Telling Time

The hour hand is the shorter hand on a clock that shows the current hour.

The minute hand is the longer hand on a clock that shows the current minutes.

12:00 means it is either noon or midnight.

a.m. means 'before noon' and p.m. means 'after noon'.

There are 60 minutes in one hour.

When the minute hand points to 12, it is the start of the hour.

3:00 means it is three o'clock.

3:30 is half past three, and 6:15 is a quarter past six.

You read 11:05 as 'five minutes past eleven'.

9:30 means it is half past nine.