sixfivefivepastsix1如果所表述的時間在半小時之內,就用分鐘+past+小時6:10tenpastsix4:20twentypastfour10:25twenty-fivepastten2如果所表述的時間在半小時之後,就用分鐘(相差的)+to+小時(下一個)10:35twenty-fivetoeleven5:50tentosix9:49eleventoten3如果所表述的時間在半小時,就用half+past+小時11:30halfpasteleven2:30halfpasttwo6:30halfpastsix4另外,所有的時間也可以直接讀6:10sixten2:40twoforty8:20eighttwenty5如果所表述的分鐘和15有關,就有三種表達法:(15分鐘又叫一刻鐘aquarter)9:15ninefifteenfifteenpastnineaquarterpastnine3:45threeforty-fivefifteentofouraquartertofour