{"id":55550,"date":"2017-04-30T23:49:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-30T15:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/?p=55550"},"modified":"2017-05-04T18:43:04","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T10:43:04","slug":"how-to-use-its-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/archives\/55550","title":{"rendered":"How to use it&#8217;s time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time we talked about <em><strong>it&#8217;s time<\/strong><\/em>. This expression, which indicates that the time for something has arrived, is both extremely\u00a0useful and sometimes misused; for this reason, we can say it&#8217;s time I\u00a0wrote about it!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55574\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/vt-blog\/www\/2017\/04\/3d1e57cb-itstime.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"843\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/3d1e57cb-itstime.png 843w, https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/3d1e57cb-itstime-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/3d1e57cb-itstime-768x480.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 843px) 100vw, 843px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are two main meanings for the expression<strong>\u00a0it&#8217;s time \/ it was time<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To express that the time for doing something has arrived or had arrived.\n<ul>\n<li>Patterns:\n<ul>\n<li>it is\/it&#8217;s\/it was time + for + noun\/noun phrase<\/li>\n<li>it is\/it&#8217;s\/it was time + verb phrase (to-infinitive)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Examples:\n<ul>\n<li><em>I&#8217;m hungry. <strong>It&#8217;s time for<\/strong> lunch.\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Yesterday I decided <strong>it was time<\/strong> <strong>to\u00a0go<\/strong> home when I saw most people leaving.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>To express that you think something should be done and that we think it should\u00a0have been done before.\n<ul>\n<li>Pattern:\n<ul>\n<li>it is\/it&#8217;s\/it was (about\/high) time + subject + sentence (past tense)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Examples:\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>It&#8217;s about time you talked<\/strong> to him, he&#8217;s been waiting outside for hours.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This second usage is quite confusing for many people since we are using the past tense to refer to\u00a0hypothetical future events. Nowadays this expression is sometimes seen in the present tense, but\u00a0the traditionally accepted pattern uses the past for this expression, and we highly recommend that you do so.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.voicetube.com\/blog\">Improve your English every week with our blog!<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s time we talked about it&#8217;s time. This expression, which indicates that the time for something has arrived, is both extremely\u00a0useful and sometimes misused; for this reason, we can say it&#8217;s time I\u00a0wrote about it! 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