English · Level A1 · ages 7 to 12 · Free
Telling the Time: Free English Worksheets for Kids
The child reads analogue clocks and writes the time: o'clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to. One worksheet asks the child to draw the hands.
5 worksheets · Last update: 2026-11-06
1.How to Tell the Time: Telling the Time
A reference sheet with four clocks: o'clock, quarter past, half past and quarter to.
Task: Look at the clocks and read the sentences.
Preview
- It is eight o'clock.
8:00 - It is quarter past eight.
8:15 - It is half past eight.
8:30 - It is quarter to nine.
8:45
2.Read the Clock: Telling the Time
The child reads nine analogue clocks and writes the time in words.
Task: Look at each clock. Write the time in words.
Preview
Show the answers
- It is quarter to four.
- It is quarter to eleven.
- It is quarter past eleven.
- It is half past twelve.
- It is seven o'clock.
- It is nine o'clock.
- It is half past four.
- It is two o'clock.
- It is quarter past one.
3.Draw the Hands: Telling the Time
The child reads the time under each clock and draws the hour hand and the minute hand.
Task: Read the time. Draw the hour hand and the minute hand on the clock.
Preview
- It is one o'clock.
- It is six o'clock.
- It is quarter to four.
- It is quarter past nine.
- It is quarter to twelve.
- It is half past twelve.
- It is half past seven.
- It is quarter to eleven.
- It is quarter past five.
Show the answers
- 1:00
- 6:00
- 3:45
- 9:15
- 11:45
- 12:30
- 7:30
- 10:45
- 5:15
4.Match the Clocks: Telling the Time
The child draws a line from each clock to the sentence that gives the same time.
Task: Draw a line from each clock to the correct sentence.
Preview
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- 2.
- 3.
- 4.
- 5.
- 6.
- aIt is eleven o'clock.
- bIt is half past ten.
- cIt is quarter to four.
- dIt is quarter past nine.
- eIt is quarter past six.
- fIt is quarter to eight.
Show the answers
- a: It is eleven o'clock.
- b: It is half past ten.
- f: It is quarter to eight.
- e: It is quarter past six.
- c: It is quarter to four.
- d: It is quarter past nine.
5.Write the Digital Time: Telling the Time
The child reads nine analogue clocks and writes the time in numbers, for example 7:30.
Task: Look at each clock. Write the time in numbers, for example 7:30.
Preview
Show the answers
- 2:45
- 6:45
- 11:15
- 3:30
- 4:15
- 7:00
- 8:30
- 1:30
- 9:00
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