Do you have the right time?

Writing the time of day can be tricky. For each question below, choose the answer that completes the sentence correctly. Need help? Check out our writing tip on how to write the time of day.

1. The annual general meeting ended at .

4:30 pmp m

4:30 p.m.p period m period

2. Business hours: .

9:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m.9 a.m. em dash 5 p.m.

9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.9 a.m. en dash 5 p.m.

3. The cafeteria is open from every day.

9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

9:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.9 a.m. en dash 9 p.m.

4. The next flight to Thunder Bay leaves at .

13:45 p.m.

13:45

5. In the 12-hour system, 12:00 p.m. corresponds to .

noon

midnight

6. As Fiona waited outside the emergency room, time passed agonizingly slowly— .

2:00 a.m., 3:00 a.m., 4:00 a.m. in the morning

two o’clock, three o’clock, four o’clock

7. The train leaves Union Station at sharp.

7:00 p.m.7 in numerals p.m.

seven written in letters p.m.

8. Grandmother usually takes an afternoon nap between one and .

two thirty

two-hyphenthirty

9. In the 24-hour system, 5:00 p.m. corresponds to .

15:00 hundred hours

17:00 hundred hours

10. The internationally recognized symbol for hour is .

h

hr