How to Express Time / English Addict - 48 - LIVE Lesson/ Friday 6th March 2020 / time on your hands

look at that that is the view right now out of my studio window it is a glorious

day in the UK and perhaps also you can hear the sound of the birds nature is

waking up spring is on its way welcome everyone here we go again it's

another live stream it's English addict live from the birthplace of the English

language which just happens to be England

hmm mr. Duncan you are late again I'm sorry I'm late I always have something

to do this is the problem even when I'm preparing my live streams

there is always something that needs doing whatever it is it must be done so

quite often before my live stream begins I normally have a lot of things to do so

please excuse me if sometimes I am a little bit late hi everybody this is mr.

Duncan in England how are you today are you okay I hope so are you happy are you

happy you should be feeling very happy this week because you have had me one

extra time yes did you see yesterday I was live outside I was doing a

livestream from the middle of the place in which I live and for those who missed

it well don't worry everyone you can watch it again so here I am you can see

it here on the screen right now so there I was yesterday live in the center of

much Wenlock doing a livestream and I was broadcasting live from the square

the main square in the centre of where I live and there you can see I have some

food Oh can I just say that that cake was delicious a mint chocolate brownie

that's what I had yesterday and also I had a cup of coffee as well as you can

see in my hand so I was out in the public yesterday talking of which that

is what I was talking about yesterday so on my livestream yesterday the thing you

can see on the screen right now was all about public being in the public

in a public place and oh can you see behind me can you see those two people

behind me they are watching me they are very curious they are wondering what is

that strange man doing he's standing on his own talking into his phone it looks

as if he's filming himself now those people behind me can you see them maybe

we can get a little closer can we get a little closer there here we go

so can you see them they are very interested in what I'm doing

yes I can see you looking at me wondering what I'm doing

nosy people so a lot of people did yesterday they stopped to watch what I

was doing they were very curious to find out what was going on in the place in

which they lived because there was a strange man standing on the street

corner but don't worry it was only me it was only me it's all right don't be

afraid by the way my name is mr. Duncan I teach English on YouTube and I've been

doing this for ever such a long time can you guess how long I've been doing this

for well I will give you a clue when I first started doing this YouTube was

just a little baby so my channel on YouTube is almost as old as YouTube

itself so here we go again oh yes despite all the problems in the

world despite all the terrible things that are happening on the planet right

now and I think we know what they are we have made it all the way to the end of

another week the weekend is just around the corner

yes it's Friday

we have made it yes all away to the end of another week

once more we have managed not to blow the planet hope would you like to see

another lovely view outside my window okay here we go

oh look at that so there already as if we needed reminding that spring is on

its way you can see there is lots of cherry blossom coming out on the trees

in the garden as well shall we have the the nature sound so this is the sound

right now outside my window this is live

I can hear an aeroplane going over but also I can hear some birds in the

distance and they sound very happy indeed isn't that lovely so I don't know

why the weather is so nice but apparently over the next few days it's

going to get really horrible again apparently next week it's going to be

very cold it's going to be very wet and very windy again so I hope you are well

today oh hello to the live chat hello it's

nice to see you here today congratulations to Connell guess what

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congratulations and jubilations you are the first one to join my life chat today

thank you very much colonel for joining me

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also martha poland guadalupe hello guadalupe i made a mistake the other day

i said that guadalupe is a place in well our first of all i said it was in the

bahamas but it isn't it's actually the caribbean

so quite a loop is actually a place in the caribbean in fact nearby if i'm not

mistaken they actually filmed some of the scenes with Johnny Depp in Pirates

of the Caribbean yeah thank you Guadeloupe for joining me

today also Rolfie hello mr. Duncan and everyone I hope you are having a

wonderful day my day isn't too bad I will be honest with you I had a lovely

day yesterday because I was out and about in much Wenlock in the square

doing a live stream thank you once again to all those who joined me yesterday

Meeker is here watching in Japan hello Sally Sally Sally is joining the chit

chat today nice to see you here Anna Kobi is here also Christine earth

hello mr. Duncan you are looking good thank you very much I feel okay to be

honest I feel rather nice I don't know why but whenever the weather is good

when the Sun is out when everything is looking nice I don't know why I always

feel better I always feel happier when the weather

is nice when the Sun is out the sun is shining in

sky and everything is really nice so yes I do feel rather well today Maria Oh

Maria I am saying hello to Maria also Marina is here mirela lots of em's

mirela Maria also marina also yes mean hello Yasmine I don't understand what do

you mean you don't understand if you don't understand

guess what you can actually have captions on the live stream it's true

YouTube now has live captions so if you press this button on your computer

keyboard you can actually have live captions so not only can you watch me

live you can also see what I'm saying live as well isn't it amazing isn't

technology incredible I must say I think it is

hello Yasmine for those who are wondering when I'm on you can catch me

every Sunday Wednesday and Friday from 2 p.m. UK time so that is when I am on you

