What's the time?

Can (could) you tell me the time please?

o'clock

What time is it? It's one o'clock.

It's five past three.

The short hand shows the hours. The long hand shows the minutes.

It's (a) quarter past three.

a quarter to
It's ten to eight.

a quarter past

p as t

to

It's (a) quarter to five.

We don't use the word "minutes" with 5, 10, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55.

half past
a.m.
Latin - ante meridiem = before noon It's half past three.

It's five past three.

But!

REMEMBER! 1:11
It's eleven minutes past one. at noon (at midday or at lunchtime) at dusk at night at midnight at dawn at 2 o'clock at 11:30

in
in in in in the morning the afternoon the evening 5 minutes

at

p.m.
Latin - post meridiem = after noon

Eg. I get up at 8

W hat's the time?

W hat time is it?

Can (could) you tell me the time please?

o'clock
It's one o'clock.

It's five past three.

T he short hand shows the hours. T he long hand shows the minutes.

It's (a) quarter past three.

past

a quarter to

a quarter past

to

It's ten to eight.

It's (a) quarter to five.

W e don't use the word "minutes" with 5, 10, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55. It's five past three.

half past
a.m.
L atin - ante meridiem = before noon It's half past three.

But! 1 :1 1

It's eleven minutes past one.

REMEMBER!

in
p.m.
L atin - post meridiem = after noon in the morning in the afternoon in the evening in 5 minutes

at
at noon (at midday or at lunchtime) at dusk at night at midnight at dawn at 2 o'clock at 11:30

Eg. I get up at 8 o'clock a.m.