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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: Clock A watch: watch

There are analogue clocks and watches and there are digital clocks and watches.

 

 

Clock by Heiko Klingele

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.

14:00
Digital clocks and watches show the exact hours and minutes in numbers. They use 24 hours and sixty minutes to show the time.

To the Hour

 

We say o'clock on the hour:

Telling the time Twelve o'clock Telling the time Six o'clock
Telling the time One o'clock Telling the time Seven o'clock
Telling the time Two o'clock Telling the time Eight o'clock
Telling the time Three o'clock Telling the time Nine o'clock
Telling the time Four o'clock Telling the time Ten o'clock
Telling the time Five o'clock Telling the time 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.

Morning
Afternoon
Evening
Night
00:01 - 11.59
12:01 - 18:00
18:01 - 22:00
22:01 - 23.59
1 to 11.59 am 12.01 to 6 pm 6.01 to 10 pm 10.01 to 11.59 pm
Telling the time12 o'clock is noon (daytime) or midnight (night).

 

Test It

Test your time - match the pictures with the time - Match It!

Practise It

On the Forum - What time is it where you are? (To the nearest hour.)

Read this song - Great for practising "the clock"

For Homework - Print out the worksheet and fill it in. Check your answers here (.rtf files)

Print Version - Thanks to Ali (aka GSMTG), you can print this lesson out here
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