- Ta dùng: It’s time (for somebody) to…: đã đến lúc ai đó làm gì
✓ It’s time to go to bed./ It’s time for the children go to bed.
Ta có thể nói: It’s late. It’s time the children went to bed.
- Ta sử dụng thì quá khứ sau It’s time, nhưng mang nghĩa hiện tại.
✓ It’s 10 a.m and she’s still in bed. It’s time she got up.
- It’s time you did something: Dùng cấu trúc này để nhắc nhở, phàn nàn hay phê bình ai vì làm việc gì đó muộn so với thời gian quy định
✓ I’ve been doing the same job for last ten years. It’s time I tried something else.
- It’s about time you did something: Khi thể hiện sự phê bình, nhắc nhở mạnh hơn
✓ It’s about time he did something instead of just talking