World · page 21 2101Reading the clock: hours, minutes and the two hands18 sentences · A clock with hands is like a race track with two runners: the long hand races all the way round once every h…102Quarter past, quarter to, and how people really say the time22 sentences · An hour is like a pizza cut into 4 equal slices: each slice is a quarter of an hour, 15 minutes, because 60…103Morning, afternoon and the 24-hour clock23 sentences · A day has 24 hours, but an ordinary clock face shows only 12, so its short hand goes round twice a day: once…104Timetables: buses, trains, TV and the school day20 sentences · A timetable is a promise written as a list of times: when the bus comes, when the train leaves and arrives,…105Alarms, stopwatches and how long a second is19 sentences · A second is about as long as it takes to say "one Mississippi" or "one elephant" at a calm speed. 60 seconds…106Late and early: being where you need to be on time28 sentences · Being on time is a sum done backwards.107How long until? Counting on across the hour25 sentences · "Muuum, how long till we get there?" It is 2:35 and they arrive at 3:10.108How long since? Counting back21 sentences · "How long since?" asks how much time has passed from something that already happened until now.109"Five more minutes" and other waiting games27 sentences · "Five more minutes!" Kai asks at 8:00 and finally stops at 8:25, when Dad pulls the plug: 25 minutes, five l…110Why time flies and why it drags26 sentences · Clocks tick at the same speed whatever you are doing, but your feeling of time does not.111Days, weeks and months22 sentences · A week has 7 days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.112Leap years and 29 February birthdays24 sentences · The Earth takes about 365 days and 6 hours to go once round the Sun, but a calendar can only count whole days.113Seasons, terms and holidays22 sentences · The Earth is tilted, like a spinning top leaning to one side.114Birthdays, ages and "how many sleeps"20 sentences · On 18 December, Christmas on the 25th is 25 − 18 = 7 sleeps away.115What day of the week will it be?22 sentences · The days of the week go round like the seats on a merry-go-round with 7 seats: every 7 days the same day com…116How our calendar was made: Romans, Julius Caesar and Pope Gregory22 sentences · A calendar is a set of rules for counting days into months and years so that the dates stay in step with the…117Other calendars: Chinese New Year, Islamic and Jewish calendars, and Christmas in Ukraine20 sentences · A calendar can follow the Sun, the Moon, or both.118Day and night, shadows and sundials20 sentences · The Sun does not go anywhere at night.119The Moon's month and the year round the Sun25 sentences · Two movements give us our biggest everyday units of time.120Time zones: why it's night in Sydney when it's day in London20 sentences · As the Earth spins, morning sweeps round the planet, so it cannot be the same clock time everywhere and stil…121The date line and summer time: clocks going forward and back18 sentences · Somewhere the date has to change, or a traveller going east round the world would keep adding hours forever.122Clocks before clocks: sundials, water clocks, candles and hourglasses24 sentences · Anything that changes at a steady speed can be a clock: a shadow sliding round, water dripping out, a candle…123Pendulums, Greenwich and railway time, atomic clocks and phones23 sentences · A good clock needs something that repeats at a steady beat and something that counts the beats.124Decades, centuries and millennia19 sentences · Big stretches of time have names: a decade is 10 years, a century 100 years and a millennium 1,000 years (tw…125BC and AD, dinosaurs and pyramids, and timelines26 sentences · Our year numbers count from a starting point that a monk worked out about 1,500 years ago.126"In the olden days": Grandad's 199020 sentences · "Back in the day" and "in my day" mean "when I was young", so the day changes with whoever says it.127Sleep and the body clock23 sentences · Your body has its own clock, called the body clock or circadian rhythm ("about a day"), which runs on about…128Growing up: ages of people and pets, and the "dog years" myth21 sentences · Living things age at very different speeds.129Being on time around the world, waiting your turn and deadlines24 sentences · Being "on time" means different things in different places.130Screen time, wasted time, and putting it all together22 sentences · Small daily times add up to huge yearly ones: 2 hours of games a day is 14 hours a week and 730 hours a year…161Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions23 sentences · Grandad wears his "lucky" red socks for every big match.162Who