Changing the Time

Listen to and read the following:

Name: Date:

Each year, in the early hours of the last Sunday of March, 60

minutes disappear from the clocks and reappears
again at the end of October which is called ‘Daylight
Saving Time’. The idea was the brainchild
of Benjamin Franklin in 1784. Daylight Saving Time
started in the United States during World War I
and World War II in order to take advantage of
longer daylight hours and save energy for the war
production. Nowadays, the British as well as many
other countries around the world change the time
on their clocks, watches and mobiles twice a year. In the spring they
turn their clocks forward one hour. In the autumn, they turn them
back one hour, which means that in spring people lose an hour, and in
fall they gain an hour and have an extra hour in bed in the morning.
There is a saying to help us remember which way to turn our clocks:
“Spring forward and fall back.” Most people change their clocks on
Saturday evening before they go to bed. Then when they wake up on
Sunday, their clocks are correct. Remember to change your clocks
soon.

Circle T (True) or F (False).

1 Time goes forward in November. T F
2 People around the world change the time twice. T F
3 Daylight saving time first started in England. T F
4 When you gain an hour, you sleep longer. T F
5 People change the time on a Friday. T F
6 Time goes backward in October. T F
7 Benjamin Franklin was American. T F
8 Summer days are longer than winter. T F