Telling the time
To tell someone what the time is, we can say "The time is…" or, more usually, "It's…". Here is a typical dialogue:
Question:
What's the time, please?
Answer:
It's three o'clock.
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It's one o'clock. |
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It's five past two. |
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It's a quarter past two . |
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It's twenty-five past six . |
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It's half past one. |
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It's a quarter to eight . |
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It's five to three. |
More Examples :
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More formal |
Less formal |
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3.00 |
three o'clock |
three |
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3.02 |
just gone three o'clock |
three oh two |
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3.03 |
three minutes past three |
three oh three |
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3.05 |
five past three |
three oh five |
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3.09 |
nine minutes past three |
three oh nine |
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3.10 |
ten past three |
three ten |
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3.15 |
a quarter past three |
three fifteen |
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3.20 |
twenty past three |
three twenty |
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3.21 |
twenty-one minutes past three |
three twenty-one |
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3.25 |
twenty-five past three |
three twenty-five |
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3.30 |
half past three |
three thirty |
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3.35 |
twenty-five to four |
three thirty-five |
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3.40 |
twenty to four |
three forty |
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3.45 |
a quarter to four |
three forty-five |
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3.50 |
ten to four |
three fifty |
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3.55 |
five to four |
three fifty-five |
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3.57 |
three minutes to four |
three fifty-seven |
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3.58 |
nearly four c'clock |
three fifty-eight |
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4.00 |
four o'clock |
four |
This is a good video about telling times :
Listen and repeat :
I hope you enjoyed this lesson .
Thanks for your attention .
