This document provides instructions for telling time in English. It explains that the small hand tells the hour while the big hand tells the minutes. It notes there are both easy and difficult ways to tell time based on whether the time is expressed as "o'clock" or using terms like "past" and "to". The document includes examples of how to read times using both methods.

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2. Telling Time
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The small hand tells
the hour
The big hand tells
the minutes

3. Telling Time
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The clock has 12 hours
After 12 o’clock the next hour is 1 o’clock again
Remember, the small hour hand moves from one
hour to the next over 60 minutes
If the hour hand is not exactly at 7, then it is still 6
o’clock

4. Telling Time
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The clock has 60 minutes.
The minute that the big hand is pointing at is the
minute of the correct time.
Problem #1 The hour is o’clock, not 60

5. Telling Time
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The clock has 60 minutes.
The minute that the big hand is pointing at is the
minute of the correct time.
Problem #1 The hour is o’clock, not 60
Problem #2 5 minutes is 05

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05
10
15
20
25
30
o’clock
55
50
45
40
35

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EASY TIME
1.Look at the small hand and tell the hour
Remember the small hour hand and the next hour
1.Look at the big hand and tell the minutes
2.The hour is different, it is called ‘o’clock’ and 5 minutes
are 05 minutes

8. Telling Time

9. Telling Time
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DIFFICULT TIME
5 past the hour
10 past the hour
quarter past the hour
20 past the hour
25 past the hour
half past the hour
o’clock
5 to the next hour
10 to the next hour
quarter to the next hour
20 to the next hour
25 to the next hour

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11. Telling Time
ENGLISH HAS EASY TIME AND DIFFICULT TIME