can watch me on Sunday Wednesday and Friday and who knows I might also have a

little surprise livestream like yesterday hello Theo hello also 2

minutes or menisci hello mr. Duncan welcome

welcome to you as well sweetness how are you doing d teacher your dear teacher is

feeling okay today not too bad also we have a mitt and Maria again Pedro all

paid Belmont is here today say hello and

maybe goodbye as well hello also to Palmyra Anna Rosso so many

people are already with me on the live chat we have a lot of things to talk

about today one of the subjects we'll be discussing

is something that was brought up yesterday so someone brought up this

particular subject yesterday so soon we will be talking all about time how to

express time in English words connected with time also I will be having a little

contest as well I will be showing some of the times on the clock so there will

be some times displayed on the clock here in the studio and what I want you

to tell me is what the time is how to say it in English so we are going to

have a little bit of fun with that later on lots of words connected with time

also something else I want to mention I know we live in an age of equality

fairness everyone has now decided to be kind and nice to each other

well almost however there are people now who are starting to disagree with

certain words certain words that contain the male gender or the word man for

example we have man hole can you see that I know it's very tiny but I do have

a very small man hole so here is the word man hole as you can see the word

man hole has the word man in it it contains the word man so man hole is an

opening in the ground normally used to hide drains or sewage

or maybe the opening to a utility area so something that you have to access

that is underground you normally have a manhole so these days people are saying

mr. Duncan and everyone else on planet earth maybe you shouldn't be saying

manhole anymore perhaps we should have a new word instead of manhole what do you

think another one is mankind so when we talk about humanity when we talk about

people human beings Homo sapiens we talk about mankind so everything that happens

everything that humans do the evolution of humans we often talk about the

evolution of mankind mankind the events that have shaped humanity we often used

the word mankind so again another word that perhaps we could change to

something else what about people kind or person kind here's another one if I can

get it out of my hand oh here's another one

man hours so we have man hours man hours this relates to the number of hours that

a person has worked or the amount of time it will take to do something so

when we say man hours we are actually saying how long something will take or

how many hours it will require for something to be done so how many man

hours will it take to build that wall how many man hours so once again we are

using the word man in a phrase or word so man hours how

many man-hours will it take to build that wall how many man-hours will it

require to do that thing man-hours so the amount of time taken or the amount

of time it will take to do something oh here's another one

manpower manpower so we have man-hours and also manpower so manpower just

relates to the number of people required to do something maybe you need more

manpower it means you need more people to do something so you can see once

again we are using the word manner but is it is it a good thing or a bad thing

manpower manpower you need something Derner maybe something that takes a lot

of effort or work we often say manpower we need more manpower

we need more people to help then we have manhandle oh hello man handle a man

handle or to manhandle something because this is actually a verb you are using

this as a verb so man handle means to push someone or to shove a person so if

you are pushing a person around if you are pushing them around maybe you are

hitting them with your elbow or you are shaking them with your hands to shake a

person is to manhandle someone perhaps you are putting someone into a car by

force you are making them get into the car we can say that you are manhandling

them to treat someone roughly to push a person around is manhandle you

manhandle something here's another one oh here's an old one if you've ever seen

the film Titanic you might hear this phrase being used

man the lifeboats if you man the lifeboats it means you

get in to the lifeboats so you are telling everyone to get in to the

lifeboats the ship is starting to sink

man the lifeboats man the lifeboats it means you want people to get in to the

lifeboats you are using this as a distress call so you use this to tell

people to abandon the ship you must man the lifeboats to man

something is to control it to take control of something here's another one

man-sized so if something is man-sized it means it is larger than it normally

is so if something can be described as man-sized it is larger than normal so

maybe if you buy something that is larger than it normally is we can

describe it as man-sized something is oversized it is larger than it normally

is perhaps you buy some man-sized tissues that means that this is larger

than it normally is so we might describe this tissue paper as man-sized if it is

larger then it normally is if it is bigger than the regular size we can say

that it is man's

man-sized something is larger than normal and finally oh we have one more

man-made so something that has been created artificially something that has

not been created in nature is man-made it is artificial it is not real or maybe

something that is a copy of a thing from nature so instead of it being natural it

is man-made something that is created by a person something that does not create

or is not created in nature is man-made you might have man-made leather so

instead of killing animals you can recreate the appearance of animal skin

artificially it is man-made I hope you enjoyed that something different to

start off today's livestream don't forget if you like what you see don't

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thank you very much I do appreciate it we are talking about time I suppose we

