Telling the Time: O'Clock

📚 What you will learn

• A clock face has the numbers 1 to 12.
• The short, thick hand is the hour hand; the long, thin hand is the minute hand.
• O'clock: when the minute hand points to 12, the hour hand points to the hour, e.g. 3 o'clock.
• A digital clock writes 3 o'clock as 3:00 and 8 o'clock as 8:00.
• From 3 o'clock to 8 o'clock the minute hand goes round 5 times while the hour hand moves from 3 to 8.

🎙️ What the video says (in Chinese)

1. 钟表上是几时，怎么看呢？我们来认一认！
2. 钟面上有 1~12，12 个数。短短粗粗的是时针，长长细细的是分针。
3. 分针指着 12，时针指着 3，就是 3 时。电子表上这样写：3:00
4. 分针转呀转，又指着 12，时针指着 8，就是 8 时。
5. 分针指 12，时针指几，就是几时！

✏️ Try it yourself

1. The minute hand points to 12 and the hour hand to 6. What time is it?

   Show answer

   6 o'clock (6:00)

2. How is 11 o'clock written on a digital clock?

   Show answer

   11:00