What time is "afternoon" and when is "evening" ?
What's the difference between evening and afternoon?
What is your role of time?
Write the time in A.M. or P.M.
(a) 4:30 after midnight
(b) 9 o ^ { \prime } clock in the night
(c) 7:10 in the evening
(d) 2:20 in the afternoon
(e) 5:15 in the morning
(f) 9:20 at night
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Write the time using A.M. or P.M.
(a) I have my breakfast at 9:30.
(b) The school gets over at 1:30.
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This is something that I don't understand because I was never taught the correct way.
Now and then when I'm out walking in the street and I pass someone else, like a dog walker for example a short but polite passing greeting is exchanged.
"Morning." one of us would say. For the other to respond with "Morning" in return. Or "Evening" or "Afternoon" depending on the time of day.
Basically I've only heard "Morning" spoke at anytime up to 11:30am.
However, as soon as it turn 12pm midday then it becomes "Evening" or "Afternoon".
Is there a difference between "Evening" and "Afternoon" or are they interchangeable?
UPDATE: I've been going through the replies and noticed the general concensus is that afternoon is between 12pm and 5pm with evening being between 5pm and 9pm. Not to mention the consensus that people don't like people for not knowing this.
I am a beginner of learning English. I have a small question.
In the morning In the afternoon In the evening At night
Do you have any specific standard about this time zone?
And does it change throughout the year?
There is no strict agreement on what "afternoon" and "evening" mean. But generally, "afternoon" refers to the time between 12 p.m. (noon) and 6 p.m. I don't think the sun being out or not has much bearing beyond standard time changing to daylight savings time and back.
Some people might prefer to say evening starts when the sun goes down. This is a traditional definition of evening. But as far as converting that idea to a specific point in time, most people would agree that 5 p.m. is still technically afternoon, whether or not the sun is out.
If you want to be more specific, you could refer to anything between noon and 2 p.m. as early afternoon, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. as mid afternoon and 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. as late afternoon.
It is worth noting that other similar questions have been closed as off-topic as the answers are 'primarily opinion-based'. People may well have a different opinion as to when the evening begins. I personally think 4 pm is too early to be considered evening, but here are some things you should consider:
Most people work during the daytime and go home in the evening. The most standard working hours for most people are from 9 am until 5 pm. It is unlikely people working these hours would consider anything before 5 pm to be "evening".
The etymology of the word "evening" means the coming of the end of the day. You're probably familiar with the "eve" of something being the moment or day just before it (eg Christmas Eve). As midnight is the time when a new day begins it would be odd to say that 4 pm, which is closer to 12 noon than it is to midnight, is before the eve of the next day and not after noon.
Many people refer to their dinner, or last main meal of the day as their evening meal. This time of course varies and may have an influence on what time people consider "evening".
Times:
Dawn refers to the time around the actual solar event that is sunrise.
Morning refers to any time before noon, so 1am is still the morning.
Very early morning is sometimes known as "the small hours" (or any regional variant of those words). The actual time is variable, although you will probably provoke a laugh from working people if you refer to any time after 7am in that way (and probably any time after 6am).
Noon refers to 12pm (exact midday) and the time just around it. 1101 is not noon.
Afternoon refers to the time after Noon and before the Night. "Good afternoon" is only used after noon.
Dusk corresponds to dawn, and refers to the event of the sun setting.
Evening is variable in its usage, and is tied both to work schedules and the solar time. It's pretty much always correct to refer to the part of the day when the light begins to wane as "evening".
Night refers to the time after sunset. Accordingly, it can be both morning and night (this being pretty much the definition of the small hours).
Midnight refers to exactly 0000/2400 hours, and the time just around it. 2301 is not midnight.
"Good night" does not mean "have a good sleep". It is used as a farewell when it is late, whether anyone is planning on going home or not.
Meals:
Lunch is a meal taken between breakfast and the evening meal (howsoever called). It is not tied to any specific time beyond that.
The main evening meal may be called "dinner", "supper", or "tea" depending on regional dialect and class. "Dinner" is probably the most neutral option in most dialects (although in some dialects it means the main meal of the day even if that was lunch, or it may mean something else). If a second evening meal is taken, or a very late evening meal is taken, it might be called supper in distinction to dinner. This is not so common any longer.
"Afternoon tea" is a specific meal. Its defining feature is not really that it is taken in the afternoon, but rather the elements it is composed of: it will be a short snack, usually of tea or coffee and a sweet or savory baked good. "Morning tea" is the corresponding snack in the morning.
We are not "fixing" you, because you are not broken. We are correcting you in so far as we think you are wrong.
In my (northern US) dialect: the first meal of the day is called breakfast; the second meal of the day is called lunch (if it is a light meal) or dinner (if it is a heavy meal); the third meal of the day is called supper (if it is a light meal) or dinner (if it is a heavy meal).
In rural areas, the heavy meal is likely to be around noon; in urban areas, the heavy meal is likely to be early evening (except that on Sunday it may be early afternoon).
If the first and second meals are combined, they are called brunch (but commonly
brunch is only on a weekend, and even so people are more likely to just call
it a big breakfast, after which they "skip" lunch). Brunch feels like an
artificial word. It's good to understand, but not to use.
Any other food is called a snack, and it is usually very light (like a piece of fruit, or a cookie).
The actual times of the meals is not as important as whether they're first or second or third, and light or heavy.
If someone eats only one or two meals in a day, there are no ready-made names. Probably we would name a meal breakfast, lunch, dinner, or supper depending on what it looks like and what time of day it is.
We don't use the word tea for a meal, just for the beverage.
As for time of day, my dialect has two sets of word. One refers to the clock and one refers to the sky.
The set of words that refers to the clock is: midnight (exactly 12:00 am), morning (from 12:01 am to 11:59 am), noon (exactly 12:00 pm), afternoon (from 12:01 pm to 6:00 pm), evening (from 6:00 pm to 11:59 pm).
The set of words that refers to the sky is: dawn (sky is getting light), sunrise (exactly when the sun is first visible), day or daytime (between sunrise and sunset), sunset (exactly when the sun is last visible), dusk (sky is getting dark), night or nighttime (sky is dark).
There is a slight tendency to use clock words when we are inside, and sky words when we are outside.
In my dialect, our greeting and parting words are:
between midnight and noon, we say good morning (or hello), and goodbye;
between noon and 6 pm, we say good afternoon (or hello), and goodbye;
between 6 pm and midnight, we say good evening (or hello), and goodbye (or good evening, if early evening, or good night, if late evening).
Another use of good night is when saying "sleep well" to someone when the lights are turned off for sleep.