Telling Time Worksheets

Real clock faces to read — hour and half hour for 1st grade, five minutes for 2nd grade — plus elapsed-time problems with a.m. and p.m.

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1st gradeHour & half hourMake this worksheet → 2nd gradeTo 5 minutesMake this worksheet → 2nd gradeElapsed time (15-minute steps)Make this worksheet → 3rd gradeElapsed time (5-minute steps)Make this worksheet →

Sample problems

A few problems like the ones on these worksheets, with answers. Every worksheet you generate has new numbers.

1st grade · Hour & half hour

What time is it? ___ 4:00
What time is it? ___ 1:30
What time is it? ___ 6:00
What time is it? ___ 2:00

2nd grade · To 5 minutes

What time is it? ___ 4:10
What time is it? ___ 3:20
What time is it? ___ 1:35
What time is it? ___ 11:35

2nd grade · Elapsed time (15-minute steps)

Soccer practice starts at 7:00 a.m. and lasts 1 hour 30 minutes. When does it end? ___ 8:30 a.m.
Soccer practice starts at 12:15 p.m. and lasts 1 hour. When does it end? ___ 1:15 p.m.
A piano lesson starts at 1:30 p.m. and lasts 1 hour. When does it end? ___ 2:30 p.m.
A school trip starts at 3:15 p.m. and lasts 1 hour 45 minutes. When does it end? ___ 5:00 p.m.

Learning to read an analog clock

1st graders tell time to the hour and half hour. 2nd graders read clocks to the nearest five minutes and learn a.m. and p.m. 3rd graders solve elapsed-time problems to the minute. Each clock on our worksheets is drawn with an hour hand that moves between numbers as the minutes pass — just like a real clock.

Teaching tips

Hour hand first. Cover the minute hand and ask "what hour is it about?" before reading minutes.
Count by fives around the clock face; skip-counting practice pays off here.
Use a timeline for elapsed time: jump to the next full hour, then add the rest.

Common mistakes

Mixing up the hour and minute hands.
Reading the hour as the next number when the hour hand is just past halfway (2:40 read as 3:40).
Forgetting to switch a.m. to p.m. when elapsed time passes noon.

Frequently asked questions

Do the worksheets show real clock faces?

Yes. Clock-reading problems draw an analog clock with numbers and both hands; children write the time on the line.

Is elapsed time written in 12-hour time?

Yes, with a.m. and p.m., matching how US schools teach it.

Can I print the clocks larger?

Increase Font Size in the Layout panel — the clocks scale with it — and use 1 or 2 columns.