10 - six ten
10.30 - ten thirty
18.45 - eighteen forty-five

b) The word ‘minutes’ is used ONLY for the number of minutes which is not divisible by 5. With uneven numbers we mustn’t omit it however.
c) We never use ‘o’clock’ together with ‘a.m.’ or ‘p.m.’.

11. Money
a) we put the symbols before the number, e.g. $200, PLN 500.
b) $46.80 is read forty-six dollars eighty cents; £25.16 - twenty-five pounds sixteen pence
c) a quid = £1 (‘funciak’); a dime - ‘dziesięciocentówka’; a nickel - ‘pięciocentówka’; a quarter - ćwierć dolara / funta; kilo - often means ‘a thousand’ (‘tysiak’); in informal contexts ‘pound’ is not pluralized.

12. Telephone / room etc numbers

a) They are read separately, e.g. Room 106 - room number one oh six.
b) ’Oh’ is used in British English, whereas ‘zero’ is used in American English.
c) shortenings in British English: 22 - double two; 999 - triple nine etc. (American English: 22 - two two)

Ordinal Numbers - used for ranking
In figures	In words	Pronounce It
1st	the first	1st
2nd	the second	2nd
3rd	the third	3rd
4th	the fourth	4th
5th	the fifth	5th
6th	the sixth	6th
7th	the seventh	7th
8th	the eighth	8th
9th	the ninth	9th
10th	the tenth	10th
11th	the eleventh	11th
12th	the twelfth	12th
13th	the thirteenth	13th
14th	the fourteenth	14th
15th	the fifteenth	15th
16th	the sixteenth	16th
17th	the seventeenth	17th
18th	the eighteenth	18th
19th	the nineteenth	19th
20th	the twentieth	20th
21st	the twenty-first	...
22nd	the twenty-second	...
23rd	the twenty-third	...
24th	the twenty-fourth	...
25th	the twenty-fifth	...
26th	the twenty-sixth	...
27th	the twenty-seventh	...
28th	the twenty-eighth	...
29th	the twenty-ninth	...
30th	the thirtieth	30th
40th	the fortieth	40th
50th	the fiftieth	50th
60th	the sixtieth	60th
70th	the seventieth	70th
80th	the eightieth	80th
90th	the ninetieth	90th
100th	the hundredth	100th
101st	the hundred and first	...
1000th	the thousandth	1000th

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