should also mention shall I mention it ok then I'm going to mention it right

now yeah coronavirus yes the situation is getting worse however one man appears

to have a cure well at least he says he does anyway you may have heard this in

the news I'm not sure if you did or maybe you haven't heard about this but

this particular man his name is Jim Baker

he is at La Evangelist he's an evangelist he talks about God he tries

to convert people he gets people to tune into his television show and also he is

also I think he's on the internet now as well

however Jim Baker there he is that's him he is an evangelist and he

had a product on his show a few days ago and he was claiming that the product is

a cure for coronavirus however he has got into trouble because it hasn't been

approved by the Food and Drink Administration the FDA in the United

States they are the group who has to approve everything before it is sold and

also if you claim that something can do a certain thing you have to prove it you

have to tell people you have to give evidence that the thing you are selling

can really do what you say it can do so Jim Baker the other day was trying to

sell some special medicine $300 by the way the medicine is so it's rather

expensive but apparently there is no scientific proof or that there hasn't

been no testing on this particular thing so Jim Baker has got into trouble for

claiming to have the cure for coronavirus but what do you think

how are you protecting yourself from the deaded the dreaded coronavirus how are

you protecting yourself are you taking care of yourself I hope so

so here we are what time is it oh look at the time it is half past two already

we are talking about time today and I thought it would be a good idea to have

a mystery idiom all about time so here it is so this is

my mystery idiom something for you to look at and maybe you can guess what the

answer is so all you have to do is tell me what you see on the screen the

mystery idiom and it is connected with time so there it is today's mystery

idiom the time mystery idiom it is a well known expression in English but

what is it what is the mystery idiom I don't know mr. Duncan I hope you will

tell me later on yes I will give you the answer later on don't worry don't fear

the answer will be coming later on right now we are going to have a look at one

of my full English lessons on my YouTube channel and also on my website by the

way yes there is a website as well I have my own website I will just quickly

put it on the screen so you can see it here it is very briefly my new website

is now up and running you can find all of my lessons on my youtube channel and

also on my new website so there is lots to see on that website and thank you

very much for all your lovely comments about my new website thank you very much

it's very kind of you to to say all the things you have been saying isn't that

lovely thank you very much for that here we go then talking of my lessons here is

an excerpt from one of my full English lessons and this is taken from one of my

well known English series this is episode 14 of full English

and then after that we are going to talk all about time

cows in a field all being good cows in a field chewing the cud to chew the curd

as an idiom means to talk about general things in a friendly way or to consider

something carefully you are chewing the curd

just like this cow

these cows seem very friendly don't you think

can you see what I have on my back it is a very useful thing for carrying stuff

around and walks him it is a backpack a backpack helps to keep your hands-free

while carrying things you put stuff in your backpack so you don't have to carry

anything in your hands a backpack can be small and lightweight or it can be very

large and hold many things hikers often use backpacks so as to allow them to

carry many items at once safety equipment waterproof clothing

survival gear or even a fold away tent can be carried on your back using a

backpack the most common type of backpack looks like this something not

too large and not too small very convenient for when you have lots of

things to carry you can carry a small backpack over both shoulders or just

over one some backpacks even have wheels on them so they can be pulled around

like a trolley a backpack can also be called a rucksack

you are not going to believe what I'm about to say but say it I will most

native speakers of English make mistakes while using the language that is to say

in their day-to-day use of English there are many reasons for this first there is

the consideration of the accent being used some English accents clip or alter

the way in which English is used this applies to both British and American

English speakers the speed at which some people speak English changes the sounds

of certain words if you add accent and speed together then you will get a very

different sounding version of English from a grammatical point of view

mistakes are often made by native speakers double negatives such as I

didn't do nothing are common in everyday speech the use of certain words can also

lead to mistakes being made confusion between words such as historic and

historical affect and effect allude and allude assume and presume these are just

some examples of common mistakes made by native English speakers

then there is the spelling of certain words native English speakers will often

spell certain words incorrectly good examples of this include amount

fascinate necessary definitely achieve acknowledge success

imitate familiar scissors and vacuum there are of course many others my point

here is that even though a person speaks and uses English as their first language

they will still be prone to making the occasional mistake it would be fair to

say that on a daily basis very few native English speakers get it right all

the time and that includes me it is possible to have time on your hands to

have time on your hands means that you have plenty of spare time you are doing

nothing at the moment you have lots of time on your hands we

can ask a person do you have time to see me could you spare some time for me next

