Telling time
Telling time helps children practise reading clock times to the quarter-hour in digital and word form — for example 08:30 is half past eight. Read the short guide and look through the examples before choosing online practice or a printable worksheet.
How to solve this
- The clock has two hands: the short hand shows the hour and the long hand shows the minutes.
- Each number on the clock face stands for 5 minutes — count by fives for the minute hand position.
- Check: state the time in words ("half past three", "quarter to five") and confirm it matches the hands.
Examples
08:30
half past eight
14:15
2:15 pm