The worksheets themselves are in German – just as in class. The editor is only available in German so far.
Telling the time – worksheets to print
Read the time on a clock with hands or draw the hands – also in words and with times of day.
- Choose the number of tasks and the difficulty yourself
- With an answer sheet and, if you like, a QR code to the answers
- At three levels (★ to ★★★) and as group A and B
- As a single worksheet or as a task on a mixed worksheet
Telling the time: explained simply
The short hand shows the hour; the long hand shows the minutes. Both move: between whole hours, the hour hand also lies between two numbers.
How to work it out
- One full turn of the minute hand is 60 minutes. From one large number to the next is 5 minutes.
- Read the hour most recently passed, then the minutes. The German phrase “halb vier” means 3:30, half an hour before four, not half past four.
An example, step by step
The long hand points to 6 and the short hand is between 3 and 4.
- The short hand has passed 3 but has not reached 4. The hour is 3.
- At the 6, 6 · 5 = 30 minutes have passed.
- It is 3:30, or half past three. On the German sheet, this is “halb vier”.
Understand other variations
Draw the hands
For 3:30, draw the minute hand at 6 and the hour hand halfway between 3 and 4.
Time of day and words
In the afternoon, the same hand positions mean 15:30. “Viertel nach drei” means 3:15, quarter past three; “Viertel vor vier” means 3:45, quarter to four. Without a time-of-day clue, an analogue clock cannot distinguish morning from afternoon.
Your turn
What does “Viertel vor acht” mean in the morning?
Show the answer and method
7:45, quarter to eight: there are 15 minutes left until 8 o'clock.
Ready-made worksheets: Telling the time
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