Telling the Time in English

A simple ESL video about telling the time in English. We have a clock which shows a time and we ask the question “What is the time?“ It is without the answer for a moment to give students time to try and answer themselves. After around 5 seconds the time appears as numbers and as words (e.g. 2:10 - It’s ten past two) next to the clock. The following time intervals (vocabulary) appear: five past, ten past, quarter past, twenty past, twenty-five past, half past, twenty-five to, twenty to, quarter to, ten to , five to and o’clock. At the end of the video there is a SUMMARY CHART of these time intervals and they are repeated (orally/pronunciation) again. The main idea of this video is to learn the expression “What is the time?“ and to see the difference between PAST and TO when telling the time. See our complete lesson about Telling the Time in English: Try this exercise to practice telling th