Remember It
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Learn It
Learn to tell the time - requires Real Player Basic
Telling the Time
We measure the time in seconds, minutes and hours.
There are 24 hours in a day.
There are 60 minutes in an hour.
There are 60 seconds in a minute.
To tell the time you usually use a clock or a watch.
A clock: 
A watch: 
There are analogue clocks and watches and there are digital clocks and watches.
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Analogue clocks and watches often have numbers on the "face" to show the hours and lines to show the minutes. An analogue clock also has "hands", a short hand to show the hour, a longer hand to show the minutes, and sometimes a long thin hand to show the seconds. |
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To the Hour
We say o'clock on the hour: |
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Twelve o'clock |  |
Six o'clock |
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One o'clock |  |
Seven o'clock |
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Two o'clock |  |
Eight o'clock |
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Three o'clock |  |
Nine o'clock |
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Four o'clock |  |
Ten o'clock |
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Five o'clock |  |
Eleven o'clock |
The times of the day:-
When talking about the time, to show whether it's morning or later we use am and pm.
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Morning
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Afternoon
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Evening
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Night
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00:01 - 11.59
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12:01 - 18:00
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18:01 - 22:00
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22:01 - 23.59
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| 1 to 11.59 am | 12.01 to 6 pm | 6.01 to 10 pm | 10.01 to 11.59 pm |
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| 12 o'clock is noon (daytime) or midnight (night). |
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Test It
Test your time - match the pictures with the time - Match It!
Practise It
On the Forum - Tell us what time you get up in the morning, and what time you go to bed. You can write your answer to the nearest hour, but don't use the 24-hour-clock, unless you are in the forces.
Read this song - Great for practising "the clock"
