How to Tell Analogue Time

Analogue Time

Have you ever wondered how to tell analogue time? The clock is made up of three to four parts. These parts are the short hand, long hand and the face and sometimes a second hand (The hand that moves rapidly around the face of the clock to count the seconds).

The short hand on the clock tells you the hours because it is pointing at a certain number or numeral and the long hand tells you the minutes. For example if the short hand is on 9 and the long hand is on 1 the time will then be 9:05.

Analogue time is very easy to tell if you practice. You just need to know what the hands do. You need to know that the short hand is the hour hand so you know what hour it is and the long hand is the minute hand so you know what it is pointing to.

Another example to tell analogue time is when it is 6am it is the early hours of the morning and if it is 6pm that means it is late hours of the day. These two type are similar but the mean the complete opposite. Some more examples are is when the long hand is on 9 and the short hand is on the the 6 that means it is either quarter to 7 or 6:45. 

Now you know how to tell analogue time. It is very easy to tell and it is a very good skill to have. Now by knowing how to tell analogue time you can now always be on time to family functions work or school. 




A lot of people have become dependent on devices such as netbooks and iPad to tell the time for them. People might view this as a joke but it is true and the reasons classes around New Zealand have analogues clocks is to encourage children to expand their skill set and be able to do something as simple as tell time on an analogue clock. This week we have been revising the structures and language features of an explanation. My explanation will hopefully help people learn how to read analogue clock.