Telling Time: Analog vs Digital

Front

Quarter past

Back

15 minutes after the hour

Front

Half past

Back

30 minutes after the hour

Front

Quarter to

Back

15 minutes before the next hour

Front

O’clock

Back

on the hour (e.g., 3:00)

Front

Ten to

Back

10 minutes before the hour

Front

Analog: Ten past six

Back

6:10

Front

Analog: Twenty to nine

Back

8:40

Front

Noon

Back

PM

Front

Midnight

Back

AM

Front

AM / PM

Back

midnight to noon, PM: noon to midnight