This document provides examples of how to tell time in English. It lists common phrases used to express the time, including "o'clock", "a quarter", "half", "minutes past", and "minutes to". Examples are given for times such as "a quarter past nine", "eight o'clock", and "half past five". Further examples show times such as "ten past eleven", "five past seven", and "ten to four".

1. THE TIME It's eight o'clock What time is it? What is the time? Have you got the time? What time is the film on? at eight o'clock

2. PAST TO o'clock a quarter a quarter half Minutes past hour Minutes to hour

3. WHAT TIME IS IT? It's a quarter past nine It's eight o'clock It's half past five

4. WHAT TIME IS IT? It's ten past eleven It's five past seven It's ten to four It's a quarter to two

5. WHAT TIME IS IT? It's twenty past twelve It's twenty five past ten It's twenty five to five It's one o'clock