week when are you free to be free is to have spare time the word spare can also

be a verb to spare some time is to make sure you will be free you offer your

time to someone at a certain time you will be free and available time ticks by

it never stops time marches on the time and the place is when and where to run

out of time is where all things come to an end you are out of time

hmm don't worry don't fear it's okay we haven't run out

of time yet we still have plenty of time to do lots of things

time time time time waits for no man hi everybody I hope you are okay today here

we are the end of a very hectic week in many parts of the world wherever you are

watching at the moment can I say a big hello I hope you are well and happy and

I hope you will have a great weekend as well because the weekend is just around

the corner are you doing something interesting I hope so

we are talking all about time today I think we should start now shall we start

talking about time ok it's time to do it let's talk about time shall we let's

talk all about the past the present and the future it's time to talk about time

so when we talk about time well what does it mean to you when we say time

what does it mean to you well the actual meaning of time and also the origins of

time are quite interesting for example the word time comes from Germanic and is

related to the word tide so quite often you might find that tide and time are

related to each other and certainly in the past the way the word time evolved

and is connected with tide the sea as it comes in and out time can be expressed

as a noun and verb we can express time as both a noun and verb so time is the

thing but also we can time something we can see how long something takes to

happen so time is the thing but also we can time

something you can time it I wanted time you're running I want to see how long it

takes for you to run from there to there I am going to time you so we can use the

word time in more than one way as both a noun and verb as a noun time defines the

indefinite continued process of existence and events in the past present

and future regarded as a whole so everything that happens around us be it

in the past the present or the future is time as a noun time defines the

indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past present

and future regarded as a whole so that means everything as everything happens

not just here not just on this planet but also in the solar system in the

galaxy in the universe time is everything also we have oh this

is interesting the continued progress of existence as affecting people and things

so the continued progress as we talk about progress we are talking about

movement the way things move on all forward so a person might move forward

we might also say that time moves forward time progresses it moves it is

always changing the two things are closely linked time or an amount of time

as reckoned by a conventional standard and this is something we will be looking

at today so this looks very complicated this sentence on your screen

now looks quite complex so time or an amount of time as reckoned so when we

say reckoned we mean worked out you have come to a result of something by working

