Telling Time

Telling Time

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• Hand [hænd]
• Clock Face [klɑk feɪs]
• Point [pɔɪnt]
• In this case [ɪn ˈðɪs ˈkeɪs]
• Count [kaʊnt]
• Half [hɑf]
• Quarter [kwɔtə]
• Past [pɑːst]
• To [ˈtu]

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The Hands of Time

The long hand is the minute hand.

The short hand is the hour hand.

The Hands of Time

There are 60 minutes on a clock face. Skip count by fives to count the minutes with me.

60

5

10

55

15

50

20

45

25

40

35

30

The Hands of Time

Count the numerals on the clock. There are only 12 hours on a clock face. So, the hour hand is a short hand.

“ Minute” is a long word. The minute hand is the longer hand.

“ Hour” is a short word. The hour hand is the shorter hand.

hour

When the minute hand is pointing to 12, read the time as “o’clock”. In this case, the hour hand is pointing to the 3 and it is “three o’clock”.

Now the minute hand is pointing to 12 and the hour hand is pointing to the 5. So, we read the time as

“ five o’clock”.

It’s …

It’s …

Half Past

• When the minute hand is pointing to the numeral 6, we say that the time is “Half past _____.” Here, the clock shows half past 2, or 2:30. Notice how the hour hand is half-way in between the 2 and the 3.

At the first picture it’s… second picture it’s …

Four Quarters

• If we were to slice the clock into 4 equal sections, we would have 4 QUARTERS. Each quarter would represent a 15 minute section.

A Quarter Past

• When the minute hand is pointing to the numeral 3, we say that the time is “A quarter past _____.” Here, the clock shows a quarter past seven (пятнадцать минут восьмого т.е 15 минут прошло после семи ) .

At the first picture it’s … second picture it’s …

A Quarter To

• When the minute hand is pointing to the numeral 9, we say that the time is “A quarter to _____.” Here, the clock shows a quarter to five ( без пятнадцати пять т.е 15 минут не хватает до пяти ) .

At the first picture it’s … second picture it’s …

The End