Measurement of Time Vocabulary
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Vocabulary
- calendar, clock, hourglass, watch
Learn measurement of time vocabulary in English
We use time to order events in the past, present and future. People divide time into units. The basic unit of time is the second. There are also minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years. To measure time is to measure the length of time. We measure time is many ways. A clock measures seconds, minutes, and hours. A calendar measures time by days, weeks and months.
This part of our picture dictionary presents some English words we use to talk about tools for measuring time. You can hear them pronounced by clicking on the pictures. How many of these words do you know?
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