--- title: Quarter past, quarter to, and how people really say the time — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · World description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 102 «Quarter past, quarter to, and how people really say the time» of the world course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / Quarter past, quarter to, and how peop… # Quarter past, quarter to, and how people really say the time The 15 questions of lesson 102 «Quarter past, quarter to, and how people really say the time» of the world course of Mova's primary school with their options, 87 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time/). - [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time/t1/) — Chloe goes, "Quarter to seven? Easy, that's quarter past, so 7:15." What's the right answer? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time/t2/) — Lily turned up at 3:30 to her German friend's "halb drei" party. How long had it been going? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time/t3/) — Sean's mum reads "come round this arvo" and asks, "Is that the morning?" What does "arvo" mean? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time/t4/) — Kyle comes home at 9:45 and says, "That's the back of nine, innit?" Is he right? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time/t5/) — Hannah's London friend turns up at 6 in the evening for "dinner at half twelve". What went wrong? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time/t6/) — Jake's mate laughs, "It's ten PAST, ya muppet, not ten after." Who is right? — right ✓ · ★ - [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time/t7/) — Mateo rolls in at 9:50 for a twenty-to-ten kick-off, saying, "Howay man, I'm early!" Is he? — right ✓ · ★ - [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time/t8/) — Dev says "three quarters past seven" and the class laughs. Is he wrong about the time? — right ✓ · ★ - [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time/t9/) — Tyler's Pittsburgh aunt says, "Yinz gotta be there at quarter till three." When must they arrive? — wrong ✗ · ★ - [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time/t10/) — What would happen if you went to every "quarter of" meeting in the USA at quarter past instead? — right ✓ · ★ - [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time/t11/) — Oisin's mam yells, "Stop faffing!" at 8:00, with the bus at quarter past eight. What does she want? — right ✓ · ★ - [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time/e1/) — Determine the number of minutes comprised in one quarter of an hour. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time/e2/) — It is given that an appointment is fixed for "quarter to seven". Ascertain the corresponding time in digital notation. — wrong ✗ · exam - [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time/e3/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the German expression "halb drei". — wrong ✗ · exam - [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/102-quarter-past-quarter-to-saying-the-time/e4/) — Which of the following most accurately characterises the American expression "quarter of five"? — wrong ✗ · exam - ← previous: [101. Reading the clock: hours, minutes and the two ha…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/101-reading-the-clock-hours-minutes-hands/) - next →: [103. Morning, afternoon and the 24-hour clock](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/103-morning-afternoon-24-hour-clock/) - ↑ back to [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/)