650+ English Phrases for Everyday Speaking: Phrases for Beginner and Intermediate English Learners

For example:
2:00
= It’s two o’clock.
10:15
= It’s ten fifteen.
4:30
= It’s four thirty. (In British English uses ‘half past’ instead of ‘30’.
6:45
= It’s six forty-five. or it’s a quarter to seven.
11:25
= It’s eleven twenty-five.
If it’s almost a time you can say….
It’s almost _____.
1:57
= It’s almost two.
Questions You Can Ask about Time
What time is it?
What time do you work?
What time do you go to school?
What time do you get out of school?
What time does the movie start?
What time does the class end?
When does the aerobics class meet?
How long is the English class?
Additional Resources:
Video: 
Telling Time in American English
Video: 
Expressing Time in English

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Directions
Sometimes you need help finding something or someplace. Below are common phrases used to talk
about directions in English.
Excuse me, where is…..?
I need to get to _______.
On/at the corner
Between: in the middle of two things
Near/Close to…: immediately close to something
Far away from: not near, distant
Straight
Opposite: in front of, contrary side