What Time Is It?

The big hand of a clock

stands for minutes and the
little one stands for hours.
In the clock here, the time
is one o’clock.

Note that times like 1:03 or 4:58 for example, can be read as (it’s about one o’clock) or
(it’s about 5 o’clock.
Exercise 1: Write the time shown on each clock on the space provided.

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Exercise 3: Write the time that is shown in the brackets.

1. What time is it? (9:00)
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2. What time is it? (11:10)
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3. What time is it? (6:05)
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4. What time is it? (8:45)
It’s --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
5. What time is it? (7:35)
It’s --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.
6. What time is it? (12:02)
It’s --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------.

Exercise 1: Match the clock with the time.

1. 6:30 a. It’s a quarter past two.
2. 4:45 b. It’s a quarter to five
3. 1:35 c. It’s ten to nine.
4. 3:05 d. It’s twenty to nine.
5. 2:15 e. It’s half past six.
6. 7:10 f. It’s eleven o’clock.
7. 11:00 g. It’s twenty past fife.
8. 5:20 h. It’s ten past seven.
9. 8:40 i. It’s five past three.
10.8:50 j. It’s twenty-five to two.