Telling the time - learning how to tell what's the time in English lesson
What will I learn from the lesson learning how to tell the time in English?
During this lesson you will learn to tell the time in English using images and text. The first part of the lesson you wlll have to learn the words that are used in telling the time, followed by a example clocks with times on for you to see what the correct time is.
Telling the time video
The video is slow to help you understand each slide
Telling the time in English
The image below is split into 2 colours, green and yellow. The green side 'to' and the yellow side is 'past'.
Use the list below to learn
Yellow is past the hour
Green is to the hour
| 1 | five past |
| 2 | ten past |
| 3 | quarter past |
| 4 | twenty past |
| 5 | twenty five past |
| 6 | half past |
| 7 | twenty five to |
| 8 | twenty to |
| 9 | quarter to |
| 10 | ten to |
| 11 | five to |
| 12 | ,o, clock |
Telling the time with images and text
The clock pictures below are made up with the following:
green hand is the big hand
red is the small hand
Use the clock on the right to help you
Below are 12 clocks with random times
The text is above each clock
| The first clock=7.00 | The second clock=12.00 | The third clock=3.10 |
| Seven ,0, clock | Twelve ,0, clock | Three ten |
| Its seven ,0, clock | It is Twelve ,0, clock | It is ten past three |
| Green hand is = ,0, clock | Green hand is = ,0, clock | Green hand is = ten past |
| The red hand = 7 | The red hand = 12 | The Red hand = 3 |
| The first clock=4.50 | The second clock=10.45 | The third clock=8.35 |
| Its four fifty | Its ten forty-five | Its eight thirty-five |
| Its ten to five | It is quarter to eleven | It twenty-five to nine |
| Green hand is = ten to | Green hand is = quarter to | Green hand is = twenty five to |
| The red hand = 5 | The red hand = 11 | The Red hand = 9 |
| The first clock = 7.14 | The second clock = 9.15 | The third clock = 1.20 |
| Its seven fourteen | Its nine fifteen | its one twenty |
| Its fourteen minutes past seven | It is quarter past nine | It is twenty past onee |
| Green hand is = fourteen minutes past | Green hand is = quarter past | Green hand is = twenty past |
| The red hand = 7 | The red hand = 9 | The Red hand = 1 |
| The first clock = 11.05 | The second clock = 2.14 | The third clock = 6.30 |
| Its eleven oh five | Its two fourteen | Its six thirty |
| Its five past eleven | Its fourteen minutes past two | It is half past six |
| Green hand is = five past | Green hand is = fourteen minutes past | Green hand is = half past |
| The red hand = 11 | The red hand = 2 | The Red hand = half past |
Types of ways of saying the time
A.M. = morning It's 6:00 A.M.
P.M. = afternoon
Evening / night It's 6:00 P.M.
It's six o'clock = 6:00 A.M.
It's six = 6:00 A.M.
It's six-oh-five = 6:05 A.M.
It's six (minutes) after five = 6:05 A.M.
It's six (minutes) past five = 6:05 A.M.
It's six-oh-six = 6:06 A.M.
It's six (minutes) after six = 6:06 A.M.
It's six (minutes) past six = 6:06 A.M.
It's six-oh-ten = 6:10 A.M.
Its ten past six A.M.
It's ten (minutes) after six = 6:10 A.M.
It's ten (minutes) past six = 6:10 A.M.
A.M. = morning It's 6:00 A.M.
P.M. = afternoon
Evening / night It's 6:00 P.M.
It's six-fifteen = 6:15 P.M.
Its quarter past six P.M.
It's fifteen (minutes) after six = 6:15 P.M.
It's fifteen (minutes) past six = 6:15 P.M.
It's six–twenty = 6:20 P.M.
It's a twenty after six = 6:20 P.M.
It's a twenty past six = 6:20 P.M.
It's six-thirty = 6:30 P.M.
It's half past six = 6:30 P.M.
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It's six-forty = 6:40 P.M.
It's a twenty to six = 6:40 P.M.
It's a twenty of six = 6:40 P.M.
It's six fifty-five = 6:50 P.M.
It's five (minutes) to seven = 6:50 P.M.
It's five (minutes) of seven = 6:50 P.M.
It's six-fifty-nine = 6:59 P.M.
It's one (minutes) to seven = 6:59 P.M.
It's one (minutes) to seven = 6:59 P.M.
Exercise
A.M. = morning It's 6:00 A.M.
P.M. = afternoon
Evening / night It's 6:00 P.M.
The following exercise, write the following times in numbers in the right column. We have done the first one for you.
** Hint AM = midnight 12:01 till midday 12:00 and PM 12:01 till midnight12:00**
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Time in words |
What time is it using numbers |
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Six o’clock in the evening |
6:00pm |
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quarter to seven in the morning |
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twenty five past one in the afternoon |
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quarter past ten in the evening |
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midnight |
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midday |
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quarter past ten in the morning |
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half past twelve in the morning |
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quarter past nine in the evening |
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quarter to seven in the morning |
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twenty past seven in the morning |
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quarter past eight in the evening |
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quarter to six in the evening |
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half past nine in the morning |
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ten past six in the evening |
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nineteen minutes past three in the afternoon |
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ten to two in the afternoon |
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nineteen minutes to three in the afternoon |
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