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Telling Time in Italian
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Telling Time
A. Express the following times in Italian.

  1. Sono le sette e ventuno di mattina.
  2. Sono le nove e dieci di mattina.
  3. Sono le quattro e ventiquattro di pomeriggio.
  4. Sono le otto e mezzo di sera.
  5. Sono le quattro meno un quarto di mattina.
  6. Sono le nove di sera.
  7. È l'una e un quarto di mattina.
  8. È l'una e un quarto di pomeriggio.
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B. Convert the following times into numerical values.
  1. 6:15 P.M.
  2. 10:45 P.M.
  3. 7:55 A.M.
  4. 1:00 A.M.
  5. 2:45 P.M.
  6. 7:00 P.M.
  7. 5:20 P.M.
  8. 3:17 A.M.
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C. Rewrite these sentences, using an alternate time expression.
EXAMPLE: Sono le quattro e cinquanta.—Sono le cinque meno dieci.
  1. Sono le tre e un quarto.
  2. Sono le nove meno venti.
  3. È l'una e mezzo.
  4. Sono le undici e tre quarto.
  5. Sono le otto meno uno.
  6. Sono le dieci meno diciassette.


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