A powerpoint to teach how to tell the time in English

1. Time

2. Telling time
The short hand shows the hours.
The long hand shows the minutes.
Remember: There are exactly sixty
minutes in one hour
It´s eight o’clock
Short hand
It’s one thirty
Long hand

3. Different ways of telling time in English
 We use o’clock only at the full hour:
9: 00
It’s nine o’clock
11:00
It’s eleven o’clock
7:00
It’s seven o’clock

4.  We use “half past” to say thirty minutes , or 30
minutes past the hour.
1:30
It’s half past one or
It’s one thirty
2:30
It’s half past two or
It’s two thirty
7:30
It’s half past seven or
It’s seven thirty

5.  We use “to” to say times before the hour, from 31minutes until
the full hour
7:50
It’s ten to eight
3:35
It’s twenty five to four
3:50
It’s ten to four
 We use “past” to say times after the hour, until 30 minutes
past the hour
3:20
It’s twenty past three
3:10
It’s ten past three
3:20
It’s twenty past seven

6. We use quarter past and quarter to say 15 minutes:
A: Quarter past:
12:15
It’s quarter past twelve
1:15
It´s quarter past one
11:15
It’s quarter past eleven
B: Quarter to:
12:45
It´s quarter to one
4:45
It´s quarter to five
8:45
It´s quarter to nine

7.  You
can also tell the time in general like this way:
3:05
7:50
It`s three five
12:45
It’s seven fifty
It’s twelve forty five
 When speaking about the different times of the day we often use:
in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, at night
8:00am
It’s eight o’clock
in the morning
12:15 pm
It’s quarter past twelve
in the afternoon
8:30pm
It’s half past eight
in the evening
11:45 pm
It’s quarter to twelve
at night

8. How can you ask the time?
 What time is it?
It´s nine o’clock
What’s the time ?
It’s quarter past eleven
What time do you have?
It’s half past two