TELLING THE TIME

TO TELL THE TIME MEANS TO SAY WHAT THE TIME

IS, PERHAPS AFTER SOMEBODY ASKS THE TIME.
Asking the time
Here are some phrases you can use when you
want to know the time:
 What's the time?
 What time is it?
 Have you got the right time?
 What time do you make it?
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.
 3.00three o'clock
 3.02just gone three o'clock
 3.03three minutes past three
 3.05five past three
 3.15a quarter past three
 3.30half past three
 3.35twenty-five to four
 3.45a quarter to four
 3.50ten to four
 3.57three minutes to four
 3.58nearly four o'clock
 4.00four o'clock