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Hanaa El idrissi English Communication Skills

Telling time
• 15 minutes = Quarter past

(Example: 2 : 15 = Quarter past two)

• 30 minutes = Half past

(Example: 3 : 30 = Half past three)

• . . : 00 = o’clock

(Example: 7:00 = Seven o’clock)

• Longer arrow for minutes

(It’s called Minute hand)

• Shorter arrow for hours

(It’s called hour hand)

Examples:

It’s 8 o’clock.
It’s 7 o’clock.
It’s 8 : 00.
It’s 7 : 00.
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It’s half past three.

It’s half past five.
It’s 5 : 30. It’s 3 : 30.

It’s quarter past two.

It’s 2 : 15.