| Asking | answer with It's + the time | What time is it? — It's seven thirty. |
| Numbers | say the hour, then the minutes; 1–9 minutes take oh | 7:05 → seven oh five |
| o'clock | a full hour takes o'clock | seven o'clock |
| A1past | minutes 1–30: past the hour | five past three / (a) quarter past three / half past three |
| A1to | minutes 31–59: to the next hour; say the minutes first | twenty to four / (a) quarter to four |
| A1minutes | minutes that are not 5, 10, 15… add minutes | three minutes past six |
| A1a.m. / p.m. | a.m. is midnight to midday; p.m. is midday to midnight | seven a.m. / three p.m. |
| A1Parts of the day | add the part of the day after the time | seven in the morning / three in the afternoon / eight in the evening / eleven at night |
| A124 hours | speech uses 12 hours; timetables use the 24-hour clock | 19:30 → nineteen thirty |
| A1US | use after for past and of for to | a quarter after three / ten of four |
| Trap | minutes replace o'clock | seven fifteen |