Telling the time in French

Drag the hands around the clock to see how to tell the time in French.

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Exercises

The general way to say "it is ____ o'clock" is il est ____ heures. What are the exceptions?
When don't you put the -s on heures?

The general way to say "half past" is et demie. When don't you put the -e on demie? Why do you think that is?
There's generally no word for past (as in twenty past three). What are the two exceptions where the word et must be used to indicate 'past' the hour?
What word translates to as in "it's quarter to six"?
What do you have to be careful about with quarter to and quarter past?