Read the clock
An analogue clock and two boxes to write the digital time. The hour hand moves on with the minutes, just like a real clock.
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Teaching guide: how to teach telling the time
Telling the time means reading two hands at once: the short hand gives the hour and the long hand the minutes. This free telling time worksheet generator builds A4 worksheets with analogue and digital clocks, from o'clock in Grade 1 to the minute and the 24-hour clock in Grade 3, with the time in words (quarter past, half past, quarter to) and an answer key for every clock.
Student worksheet 
Answer key Draw the hands
A digital time and a blank clock face with the numbers and minute marks, big enough for young children to draw both hands.
Time in words
Three ways of saying the time and only one is right: quarter to four, quarter to three or quarter past three. The usual mistakes are the traps.
Words to hands
The time written the way we say it (twenty-five to six) to show with the hands on the clock.
What time will it be?
A clock and a length of time: one hour, half an hour, a quarter of an hour or a few minutes later. Exact times first, then any minute.
24-hour clock
At level 6, morning, afternoon and evening times: three o'clock in the afternoon is 15:00.
Frequently asked questions about telling time worksheets
Which grades are these worksheets for?
Grades 1 to 3 (Years 1 to 4 in the UK). Level 1 is o'clock (Grade 1), level 2 half past (Grade 1), level 3 quarter past and quarter to (Grades 1 and 2), level 4 five-minute steps (Grade 2), level 5 to the minute (Grade 3) and level 6 the 24-hour clock (Grade 3).
How is the time written in words?
The British way: three o'clock, five past three, quarter past three, half past three, and from half past on the minutes to the next hour: twenty to four, quarter to four, five to four.
Is the hour hand in the right place?
Yes. The hour hand moves on with the minutes, as on a real clock: at quarter to four it is very close to the 4. That teaches children to look at the hour that has just gone by.
What is in the answer key?
The digital time of every clock (and the time in words at levels 1 to 4), the hands drawn in blue on the blank clocks, the right option ticked and the time it will be in the elapsed time exercises.
Can I show the minutes around the clock?
Yes. In the exercise options the minutes (00, 05, 10…) can be shown outside the clock face always, never or from level 4, when children read five-minute steps.
Can I mix several exercise types on one worksheet?
Yes. Add exercises of different types and levels; each one has its own instruction. Then drag them, add a page break wherever you like and mix them with exercises from other generators.
What other worksheets go well with these?
Number sequences counting in fives get children ready to read the minutes, metric units carry on with measuring and maths word problems put time in context. Find every resource under maths worksheets.
Is any pupil data sent anywhere?
No. Worksheets are generated in your browser and templates are saved in your browser's memory.
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