Basic Details
Word: Time
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: What we measure in seconds, minutes, hours and years; also a particular moment, such as the time a train leaves.
Synonyms: moment, period
Sounds like: thyme (a small herb with a strong smell, used in cooking)
How to Spell Time
Syllables: time
Tricky part: The silent e at the end makes the i say its name. Without it you get tim, and some students write tyme by mistake.
Watch out for: tyme, tiem, tieme
Memory tip: Cover the e and you have Tim; uncover it and the i grows long. One quiet e changes Tim into time.
Idioms and Phrases
- in the nick of time: only just before it was too late Example: "The firefighters arrived in the nick of time and saved the cowshed."
- time flies: time seems to pass very quickly Example: "Time flies during the summer holidays at Nani's house."
Usage Examples
Example 1: What time does the Shatabdi leave for Chandigarh?
Example 2: We spent a happy time making rangoli on the verandah.
Example 3: There is no time to lose if we want front seats.
Fun Fact
Indian Standard Time is set by the line of longitude at 82.5 degrees east, which passes near Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh, and it runs five and a half hours ahead of UTC.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Cookie
Find the misspelt word in the sentence:
Even though the auto got stuck in traffic near the market, we reached the railway station in tyme to board the night train to Jaipur.
a) board
b) traffic
c) station
d) tyme
Show answer
d) tyme. The vowel letter here is a plain i, kept long by the e at the end.
Mingle-Mangle
Unjumble the letters in the sentence to form a meaningful word:
Please be on etmi for the morning assembly tomorrow.
a) mite
b) item
c) emit
d) time
Show answer
d) time. All four use the same letters, so read the sentence: only on time makes sense.
Spell-o-Spell
Read the four words. Choose the meaning of the only correctly spelt word:
1. aniversery 2. time 3. schedual 4. calandar
a) a chart of the days and months of a year
b) what is measured in minutes, hours and years
c) the date on which something happened in an earlier year
d) a plan that lists when things will happen
Show answer
b) what is measured in minutes, hours and years. Schedule ends in ule, calendar has en in the middle, and anniversary has double n and ary.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Which word sounds exactly like time but names a herb?
a) team
b) tame
c) timer
d) thyme
Show answer
d) thyme
2. If someone says time flies, they mean ____.
a) the clock has stopped working
b) they are always late
c) birds keep perfect time
d) time seems to pass quickly
Show answer
d) time seems to pass quickly