it out by a conventional standard so conventional means something that is the

same everywhere so something that matches another thing or a type of

behavior that is the same so we talk about standard time so the way in which

we follow time the way in which we read time is all conventional it is all

standard however as we will find out later time can be very complex the

personification of time typically as an old man with the scythe and an hourglass

we call him father time would you like to see father time right now here he is

he's not a very happy looking man by the way so there he is

father time he doesn't look very happy so when we see father time we think of

the progression of time as we go through time as we move from one moment to the

next so maybe as the minutes come and go maybe the days they come and go the

years come and go father time never stops moving

he is always pushing time ahead he is always making sure that time always

moves on so there he is father time thank you

he's gone now he doesn't look very happy does he then we can say the past the

present the future in English quite often

we will have the past the present and the future in grammar so quite often in

grammar we will describe something as happening in the past happening now or

happening later so it has happened it is happening it will happen the past the

present the future and quite often in English we will use those particular

points of time as a reference and we often use grammar or grammar rules to

define those moments we can use the word temporal to express the concept of time

so the whole idea of time can be described as temporal temporal and yes

the word can be used in other ways as well the word temporal comes from the

Latin word Tempest so you will often hear people talk about tempo or temporal

when they are talking about the movement of time here's another one the rhythmic

beat of something can also be called tempo so the movement or the rhythm of

something is also tempo which of course refers to the rate of something

occurring quite often sound you will hear something occurring at regular

intervals or irregular tempo the pace of sound the rhythm of something we often

describe it as being the tempo light space time and gravity wait there light

space time and gravity can all affect each other in

unique ways yes believe it or not light space time and gravity can all affect

each other in unique ways special ways so even though these things seem

separate they can all come together and combine thank you very much for your

company today lots of people joining in I know this is a very complex subject

but I think also it's very interesting as well here we go

the speed of light so when we are talking about time and distance we are

often talking about how fast something is moving or how quickly something gets

from one place to another and quite often we will talk about the speed of

light especially when we are looking up into space the speed of light is the

distance of an object the amount of time or the force of gravity so all of these

things can be used separately they come separately however they can be linked as

well so we have the speed of light the distance of an object the amount of time

and also the force of gravity so it would seem that these things are

separate they are not connected however they are these are the things

that Albert Einstein used to conclude his theory of relativity so everything

is connected everything you might think that they are not however they are and

thanks to Albert Einstein we now have the theory of relativity hmm which

allows us to look at many things in a new way we can even go back in time just

to see what the galaxy and the universe looked like in the past it's amazing so

I love this subject very much it gets me very excited when

I'm talking about this as you can tell how long does it take for the sunlight

to reach the earth so here is a good example of light speed for example when

the light leaves the Sun it doesn't arrive here straight away it has to

travel it has to travel here so how long does it take for sunlight to reach the

earth Christina says Oh time goes by very quickly sometimes it does I think

as you get older time goes very quickly and also if you are having a good time

if you are having fun we often say that time flies when you are having fun it is

true be excellent make excellent says mr. Duncan I like your lesson it is

interesting to learn English I am watching or I have been watching for 14

years thanks for making your lovely English YouTube channel how can I

contact you I want to talk to you well here is the place to talk to me because

I'm live right now so this is the best place to catch me if you want to talk to

me live Luis Mendez gives us some interesting information the speed of

light is 300,000 kilometers a second that is fast so how long does it take

the sunlight so as the Sun produces light how long does it take to get here

it takes 8 minutes 8 minutes in fact I think it's slightly more than 8 minutes

I'm sure it's 8 minutes and 20 seconds but it is around 8 minutes it takes the

sunlight the light from the Sun to reach us and it's quite a long way it has to

come as well we can calculate the distance of objects in space by using

the speed of light as reference so we can measure how far away

something is by working out how long it takes the light to reach us so we often

call this light years so when you hear a person talking about light years what

they are saying is how long it takes light to reach us and by working that

out you can tell how far away something is and we can do it quite accurately

because now we have lots of super ways of working out how fast light travels

how long it takes to get here and by that we can also work out the distance

of objects even if they are very far away there are many ways of asking for

the time so maybe you are walking around the street perhaps you are lost and you

don't know what time it is there are many ways of asking for the time so

let's have a look you can ask what time is it what time is it so yes a very

simple way of asking for the time I want to know what time it is what time is it

so if you are asking this as a question this is what you will say this is what

you will ask what time is it do you have the correct time do you have the correct

time do you have the time on you so we might ask if a person is wearing a watch

so if someone is wearing a watch they can tell you what time it is

right now so what time is it do you have the correct time do you have the time on

you what is the time what is the time right now the time is

five minutes to three so at the moment it's five to three five minutes before

three o'clock on a Friday and this is English addict helping you to master the

English language step by step we can express time as information so when we

say that we are expressing time as information we are normally saying what

time it is or maybe what day of the week it is

or maybe what date it is so the date or even the month or even the year so all

of these things relate to information connected to time so you are giving

information you are telling a person what time it is

you are telling them what the day is what the date is what the month is and

also what the year is all of those things relate to information connected

to time and if you ask a person what time it is

they might say it's it's now it's approaching it's coming up - it's almost

so first of all it's that is the present time it's three minutes to three it's

now three minutes to three o'clock it's approaching through a clock it's coming

up to three o'clock it's almost three o'clock so you can see that there is a

slight difference that refers to the time now that refers to the time right

now that refers to the time it will be su

so it is approaching three o'clock it is coming up to three o'clock

it isn't three o'clock yet it is almost 3 o'clock it's almost 3 o'clock which it

is right now you might also notice when people write the date and also the month

and the year sometimes you will see it in a different order so for example in

the UK we will say the day date month year and in the USA they will often say

the day month date and year so it will be the other way round

would you like an example ok then I have an example right here for example well

let's use today's date shall we today's date is the 6th of

March 2020 but in American English people will often say March 6 2020 so in

British English we often put the date first and then the month in American

English they will often put the month first and then the date so you can see

it written down here so the 6th of the 3rd 20 is the 6th of March 2020 the 6th

of March 2020 however in America and in many parts of the world they will say it

is the 3rd month the sixth day of 2020 so it can be a little bit confusing

especially here can you see these dates look as if they are naming different

times of the year first of all this says the 6th of the 3rd so sick of March

however the this looks like it is saying the 3rd of

June so it is wrong it is wrong so that is not British that is saying today is

the 3rd the 6th of March 2020 so that is something that can catch you out

sometimes you have to be very careful when you are reading the date in that

form like that so today's date is the 6th of March 2020

that's how you will describe it that's how you will say what day it is

we are going to have a look at the clock in a moment but first of all oh hello

everyone hello to the live chat lots of people joining me now thank you

very much for joining me on the 6th of March 2020 and of course it is Friday

thank goodness it is Friday and the weather outside is lovely it's ever so

nice would you like to have a look outside ah look at that shall we have

the sound as well

Oh oh he's not lovely a beautiful day today it really does

feel as if spring is in the air it really does I'm feeling rather excited

to say the least

hmm I hope you are feeling good as well hello - Mika I don't want to leave here

but unfortunately it is now midnight in Japan because of the time difference and

this is one of the very confusing things about being live on YouTube now I start

my live streams at 2 o'clock here in the UK but of course the time is not the

same all around the world so each person has their own time zone so in Asia they

are ahead however in South America they are behind

they are behind us and here well here it is now three minutes past three o'clock

so quite often the time zone can mean that you might miss my livestream so it

might be very early in the morning so you are still in bed

or it might be very late at night which means that you are also in bed because

it's nighttime so that is one of the problems with time zones however the

reason why I choose 2 p.m. UK time the reason why I choose 2 p.m. UK time is

because it's kind of in the middle so lots and lots of people will have a

chance to watch me live however it is a big problem it really is good night Mika

and I hope to see you again I will be back with you on Sunday and of course

yes mr. Steve will be here as well on Sunday he will be back so now in China

apparently in China it is now 4 minutes past 11 o'clock at night in China so

there is a very good example of the time zones so here in the UK it is now coming

