Telling the Time:

Quarter Hour on
Digital Clocks
Lesson Objective:
Will read and write analogue and digital times in quarter hours
Starter:
https://youtu.be/Pht7dTlM0VA?feature=shared
 Digital Clocks
The hour is always before the colon, and the minutes are always after the colon.

This clock is showing us that it is four o’clock.

hour minutes
 Telling Time by the Quarter Hour

Look at the number before the colon.

That is the hour.

There are 15 minutes in a quarter hour.

It is a quarter past the hour when you see :15 on a digital clock.
 Let’s Practice!

What time is it? It is a quarter past 11.

What time is it?

It is a quarter past two.
 Let’s Practice!

What time is it? It is a quarter to two.

What time is it? It is a quarter to 11.

 Let’s Practice!

What time is it?

It is a quarter past 12 or twelve fifteen.

What time is it?

It is a quarter to eight or seven forty-five.
 Telling Time by the Quarter Hour

There are 15 minutes in a quarter hour.

It is a quarter to the next hour when you see :45 on a digital clock.
 Liveworsheets for practice

https://www.liveworksheets.com/w/en/english-second-language-esl/1350
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