一半這個單字很實用，但用法似乎和中文很不一樣。以下我們收集一些 half 的句子，透過句子的練習，將會更清楚如何應用 half 這個單字。a half sister 是指同父異母或是同母異父的姊妹。半天的表達可以用 half of the day 或是 half a day，一年半除了 one and a half years之外，也常用 a year and a half。
- 01. half an hour ( 30 minutes)
(半個小時。三十分鐘。) - 02. one and a half hours (1.5 hours)
(一個半小時。) - 03. two and a half hours (2.5 hours)
(兩個半小時。) - 04. half a year (six months)
(半年。六個月。) - 05. one and a half years (= a year and a half )
(一年半。) - 06. two and a half years
(兩年半。) - 07. half a mile (=a half mile)
(半英哩。) - 08. half a dozen eggs (=a half dozen eggs, six eggs)
(半打的蛋。六顆蛋。) - 09. half a million dollars ($500,000)
(一百萬的一半。五十萬元。) - 10. Half of 100 is 50.
(一百的一半是五十。) - 11. I ate only half of the cake. Where’s the other half?
(蛋糕我只吃一半。另外一半在哪裡？) - 12. Add two and a half cups of water.
(加入兩杯半的水。) - 13. Add one and a half teaspoons of sugar.
(加入一匙半的糖。) - 14. Half a loaf is better than no bread.
(半條麵包勝過沒有麵包。<–聊勝於無) - 15. Jessica is my half sister. We have the same father.
(潔西卡是我同父異母的姊妹。我們有共同的父親。) - 16. It’s half past five. (=It’s 5:30.)
(現在是五點半。) - 17. The shoes are half price.
(這些鞋子是半價。) - 18. he chicken was half cooked. It was terrible.
(雞肉半生不熟。很可怕。) - 19. The first half of the year is from January to June.
(上半年是從一月到六月。) - 20. According to a recent American study, people spend almost half of the day daydreaming.
(根據美國最近的一份研究，人幾乎花了半天的時間做白日夢。)