Tell the time

IT'S + MINUTS + PAST/TO + HOUR




When the minuts not pass the 30, we put de word it's (minutes) "past" (hour)

 It's nine past ten








And when the minuts pass the 30 we put the word it's (minutes)"to" (hour) 

  
It's five to two








The quarter hours are expressed with the words it's "a quarter" past/to (hour)

 



 It's a quarter past nine








To tell the half hour we use the following expession It's " half past" hour.




It's half past three







To tell the exactly hour we use the expresion It's (hour) o'clock

It's nine o'clock







When you want to say the hours when you look a digital watch, you can tell the hour as you see.

 

It's nine twenty-four