up to five minutes past three however in China it is coming up

to five minutes past 11:00 at night so the time zones can create a lot of

confusion even for me sometimes I get very confused by it although it doesn't

take very much I have been asked to talk about how to tell the time and how to

express it in English so when we look at the clock I have a clock here would you

like to see my lovely clock here it is oh very nice and as you can see my clock

at the moment says 12 o'clock so at the moment my clock says 12 o'clock it is 12

o'clock however this particular time can be expressed in more than one way for

example if it is 12 o'clock in the morning then it is midnight so as the

day changes as the day changes we have midnight and then after midnight the new

day will begin so midnight 12 o'clock 12 a.m.

some people say 12 a.m. because as soon as 12 o'clock arrives the time changes

so we go from p.m. 2 a.m.

night morning

midnight it is midnight so we're going to look at the ways in which we can

express the hours first of all so how do we express the hours let's have a look

shall we oh look at that I have some lovely

clocks on the screen that I have prepared so first of all we have 12

o'clock as I just mentioned you can call this midnight or if it happens during

the morning and afternoon midday so midnight as its name suggests is

nighttime and midday is the daytime quite often people will have their lunch

at midday noon is another way of describing this time so you can say it

is noon it is 12 o'clock it's lunchtime if it's night it is midnight it is time

to go to bed a new day has just started then we have 1 o'clock 1 o'clock again

it can be expressed as AM or PM a.m. this morning p.m. is night so AM PM 1

o'clock 2 o'clock 3 o'clock shall we carry on ok

4 o'clock five o'clock six o'clock 7 o'clock

eight o'clock nine o'clock ten o'clock eleven o'clock and then of course we

return we return to this midnight we are back at midnight midnight is here o

midday if it's during the day so it is always worth remembering that there are

more than one way or there is more than one way to express this particular time

it can be midday or midnight depending if it's during the day or at night I

know some people might find this very easy however there are those who want to

learn how to express it in English so they might be able to say it in their

own language however sometimes expressing the time in English can be a

little difficult it can would you like to have the answer to today's mystery

idiom here it comes so here is the answer to the mystery

idiom the mystery idiom so what I asked you to do was to look at this picture

and tell me what the well-known phrase is this is a well-known phrase in

English but what is the phrase I will give you a few more seconds to guess

does anyone know what this well-known expression in English is I will give you

a few moments and then I will give you the answer what is this mystery idiom

Muhammad Fire's says time is precious it is more precious than anything in the

world I think you are right yes hello - it

guide ete guide hello Vietnam all hello to Vietnam I do have a lot of people

watching in Vietnam so what is the mystery idiom you can see there is a

picture and you can see lots of clocks but you are also looking at signs as

well and here is the answer here is the answer right now a sign of the times of

course mr. Duncan you naughty man yes now it makes sense so when we talk about

a sign of the times well the meaning an indication of how the present day is

moving normally used in a negative way to show how things are changing for the

worse bad things that appear to be occurring

more and more are seen as being a sign of the times so quite often when things

start getting bad or maybe people start behaving in a bad way we might say that

it is a sign of the times and quite often we will use this in a negative way

a negative way things are getting much worse in the world unfortunately it is a

sign of the times because bad things are happening

I hope you enjoyed that that was today's mystery idiom we don't always have one

but today I thought we would hello to the live chat we are going to it to have

a look at expressing time in a moment in a few moments oh there are quite a few

phrases by the way that you can use with time for example you can say all in good

