1st Grade Telling Time to the Hour and Half Hour Worksheet (PDF)
This telling time worksheet for 1st Grade covers telling time to the hour and half hour (Common Core 1.MD.B.3), with a free PDF to print.
These 22 problems practice telling and writing time to the hour and half hour for Grade 1, following Common Core 1.MD.B.3. Read analog clocks, read digital clocks, and write times in words and digits.
The last six problems are short stories about school and sports. Look at the long hand first, then at the short hand.
Grade 1 · Common Core State Standards: 1.MD.B.3
Telling time worksheet: exercises 1 to 10
Exercise 1 – Read the o'clock
Write the time shown on the clock.
Exercise 2 – Eight o'clock
Write the time in digital form.
Exercise 3 – Eleven o'clock
Write the time using the words o’clock.
Exercise 4 – Half past two
Write the time in digital form.
Exercise 5 – Half past nine
Write the time with the words half past.
Exercise 6 – Say it in words
Write 7:00 in words, using o’clock.
Exercise 7 – Write half past ten
Write half past 10 as a digital time.
Exercise 8 – Pick the clock
Which clock shows 7:30?
Exercise 9 – Hands on the clock
The long hand points to 12. The short hand points to 5. Write the time.
Exercise 10 – Hands halfway
The long hand points to 6. The short hand is between 8 and 9. Write the time.
Exercises 11 and up
Exercise 11 – Digital to words
Write the time with the words half past.
Exercise 12 – Which is half past?
Which clock shows half past 4, the left clock or the right clock?
Exercise 13 – Find Mei's mistake
Mei says it is 6:00 because the long hand points to 6. Explain her mistake and write the correct time.
Exercise 14 – True or false
True or false: When the long hand points to 12, the time is always an o’clock time.
Exercise 15 – Which hand is short?
Which hand is the hour hand, the short one or the long one?
Exercise 16 – Digital time
Write 9 o’clock and half past 9 as digital times.
Exercise 17 – Liam's morning
Liam wakes up at 7 o’clock. He eats breakfast at half past 7. Write both times in digital form.
Exercise 18 – Practice or game?
Little League practice starts at 4:00. The game starts at 4:30. Which one starts first? Write the time in words.
Exercise 19 – Priya at the library
The clock shows when Priya arrives. Write the time two ways: with digits and with words.
Exercise 20 – Bedtimes
Noah goes to bed at 8:00. Aisha goes to bed at 8:30. Who goes to bed first? Say Noah’s bedtime in words.
Exercise 21 – Class schedule
| Activity | Time |
|---|---|
| Art | 9:00 |
| Reading | 9:30 |
| Music | 10:00 |
| Lunch | 11:30 |
Which activity starts at half past 11? Which starts at 10 o’clock?
Exercise 22 – Three clocks
Write the time on each clock, A, B, and C.
Key facts behind this telling time worksheet
- The short hand is the hour hand. The long hand is the minute hand.
- Minute hand on 12 means o’clock, written with :00.
- Minute hand on 6 means half past, written with :30.
- At half past, the hour hand is halfway between two numbers.
- A digital clock shows the hour, a colon, and two digits for the minutes.
How to use this telling time worksheet
Work through the exercises in order: they go from simple to challenging. Write every step on paper, then compare with the solutions page and redo any exercise you missed the next day.
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