stole the remote? Jumping to conclusions at home25 sentences · Dad can't find the TV remote.163"Because I said so" and other dead-end reasons23 sentences · Ethan asks why he has to go to bed at eight.164"It worked once": one example is not all24 sentences · Little Finn jumped in a puddle once and didn't get told off.165The brother who never does anything wrong: double standards at home21 sentences · Mum: "He must have done it on a different sheet." The evidence says one thing, and Mum invents an excuse so…166"Everyone has one!": the crowd is not a reason27 sentences · Zara wants the new light-up trainers.167The rumour that grows26 sentences · Monday: "Mr Hughes has a cold." Tuesday: "Mr Hughes is really ill." Wednesday: "Mr Hughes is in hospital." T…168The whole class punished, and "you didn't say no"23 sentences · Someone draws on the board while the teacher is out.169Bets, dares and silly reasons19 sentences · Charlie bets Noah a chocolate bar that he can hold his breath for five minutes: "My cousin can do it." But h…170The football argument that goes in circles23 sentences · Two boys argue: "Messi's better because he's the best." "No, Ronaldo's better because he's the greatest." Fo…171"I'm due a win": the gambler's fallacy26 sentences · Jayden and his mate flip a coin for the last slice of pizza.172Loot boxes, streaks and the sunk cost24 sentences · In his game, Ollie opens loot boxes (paid surprise boxes with a random prize) for a legendary skin.173"The game is rigged because I lost"27 sentences · Max loses a game of FIFA online and throws the controller.174The YouTuber who is right about everything27 sentences · Jack's favourite YouTuber is brilliant at Minecraft.175"It's on TikTok so it's true" and the comment section24 sentences · Ollie sees a TikTok saying a phone charges if you put it in the microwave for ten seconds.176Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats"18 sentences · An advert is made by someone who wants your money, so it shows the best bits, hides the catch in tiny letter…177"Crime is up, I saw it on the news"19 sentences · The news is a list of the most unusual and frightening things that happened somewhere in the whole country t…178The politician's either-or and the straw man16 sentences · Two tricks turn up in nearly every argument on TV, from every side: the either-or and the straw man.179"It's natural so it's healthy" and the miracle cure22 sentences · "It's natural, so it's good for you" sounds kind and cosy, but nature also makes deadly nightshade, poisonou…180Correlation is not cause: ice cream and sunburn20 sentences · On hot days more ice creams are sold and more people get sunburnt, yet ice cream doesn't burn anyone: the su…181Trick questions that catch quick thinkers20 sentences · Trick questions are built to catch quick thinkers: they get you starting the sum before you have read all th…182Sounds wrong, but is right19 sentences · Some true answers sound so wrong that people laugh, until they check.183Sounds right, but is wrong20 sentences · These answers jump out at you, sound perfect, and are wrong.184"If... then..." and its traps22 sentences · "If it rains, the grass gets wet" is a one-way street: rain leads to wet grass.185Some, all, none and "not all"21 sentences · Small words do big jobs.186"How do you know?"21 sentences · The best question in the world has four words: "How do you know?" It isn't rude; it asks for the road from t…187One counterexample is enough21 sentences · Big words like "all", "every", "never" and "nobody" make big claims, and big claims are fragile: one clear e…188Check the claim, not the person24 sentences · A claim is true or false all by itself: two plus two is four whether a professor says it, a six-year-old say…189Fighting fair: no straw men, no moving goalposts, no either-or21 sentences · Arguing is fine; arguing unfairly is the problem.190Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel26 sentences · Everybody gets things wrong.191A fair trial, and the Wonderland court that gets it all wrong16 sentences · At the end of «Alice's Adventures in Wonderland» the Knave of Hearts is put on trial for stealing the Queen'…192Olympiad: time and calendar puzzles ★★★20 sentences · Time puzzles look like sums, but most of them hide one trap: a gap counted as a moment, a year 0 that never…193Olympiad: logic traps and if-then ★★★20 sentences · Logic puzzles are built from small, safe moves: if A always brings B and there is no B, then there was no A.194Olympiad: everyday reasoning ★★★20 sentences · Everyday puzzles hide in socks, fences, queues and stairs.1 2← previousUkrainian street↑ back to the schoolThis page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/page/2/