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Telling Time Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Hour hand | The short hand on an analog clock; points to the hour |
Minute hand | The long hand on an analog clock; points to the minutes past the hour |
Analog clock | A clock with a minute hand, hour hand, and numbers around. |
Digital clock | A clock that shows the time with the hour and minutes separated by a colon (:). |
O'clock | A phrase said when telling the time on the hour. |
Half past | A phrase said when it is 30 minutes past an hour; the minute hand is on the 6. |
Quarter to | A phrase said when it is 45 minutes past an hour and 15 minutes until the next hour; the minute hand is on the 9. |
Quarter after | A phrase said when it is 15 minutes past an hour; the minute hand is on the 3. |
Noon | 12:00 p.m. |
Midnight | 12:00 a.m. |
Dawn | a.m. when the sun rises |
Dusk | p.m. when the sun sets |
Evening | p.m. |
Morning | a.m. |
Afternoon | p.m. |