time we will get around to doing something later

don't worry relax don't worry all in good time it will happen have patience

everything will happen all in good time take it easy don't worry too much here's

another one connected to clocks beat the clock you try to do something in a

limited period of time so maybe you only have a few moments to do something so

you have to beat the clock you have to do something quickly before the time

comes to an end you have to beat the clock you have to do something within a

certain period of time here's a good one a ticking time bomb if something is a

ticking time bomb it means it is a danger that hasn't been discovered yet a

danger that exists that might cause a problem damage injury in the future so

you might describe something that is dangerous

something that might cause injury as a ticking time bomb

a ticking time bomb it is an idiom that means a danger or something that might

cause injury in the future take your time when we tell a person to take their

time Oh take your time there is no need to rush relax take your

time don't rush don't hurry take your time take your time there is no need to

rush oh I like this here is a great expression time and tide wait for no man

time and tide wait for no man this is a great phrase a lovely proverb that means

time won't wait for you you have to make the most of it you can't wait for time

to give you the answer or to give you an opportunity because it's constantly

moving unfortunately you can't stop time time is always moving just like the

oceans the oceans constantly move the tide is always moving time and tide wait

for no man I like that one you might have some spare time you might have a

little bit of time on your hands so if you have spare time it means you have

free time you have time to do something else or maybe you just want to sit and

relax so when you have spare time it means you have time to yourself you have

time to relax you have some spare time so when we say spare it means extra or

maybe something that is free free so something you can use

in a certain way if his spare spare it is available time and time again if

something is repeating itself maybe you make the same mistake many times if you

do the same thing again and again we can say time and time again I keep making

the same mistakes time and time again I really do here's another good one work

around the clock if you work around the clock

it means you work for very long hours you work for many hours without a break

or maybe your shift the hours that you work is long you have to work around the

clock your working time is very long you have to work for many hours as I

mentioned earlier you might have some spare time you might have time on your

hands so if you have some time maybe a person wants you to help them with a

project or something that they need help with you might have some time on your

hands so you can help them you can help them you have time on your hands

finally I like this one this is one of my favorite proverbs this is one of my

all-time favorite proverbs there's no time like the present there is no time

like the present don't wait don't hesitate because time

will not hang around there is no time like the present if you want to do

something with your life maybe you want to change your behavior or maybe you

want to change your habits there is no time like the present

do it now mr. Duncan is noon the same as

midday yes it is so when we say noon we mean midday or some people say lunchtime

as well so some people see 12 o'clock during the day as lunchtime a lot of

people will have their lunch at midday or as we often say here in the UK noon I

will see you at noon and then after 12 o'clock

it is afternoon and that's why we say after noon oh wow so much information

today I hope you've enjoyed this I really do I hope you've enjoyed this a

lot thank you very much for your company today I will be going soon by the way

first of all we are going to take another look at my clock here it is

do you like my clock I'm now going to test you on how how well you can

actually express the time in English so now we have a certain time on the screen

or it will be in a moment what I want you to tell me is what time is on my

clock so I want you to write it down on the live chat as if you are expressing

it in English here it comes and I will give you a few moments to

give me the answer as well so here it comes

what time is on my clock

what time does it say on my clock can you express it in English what time is

it on my clock so this is the first part of today's little quiz please tell me

what the time is on my clock you can see that the small hand is on 6 and the big

hand is on 3 but what time is it how do we express this in English how do we

express this in English and there is more than one way don't forget

so there is not just one way of expressing this you can express it in

other ways as well hmm time's up I've missed that cock I really

have missed that cock so how do we express this particular time we can

express it as quarter past six so it is quarter past six quarter past six or we

can also say 6:15 so in that case we are naming or numbering the number of

minutes past the hour so there you can see on the screen now there are fifteen

minutes past the hour past six o'clock so it is 6:15 it is quarter past six

quarter past six what about now what time is it now on my clock what time is

it now

what time is it on my clock what time is it on my clock but please write it in

English write it down in English so don't just

give me the numbers I want you to write it in English write it down so six what

what is it now there it is I think that's more clear now what time is it

now on my clock time's up literally five past six five past six it

is five past six we can also say six oh five as well so it is five minutes past

six five past six or six oh five so we are putting the our first and then the

minutes so six oh five or five past six

so this would be what what would this be what would this be

what do you think it would be please let me know what is it so we had five past

so how would you express this that's the music I wondered where the music had

gone then it disappeared so what time is it and then after this I am going to

give you another one but it will be very different from this very different so

what is it in this particular case it is ten past six ten minutes past six or we

can say 6:10 6:10 we can also say ten after six so it's ten after six

it is ten past six it is 6 10 so if you are saying it in English if you want to

actually say it and write it down that is how you will express it 10 past six

six 10 10 after six okay here's another one

