Telling the TimeWith Pictures

The ClockHours: Regular format: 1 to 12Military format: 00 to 23

Minutes: 1 to 60

Seconds: 1 to 60

Telling the time

Hour Hand(smaller)

Minute Hand(longer)

Am – Morning

Noon

Pm – Evening

Vocabulary

6 o’ clock “Six O’ clock”

10 to 2 “One, Fifty ”

10 past 5 “Five, Ten”

Vocabulary Quarter to 8 “Seven, Forty Five”

Quarter past 7 “Seven, Fifteen”

Half past 1 “One, Thirty”

Sunrise to 12 noon : Morning

12 pm : Noon / Mid day

12 noon to 4 pm : Afternoon

4 pm to 7/8 pm : Evening

8 pm to 12 am : Night

12 am : Mid night

Vocabulary

Military time format

No AM & PM. Only HRS

00:00 HRS – Mid night

12:00 HRS – Noon

18:00 Hrs – 6 pm

23:00 Hrs – 11 pm

6:31 pmHours

Minutes

Exercise

“Twelve O'clock”

“Four O'clock”

“Eight O'clock”

Exercise: Use the phrases learnt earlier to tell what time it is

Mini Quiz (Answer as a group)

How many hours are there in 1 Day?

How many minutes are there in 1 Hour?

How many seconds are there in 1 Minute?

How many hours are there between 12PM and 12 AM?

How many minutes are there between 2:30 PM and 4:00 PM?

If you work from 9AM to 5PM everyday for 5 days, how many total hours will you work?

Exercise: Tell the time in am, pm format

0030 HRS

1420 HRS

0540 HRS

2015 HRS

Conversations Ram: Can you tell me the time please?

Shyam: Yes, it is 6:15 (six fifteen) PM

Gita: Do you know when the next bus is?

Sita: I think it is in 15 minutes

Hari: Krishna, when is your dance class tomorrow?

Krishna: It is at 6 in the evening

Prasad: Excuse me, do you have the time please?

Stranger: Yes. It is quarter till 4. (meaning 3:45)

Sita: Gita, do you know when the shop opens today?

Gita: Yes. It opens at 7:30 am

Boss: Hari, can you work the morning shift next week?

Hari: What are the shift timings?

Boss: It starts at 5 am and ends at 3 pm. Lunch break is at noon for one hour.

Hari: Yes, I can. I will be here at 10 to 5 (meaning 4:50)

Ram: What are your class timings? Shyam: 7:30 to 9 in the night. Ram: Is there an earlier class? Shyam: Yes. It is in the afternoon from 2:45 to 4:30.

Conversations (more complex :for higher level students)