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OF TIME?
The function of time is guide
mankind in conducting daily
activities. Our daily life is very
much governed by time.
What You See on a Clock
A clock only shows 12 hours or half a day.
Clocks and watches have both a big hand to tell the
minutes and a little hand to tell the hour. Look at the
picture below.
Learning to Tell
Time
There are two types of clocks:
A clock with hands, called an analog
clock.
A clock with numbers only, called a
digital clock. A digital clock tells you
both the hour and the minutes using
numbers, such as 12:45.
• We use the expression of “o’clock” for telling
the time.
• It is nine o’clock
• O’clock is especially for reporting the exact
hour.
Different Ways to Say the Time
telling time to the half hour
o'clock
Half an Hour
Half an Hour =
=
30 minutes 30 minutes
half past
In this situation we say “Half past” or thirty,
thirty minutes.
• Example: 1st method: Half past ten,
• 2nd method: Thirty minutes past ten
• 3rd method: Thirty past ten
• 4th method: Ten thirty
o'clock
Quarter Quarter
hour
hour
Quarter to Quarter Quarter past
Quarter
hour hour
half past
When it is 15 minutes after the exact hour we
say “quarter past”
• Example:1st method: Quarter past one
• 2nd method: Fifteen minutes past one
• 3rd method: Fifteen past one
• 4th method: One fifteen
The tim
e on the
5:55 clock is:
five-fift
y-five
five min
utes to
six
Try telling the time on this
clock:
The tim
e on the
7:23 clock is:
Seven tw
enty thr
Twenty ee
minutes
past sev
en
Time is just so very precious-