How to tell the time in English

If you want to know the time there are some ways of asking it:

• What's the time?
• What time is it?
• Can you tell me the time?

And this is how you can tell what time it is:

from http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/vocabulary/time

• 03:00 - It's three o'clock.
• 03:05 - It's five past three
• 03:10 - It's ten past three
• 03:15 - It's quarter past three
• 03:20 - It's twenty past three
• 03:25 - It's twenty-five past three
• 03:30 - It's half past three
• 03:35 - It's twenty-five to four
• 03:40 - It's forty to four
• 03:45 - It's quarter to four
• 03:50 - It's ten to four
• 03:55 - It's five to four
• 04:00 - It's four o'clock

If you have to tell other times you will have to mention "minutes"
And this is an exercise for you to practise telling the time.

• 02:24 - It's twenty-four minutes past two