Chapter 8 : Time

🕒 Learning to Read the Clock!

Hello, young learners! Today, we will learn how to read the hour and minute hands on a clock. This is a very important skill, and we will make it fun and easy for you!

Colorful Analog Clock

📚 Lesson: Reading the Clock

The clock has two hands:

  • Hour Hand: Short and thick. It tells us the hour.
  • Minute Hand: Long and thin. It tells us the minutes.

When the hour hand points to a number, and the minute hand points to 12, it is a full hour. For example:

Clock showing 3 o'clock

This clock shows 3 o’clock.

✅ Solved Examples

Example 1: What time is it?

Clock showing 5:30

Answer: 8:00

Explanation: The hour hand is at 8 , and the minute hand is on 12.

Example 2: What time is it?

Clock showing 9:00

Answer: 9:00

Explanation: The hour hand is at 9, and the minute hand is on 12.

📝 Practice Exercise

Now, let’s practice! Look at the clocks below and write the time in the space provided.

Question 1: What time is it?

Clock showing 3 o'clock

Answer: __________

Question 2: What time is it?

Clock showing 3 o'clock

Answer: __________

Question 3: What time is it?

Clock showing 3 o'clock

Answer: __________

Question 4: What time is it?

Clock showing 3 o'clock

Answer: __________

Question 5: What time is it?

Clock showing 3 o'clock

Answer: __________

Question 6: What time is it?

Clock showing 3 o'clock

Answer: __________

Question 7: What time is it?

Clock showing 3 o'clock

Answer: __________

Question 8: What time is it?

Clock showing 3 o'clock

Answer: __________

🔑 Solutions

Here are the answers to the practice exercises:

  1. 8:25
  2. 2:05
  3. 7:45
  4. 1:00
  5. 4:00
  6. 5:00
  7. 10:00
  8. 11:00

🌟 Let’s Learn About Time! 🌟

For Ages 7–8 (Grade 2–3) • Days of the Week • Months of the Year

📅 Days of the Week

There are 7 days in a week. Let’s learn their names and order!

Days of the Week Illustration

✅ Solved Questions

  1. Question: What day comes after Monday?

    Answer: Tuesday

    Explanation: The days of the week always follow the same order: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

  2. Question: If today is Wednesday, what day was it yesterday?

    Answer: Tuesday

    Explanation: Yesterday is always the day before today. So, if today is Wednesday, yesterday was Tuesday.

  3. Question: What day comes before Sunday?

    Answer: Saturday

    Explanation: The day before Sunday is always Saturday.

  4. Question: How many days are there in a week?

    Answer: 7

    Explanation: There are always 7 days in a week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.

  5. Question: What is the third day of the week?

    Answer: Wednesday

    Explanation: The days of the week in order are: 1. Monday, 2. Tuesday, 3. Wednesday.

  6. Question: If today is Friday, what day will it be tomorrow?

    Answer: Saturday

    Explanation: Tomorrow is always the day after today. So, if today is Friday, tomorrow will be Saturday.

  7. Question: What day is between Tuesday and Thursday?

    Answer: Wednesday

    Explanation: The days of the week in order are: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday.

  8. Question: What is the first day of the week?

    Answer: Monday

    Explanation: The week starts with Monday.

  9. Question: What is the last day of the week?

    Answer: Sunday

    Explanation: The week ends with Sunday.

  10. Question: If today is Saturday, what day will it be the day after tomorrow?

    Answer: Monday

    Explanation: Tomorrow will be Sunday, and the day after tomorrow will be Monday.

  11. Question: What day comes after Thursday?

    Answer: Friday

    Explanation: The days of the week in order are: Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

  12. Question: What day comes before Monday?

    Answer: Sunday

    Explanation: The day before Monday is always Sunday.

📝 Practice Exercise: Days of the Week

Try to solve these questions on your own! Answers are at the end.

  1. What day comes after Wednesday?
  2. If today is Sunday, what day was it yesterday?
  3. What is the fifth day of the week?
  4. What day is between Friday and Sunday?
  5. If today is Thursday, what day will it be tomorrow?
  6. What is the second day of the week?
  7. What day comes before Saturday?
  8. If today is Tuesday, what day will it be the day after tomorrow?
  9. What is the fourth day of the week?
  10. What day comes after Saturday?
  11. What is the sixth day of the week?
  12. If today is Monday, what day was it two days ago?

🔑 Answers:

  1. Thursday
  2. Saturday
  3. Friday
  4. Saturday
  5. Friday
  6. Tuesday
  7. Friday
  8. Thursday
  9. Thursday
  10. Sunday
  11. Saturday
  12. Saturday

📅 Months of the Year

There are 12 months in a year. Let’s learn their names and order!

Months of the Year Illustration

✅ Solved Questions

  1. Question: What is the first month of the year?

    Answer: January

    Explanation: The year starts with January.

  2. Question: What month comes after March?

    Answer: April

    Explanation: The months of the year in order are: March, April, May.

  3. Question: What is the last month of the year?

    Answer: December

    Explanation: The year ends with December.

  4. Question: What month comes before July?

    Answer: June

    Explanation: The month before July is always June.

  5. Question: How many months are there in a year?

    Answer: 12

    Explanation: There are always 12 months in a year.

  6. Question: What is the sixth month of the year?

    Answer: June

    Explanation: The months of the year in order are: 1. January, 2. February, 3. March, 4. April, 5. May, 6. June.

  7. Question: What month comes after September?

    Answer: October

    Explanation: The months of the year in order are: September, October, November.

  8. Question: What is the third month of the year?

    Answer: March

    Explanation: The months of the year in order are: 1. January, 2. February, 3. March.

  9. Question: What month comes before May?

    Answer: April

    Explanation: The month before May is always April.

  10. Question: What is the ninth month of the year?

    Answer: September

    Explanation: The months of the year in order are: 1. January, 2. February, 3. March, 4. April, 5. May, 6. June, 7. July, 8. August, 9. September.

  11. Question: What month comes after November?

    Answer: December

    Explanation: The months of the year in order are: November, December.

  12. Question: What is the eighth month of the year?

    Answer: August

    Explanation: The months of the year in order are: 1. January, 2. February, 3. March, 4. April, 5. May, 6. June, 7. July, 8. August.

📝 Practice Exercise: Months of the Year

Try to solve these questions on your own! Answers are at the end.

  1. What is the second month of the year?
  2. What month comes after April?
  3. What is the seventh month of the year?
  4. What month comes before October?
  5. What is the eleventh month of the year?
  6. What month comes after June?
  7. What is the fourth month of the year?
  8. What month comes before March?
  9. What is the tenth month of the year?
  10. What month comes after August?
  11. What is the fifth month of the year?
  12. What month comes before January?

🔑 Answers:

  1. February
  2. May
  3. July
  4. September
  5. November
  6. July
  7. April
  8. February
  9. October
  10. September
  11. May
  12. December

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