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Telling the Time

O'clock, half past, quarter past, quarter to: read the clock and say the time in English, then a few time facts.

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The questions

  1. 1

    What time is it?

    • It's half past three.
    • It's quarter past three.
    • It's three o'clock.
    • It's twelve o'clock.

    Answer: It's three o'clock.

  2. 2

    What time is it?

    • It's half past seven.
    • It's half past six.
    • It's quarter to seven.
    • It's seven o'clock.

    Answer: It's half past seven.

  3. 3

    What time is it?

    • It's half past nine.
    • It's nine o'clock.
    • It's quarter past nine.
    • It's quarter to nine.

    Answer: It's quarter past nine.

  4. 4

    What time is it?

    • It's half past four.
    • It's quarter past five.
    • It's quarter to five.
    • It's quarter to four.

    Answer: It's quarter to five.

  5. 5

    What time is it?

    • It's half past twelve.
    • It's one o'clock.
    • It's six o'clock.
    • It's twelve o'clock.

    Answer: It's twelve o'clock.

  6. 6

    What time is it?

    • It's half past one.
    • It's half past twelve.
    • It's one o'clock.
    • It's quarter past one.

    Answer: It's half past one.

  7. 7

    What time is it?

    • It's ten past two.
    • It's ten to two.
    • It's twenty past two.
    • It's two past ten.

    Answer: It's ten past two.

  8. 8

    What time is it?

    • It's eleven twenty.
    • It's twenty past eleven.
    • It's twenty to eleven.
    • It's twenty to ten.

    Answer: It's twenty to eleven.

  9. 9

    What time is it?

    • It's five past six.
    • It's five to six.
    • It's half past six.
    • It's six past five.

    Answer: It's five past six.

  10. 10

    What time is it?

    • It's eight twenty.
    • It's half past eight.
    • It's twenty-five past eight.
    • It's twenty-five to eight.

    Answer: It's twenty-five past eight.

  11. 11

    What time is it?

    • It's eleven forty-five.
    • It's quarter past eleven.
    • It's quarter to eleven.
    • It's quarter to twelve.

    Answer: It's quarter past eleven.

  12. 12

    What time is it?

    • It's five past twelve.
    • It's five to eleven.
    • It's five to twelve.
    • It's twelve fifty.

    Answer: It's five to twelve.

  13. 13

    How many minutes are there in an hour?

    • A hundred minutes
    • Sixty minutes
    • Thirty minutes
    • Twelve minutes

    Answer: Sixty minutes

  14. 14

    How many minutes are there in half an hour?

    • Fifteen minutes
    • Forty-five minutes
    • Sixty minutes
    • Thirty minutes

    Answer: Thirty minutes

  15. 15

    How many minutes are there in a quarter of an hour?

    • Fifteen minutes
    • Ten minutes
    • Thirty minutes
    • Twenty-five minutes

    Answer: Fifteen minutes

  16. 16

    How many hours are there in a day?

    • Sixty hours
    • Ten hours
    • Twelve hours
    • Twenty-four hours

    Answer: Twenty-four hours

  17. 17

    The film starts at 4:00 and lasts 2 hours. When does it end?

    • At 2:00
    • At 5:00
    • At 6:00
    • At 8:00

    Answer: At 6:00

  18. 18

    "Half past six" is the same as ...

    • 5:30
    • 6:15
    • 6:30
    • 6:45

    Answer: 6:30

  19. 19

    "Quarter to nine" is the same as ...

    • 8:15
    • 8:45
    • 9:15
    • 9:45

    Answer: 8:45

  20. 20

    What does "a.m." mean?

    • After 12 noon
    • At lunchtime only
    • At night only
    • The morning, before 12 noon

    Answer: The morning, before 12 noon

  21. 21

    14:00 is the same as ...

    • 12 p.m.
    • 2 a.m.
    • 2 p.m.
    • 4 p.m.

    Answer: 2 p.m.

  22. 22

    Which hand on a clock is longer?

    • The alarm hand
    • The hour hand
    • The minute hand
    • They are the same

    Answer: The minute hand