It's [hour] o'clock. | (It's two o'clock.) |
It's [minutes] past [hour] | (It's five past two.) |
It's [minutes] to [hour] | (It's five to two.) |
It's one o'clock | It's half past four | ||
At the full hour (xx:00) we use o'clock. | To add half an hour (xx:30) we use half past... . | ||
It's a quarter past five. | It's a quarter to six. | It's twenty past five. | It's twenty-five to six. |
15 minutes after the hour (xx:15) we say a quarter past.... | 15 minutes before the hour (xx:45) we say a quarter to.... | Between xx:00 and xx:30 we use ... past .... | Between xx:30 and xx:00 we use ... to .... |