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Directions: Fill in the blank with the corrrect option.
It is ten minutes _____ seven.
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to
💡 Explanation:
'Ten minutes to seven' (6:50) is the standard English expression for time before the hour, using the preposition 'to'. When indicating minutes before the hour, 'to' is the correct preposition. 'In', 'out', 'off', and 'of' are not used with minutes in this temporal context.