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ABOUT PARTS OF THE DAY
I always walk Happy in the morning. She loves to get up early and go for a walk. She is pretty active during the day, but I think she sometimes takes a nap in the afternoons. When I get home in the evening she always greets me at the door with her tail wagging! Pretty cute. She is quiet at night, and usually goes to bed around 9 or 10pm. Sometimes she stays up until midnight, but she is usually asleep in the middle of the night. Me too!
Today let’s have a look at the vocabulary and expressions we use to talk about the different parts of the day. Do you know these words? Have a look at the paragraph above and then check today’s lesson:
I always walk Happy in the morning. She loves to get up early and go for a walk. She is pretty active during the day, but I think she sometimes takes a nap in the afternoons. When I get home in the evening she always greets me at the door with her tail wagging! Pretty cute. She is quiet at night, and usually goes to bed around 9 or 10pm. Sometimes she stays up until midnight, but she is usually asleep in the middle of the night. Me too!
Today let’s have a look at the vocabulary and expressions we use to talk about the different parts of the day. Do you know these words? Have a look at the paragraph above and then check today’s lesson:
Parts of the day
A day is commonly divided into 24 hours of 60 minutes, with each minute composed of 60 seconds. A solar day is the length of time between the Sun reaching its highest point (the meridian) in the sky two consecutive times.
A day is the period of time during which the Earth completes one rotation (360 degrees) with respect to the Sun.
The word day can also mean the period of light during which the Sun is above the horizon, also known as daytime, the time period from first-light “dawn” to last-light “dusk”. Though the amount of daylight varies significantly throughout the year, the length of a mean solar day is kept constant, unlike that of an apparent solar day.
Daytime is from sunrise (approximately 6am) to sunset (approximately 6pm). Night-time is from sunset to sunrise, the period of darkness from last-light “dusk” to first-light “dawn”. The Sun rises in the East and sets in the West.
Every day starts just after Midnight – am (ante-meridiem = before noon) and pm (post-meridiem = after noon) starts just after midday.
There are four parts of the day: morning, afternoon, evening and night.
Morning is the first part of the day. It is the time from sunrise till 12 o'clock a. m. In the morning we are busy. We go to school. When we come to school, we say "Good morning" to one another.
The second part of the day is afternoon. The English afternoon is the time from 12 o'clock a. m. to 6 o'clock p. m. In the afternoon people say "Good afternoon". In the afternoon we come home from school.
Evening is the third part of the day. It is the time from 6 o'clock p. m. till sunset. In the evening we do our homework: we read and write, learn English, history, literature, mathematics, physics and other subjects. When friends come, they say "Good evening".
Night is the fourth part of the day. It is the time from sunset till sunrise. At night we are free. When friends go away, they say "Good night"
Some of my students have asked me to help them out with the different time phrases we have in English to talk about the parts of a day, so today, I created this illustration to help you remember them. Let’s have a look!
Today is the current day. Today begins with this morning. Then we have this afternoon, this evening, and tonight.
Yesterday is the previous day. Yesterday begins with yesterday morning. Then we have yesterday afternoon, yesterday evening, and last night.
Tomorrow is the following day. Tomorrow begins with tomorrow morning. Then we have tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening, and tomorrow night.
We have some other basic time phrases in English:
Exactly 12:00pm is noon.
Exactly 12:00am (o:00) is midnight.
The time period between 12:00am and about 4:00am is in the middle of the night.
If you know anyone who has trouble with this English language point, why not help them out! Just share this lesson with them. Thanks for studying today!
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