Telling Time Riddles: What Time Is It? (Grade 2)

About this worksheet

6 clock riddles for 2nd grade: read where the short and long hands point, draw the hands on the clock and write the time to the hour, half hour, quarter hour and five minutes. Answer key on page 2. It fits second grade readers, around ages 7 to 8.

Tips for using it

• Read the riddle twice: the first time for fun, the second time to look for the trick word.
• Ask "what else could that word mean?" when a riddle seems impossible.
• Let your child be the riddle master and read riddles to you; reading aloud to an audience builds fluency.

Printing tips

Download the PDF and print at 100% (or “fit to page” on A4). Page 1 is the worksheet and page 2 is the answer key with the answers in red; print just page 1 if you want to keep the answers for checking. The PNG shows page 1 only. Free for personal, family and classroom use.