telling time

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo k, g, t, mavo
• Leerjaar 1,2

Welcome! 

How to tell time in English 

Practise in groups of 2

Telling

Time

O'CLOCK

Het hele uur = o'clock

om 12 uur = at 12 o'clock

1. one o'clock
2. one hour
3. twelve o'clock
4. first o'clock

1. twelve o'clock
2. eleven o'clock
3. elevenst o' clock
4. eleven hour

1. ten to ten
2. ten past ten
3. fifty minutes to eleven
4. twenty minutes to half past ten

1. forty-five minutes past seven
2. quarter to nine
3. quarter to eight
4. fifteen minutes past half past seven

1. half past four
2. half past five
3. half to four
4. half to five

7 

minutes past 4

half 

past
8

6 

minutes 

past 11

8 

minutes 

to 3

6

minutes to 8

twenty-six minutes past eight

1. eight minutes past half past twelve
2. eight minutes past half past eleven
3. twenty-two minutes to twelve
4. twenty-two minutes to eleven

1. five minutes to half past six
2. twenty-five minutes past two
3. five minutes to half past seven
4. twenty-five minutes to two

1. six minutes past half past eight
2. twenty-four minutes past nine
3. six minutes past half past nine
4. twenty-four minutes to nine

1. nine minutes to twelve
2. fifty-one minutes past eleven
3. nine minutes to eleven
4. fifty-one minutes to twelve

AM / PM

What do they mean ?

Exercise

1. Bedenk een volgorde van de tijden op het bord
2. schrijf deze volgorde in het geheim op.
3. vertel de tijden aan jouw partner
4. Jouw partner schrijft de letters van de tijden op
5. Controleer het werk en draai de rollen om.