Reading Comprehension

1. TELLING THE TIME

2. This is an analogue clock.
The numbers around the clock faces are hours.
There are 12 hours marked on the clock.
The lines a rounds are minutes.
There are 60 minutes marked on the clock.
This is because there are 60 minutes in 1 hour.

3. Analogue clock have two hands.
There are long hand and short hand.
Long hand points to the minutes.
When the long hand points to 12 the time is o’clock
Short hand points to hours.

4. When the long hand moves from the 12 to the 3 it is quarter past
the hours.
It is because the long hand has moved quarter of the way around
the clock face.

5. When the long hand moves from the 12 to the 6 it is half past the
hour.
It is because the long hand has moved half of he way around the
clock face.

6. When the long hand moves from he 9 to he 12 it is quarter to the
hour.
It is because the long hand only has quarter of the clock face to
move to get to he next o’clock.