|   Re: American English : telling the time 
 It's ten o'clock      okayIt's ten oh five     okay or It's five after 10.
 It's ten fifteen      okay
 It's ten forty        okay or It's 20 'til 11.
 
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 It's five past ten         It's 5 after 10
 It's a quarter past ten  okay or It's 10 fifteen.
 It's half past ten          It's 10:30
 It's twenty to eleven      use 'til instead of to
 It's a quarter to eleven          "          "
 It's two minutes to eleven      "         "
 
 Also we say after, not past
 
 If the person knows about what  hour it is you can say It's 20 'til. instead of saying It's 20 "til 11.
 'til = until
 
 All the phrases you listed will be understood, but my corrections are the way we speak in the Midwest US, which is standard US English.
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