English conversations / Clock Watch

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English conversations - The Time

Improve English Speaking through everyday conversations about the time.

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English conversations - Clock watch

Vikram: Can I have a cup of Tea Today mamma

Cup of Tea

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Mrs.Verma No, son, you must drink milk first. When the last bit of the then I’ll add a little bit of tea to it. Is that all right?

Mrs.Verma I’ve baked a cake for you. It has got almonds (badam) and currants (kismis) in it.

wrist–watch

wall clock

Vikram:   Here is the clock. Now teach me how to tell the time. Why is it called a clock and not a watch?

Mrs.Verma:   A watch is a small time giving instrument. It can be used as an ornament by hanging it on a chain around your neck.

Vikram:    And what’s a clock?


Mrs.Verma The bigger watch which is not used on the body of a person is called a clock.

Vikram:  How do I know what time it is?

Mrs.Verma:   Now look at the clock. It has numbers from one to twelve written on it in a circle.

Vikram Yes and there are two hands struck in the middle.

Mrs.Verma The small hand tells us the hour & the big hand tells us the minutes.

Vikram Yes I know all that. I know that there are 24 hours in the day and the clock has to go around twice completing the day. Bur how do we know whether it is morning or the evening?



Mrs.Verma For that you have to look out of the window and find out whether the sun is shining and whether the time showing in your watch is 8 o’clock in the mor

Vikram Then what do a.m. and p.m. stand for?

Mrs.Verma 12 o’clock at night to 12 o’clock in afternoon is called a.m. 12 o’clock at night is referred to as p.m. but, you use a.m. and p.m. only when writing and not while speaking.

Vikram What is the time now?


Mrs.Verma It is 9 o’clock. If I had to write a letter to you. I would write that I had my tea at 9 p.m. but while speaking to you. I do not say,” It is 9 A.M.

Vikram Papa told me that the number on the clock stand for hours and also minutes and that there are five minutes between each of the numbers.

Vikram Papa told me that the number on the clock stand for hours and also minutes and that there are five minutes between each of the numbers.


Mrs.Verma That is a clever boy. What time would you say it was if the small hand was on ten and the big hand was on four?

Mrs.Verma You say it in a shorter way too. You could say it is twenty past ten.

Vikram Can I say it is ten-thirty?



Vikram Can I say it is ten-thirty?

Mrs.Verma Yes, you can say that or else you can say it is half past ten. In the same way when it is fifteen minutes past 10 o’clock, you could call it “a quarter past ten.”

Vikram What if it is thirty five minutes past ten?

Mrs.Verma After the half hour mark, you could start counting towards the next hour, That is to say, you could say’ Thirty five past ten ‘or you could say, “Twenty five to eleven.”

Vikram Can I say fifteen to eleven?

Mrs.Verma It would be better to either call it “ten forty five” or to say.” A quarter to eleven.”

Vikram That’s great. Now I can tell the time, so, get me a watch very soon. Please Mamma.


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