I'm going to make it a little bit more difficult now a little bit more

difficult now what time is it

now Oh mr. Duncan you naughty man what time is it now by the way when I was at

school this is the time that the school used to close so my school day when I

was at school used to end at this time but what time is it what is the time

what is the time what is the time on my clock can you please write it down in

English write it down in English and let me know what it is you can see that the

little hand is nearly on four and the other hand the big hand is on eight how

would we express this in English again there is more than one way of doing this

more than one way of expressing this time but what time is it it's coming up

to the moment of truth you were late then my cock was late so what time is it

on my clock hmm some very interesting answers here okay so in English we will

often express this time as 22 for 22 for it is 20 minutes before 4 o'clock it is

20 minutes away from 4 o'clock so there are many ways of describing and

expressing this particular time you might also say that it is for 4440 it is

22 for sorry 340

3:40 so it is 3:40 it is 20 minutes to fall and the reason why we say that is

because it's 40 minutes past 3 o'clock so it is now 40 minutes past 3:00 so we

say 340 340 or 22 fall so you can see it's very confusing even I was getting

confused then we never say 40 past 3:00 we don't say 40 past 3:00 we never say

that ever so we never say 40 past 3:00 you will never hear anyone say it when

they are telling you the time so if this is the time it is 340 22 for 20 minutes

away from 4 o'clock I hope that helps you shall we have one more because we

are coming up towards the end of today's livestream time has almost run out can

you believe it okay we will have one more roll fee says roll fee makes a very

good point it seems easy to tell the time but actually it's very difficult I

agree with you it is I remember when I was at school as a child they used to

have a big clock in the classroom and every day the teacher would ask all of

us one by one to tell the time on the clock and sometimes the teacher would

move the clock she would change the time and then ask different people in the

classroom so yes it is a difficult thing to do especially when it when it comes

to expressing it so when you when you want to express what time it is

sometimes it can be very difficult it can be hard I think so

he was another one

hmm Oh

so there it is I think this might be the last one today because we are running

out of time so what time is on my clock at the

moment what time is on my clock what time does it say on my clock what time

is it the big hand is on the nine the little hand is between 10:00 and 11:00

so it is coming towards 11:00 o'clock it is approaching 11:00 but what time is it

how do we express this particular time in English can you tell me well quite a

few people are getting it right for some reason many people know this one I don't

know why but it seems to be very familiar to many of you watching at the

moment ok so what time is it what time is on my clock we have more than one way

of describing this we can say that it is quarter to eleven quarter to eleven so

on my clock it says quarter to eleven we can also say it is 15 minutes before

eleven we can also say that it is 10:45 10:45 because forty-five minutes has

passed since 10 o'clock so we say 10:45 10:45 quarter to 11

Dean minutes away from 11 o'clock or 15 before 11 quarter to a quarter to so a

quarter so you can see we are dividing the clock up into sections so you have

five past ten past quarter past twenty past 25 past half past 25 to 22 quarter

to ten to five two and then of course we are back to the top of the hour so there

are some interesting ways of describing the time in fact when you think about it

there are many many ways of describing the time but what about now what time is

it now now the time is 333 all of the threes

so right now it is 3:30 3:30 three minutes past 3:00 o'clock here in the UK

which means that it's 27 minutes away from 4:00 o'clock here in the UK I don't

know what time it is where you are because I'm not there

sadly it is almost time for me to say goodbye can we call it 15 to 11 you

might say 15 before 11 it is 15 before 11 or 15 to 11 so yes you can but quite

often we will say quarter to quarter two because it is 15 minutes which is a

quarter of an hour

very interesting test thank you Christina I hope you enjoyed that I know

it seems like a very simple thing but as I've discovered in life quite often the

simplest things can be the most complex or complicated to explain trust me

it's true thank you very much for your company today thank you to everyone so

many lovely people here today thanks for joining me I will be back with you on

Sunday I am back on Sunday 2 p.m. UK time with more of this and don't forget

you can catch me Sunday Wednesday and Friday unfortunately we are now out of

time time has beaten us unfortunately I have run out of time my time is up

time's up mr. Duncan it is time for you to go can you say half - no you can't

you can never say half - you can always say half past so you never say half -

you always say half past so for example this time is always half past half past

ten half past ten so halfway is always expressed as half past half past you

might also say thirty minutes past so here you can see 30 minutes have pressed

30 minutes past but quite often we will say half past it is half past ten half

past 10:00 or 10:30 I hope you've enjoyed today's class it has been a very

long one and to be honest with you I have given you a lot of information

today tons of information Thank You Rolfie congratulations mr.

Duncan thank you very much it's very kind of you thank you so much mr. Duncan

it was great mind yourself and see you on Sunday well

tomorrow I am out and about with mr. Steve we are going to a couple of places

tomorrow we are going to a place called lemming Tain's baa because mr. Steve

will be having some singing practice and then we are going to see my mummy

because my mother for those who have been watching my mother is not very well

at the moment however she is slowly on the road to recovery I am thankful to

say thank you very much I hope you have a good weekend stay happy stay safe

don't forget don't forget to wash your hands and stay clean stay away from that

horrible coronavirus and I will see you on Sunday 2:00 p.m. UK time

this is mr. Duncan that's me by the way in the birthplace of English saying

thanks for watching me today thanks for joining me

have a super day have a great weekend and I will see you very soon and of

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