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Put these times in order, from the earliest to the latest. September 19 11:59 PM 3 attempts remaining Grade settings External referencesGrammar presentation 24-27 Questions Son las dos de la tarde. Son las once de la mañana. Son las siete y media de la noche. Son las seis menos cuarto de la tarde. Son las dos menos diez de la tarde. Son las ocho y veintidós de la mañana.

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Ocho y veintidós de la mañana.

Once de la mañana.

Dos menos diez de la tarde.

Dos de la tarde.

Seis menos cuarto de la tarde.

Siete y media de la noche.

Explanation:

<<Son las dos de la tarde>> means two hours after midday. The expression <<de la tarde>> means that you can still see the sunlight. Midday is 12:00, so 12+2 hours (from 0:00 to 23:59 hours) is 14:00 hours

[it is 2 p.m.]

<<Son las once de la mañana>> is 11 hours since the beginning of the day. 11:00 hours

[it is 11 a.m]

<<Son las siete y media de la noche>> means seven hours after midday (but now you can't see the sunlight) and a half of an hour. An hour has 60 minutes, so a half is 30 minutes. 12+7 hours and 30 minutes is 19:30 hours.

[it is seven and a half in the evening]

<<Son las seis menos cuarto de la tarde>> means six hours after midday. A quarter before is 15 minutes before, so 12 hours+6 hours-15 minutes is 17:45 hours. (You could also say "son cuarto para las seis de la tarde")

[it is a quarter to six in the afternoon]

<<Son las dos menos diez de la tarde>> is like the first example but now you have to substract ten minutes from 14:00, it is 13:50 hours.

[it's ten minutes to two in the afternoon ]

<<Son las ocho y veintidós de la mañana>>  is 8 hours since the beginning of the day and 22 minutes, so it is 8:22 hours.

[it is 22 minutes past eight]

Now that we have all the expressions in the format hh:mm, we can order them from the earliest to the latest:

8:22, 11:00, 13:50, 14:00, 17:45 and 19:30.