Year 3
Year 3

Telling the time to am and pm

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Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will practise using 'to' and 'past' when telling the time from an analogue clock, and we will learn about the terms a.m. and p.m. We will use these new terms in sentences related to time and relate them to a linear time line.

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5 Questions

Q1.
What language do the abbreviations a.m. and p.m. come from?
English
German
Greek
Correct answer: Latin
Q2.
What is a.m. short for?
all morning
andente meridiem
Correct answer: ante meridiem
Q3.
What is p.m. short for?
past morning
Correct answer: post meridiem
post morning
Q4.
Ante meridiem means
after midday
after morning
Correct answer: before midday
before morning
Q5.
Post meridiem means
Correct answer: after midday
after morning
past morning