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Telling Time Practice: Half and Quarter Hours
Practise reading an analogue clock and choosing the matching digital time. Start with half and quarter hours in a short 60-second round, or choose another difficulty in the trainer.
Practise telling the time →No account required. Records and stickers stay in this browser.
Read the clock step by step
- Open the exercise. Clock-to-digital questions, half and quarter hours and 60 seconds are selected.
- Read the short hand for the hour and the long hand for the minutes.
- Choose the matching digital time. In the settings you can also select whole hours, five-minute intervals or written time expressions.
Reading 07:30
The long hand points to 6, so it is 30 minutes past the hour. The short hand is between 7 and 8: the time is 07:30, half past seven.
Notice the hour hand moving
At half past seven, the hour hand is between 7 and 8, not exactly on 7. Start with a difficulty you can read accurately before trying to answer faster.
How do I read half past on an analogue clock?
The minute hand points to 6, and the hour hand is halfway between two hours. Between 7 and 8 means 07:30, half past seven.
Can I choose an easier clock exercise?
Yes. In the Clock Reading trainer you can choose whole hours instead of half and quarter hours. You can also choose five-minute intervals or times in words.
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