5 - The Clock

What time is it?    What's the time?  Could you tell me the time?  5 : 50    It's ten to six

It is (+ MINUTOS)      past  /  to (+ HORAS).

Cuando los minutos terminan en un número distinto de 0 o de 5,se suele agregar la palabra minutes detrás de los mismos.   9 : 12 Twelve minutes past nine 

5 : 00 Five o'clock

2 : 15 Quarter past two /  Two-fifteen

2 : 30 Half past two   /   Two-thirty

5 : 45   Quarter to six  /  Five-forty five

a.m. (ante meridiem) 

p.m. (post meridiem)

In the morning, desde el amanecer hasta las 12 del mediodía.  9 : 10 a.m. Ten past nine in the morning

In the afternoon, desde las 12 del mediodía hasta las 6 de la tarde.  3 : 45 p.m.   Quarter to four in the afternoon

In the evening, desde las 6 de la tarde hasta las 12 de la noche.   8 : 20 p.m. Twenty past eight in the evening 

At night, desde las 12 de la noche hasta el amanecer.   2 : 50 a.m. Ten to three at night


Yesterday, I was cycling home at five past three.
He was turning off his computer at three o´clock.


9:00    I Wake up.                                            
9:05    I prepare breakfast.
9:15    I have breakfast.
9:30    I have shower.
9:45    I leave home.
10:00  I start work.
11:25  I have a break and I do shopping.
12:00  I get back to work by car.
1:15    I finish work.

When Alfonso and Barbara finishing work? 8:45
They were finishing work at cuarter past to eight / at eight forty five.

What time  were Omar and Layla going to bed? 10:30

They were going to bed at half past to ten / at ten thirty.