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DaysDays

Monday (Mon)*Monday (Mon)*Tuesday (Tue)*Tuesday (Tue)*

Wednesday (Wed)*Wednesday (Wed)*Thursday (Thu)*Thursday (Thu)*

Friday (Fri)*Friday (Fri)*Saturday (Sat)*Saturday (Sat)*Sunday (Sun)*Sunday (Sun)*

*AbbreviationNotice that in English,

the days of the week are always CAPITALISED

The days of the The days of the week:week:

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Now, Now, answeranswer::

What’s your favorite What’s your favorite day of the week?day of the week?Why?Why? What do you do What do you do in your favorite day?in your favorite day?

MonthsMonths

JulyAugust (Aug)September (Sept)October (Oct)November(Nov)December (Dec)

The months of the yearThe months of the year

January (Jan)February (Feb)March (Mar)April (Apr)MayJune In English,

the months of the year are always CAPITALISED.

Activity: Unscramble the following Activity: Unscramble the following words to form the months of the year.words to form the months of the year.

mestepreb _____________bryefura _____________rhacm _____________neju _____________ulyj _____________mevnerob _____________

pilar _____________berotoc _____________ryanaju _____________remedceb _____________yam _____________tuagus _____________

Word Word SearchSearch PuzzlePuzzle

Find the days of the week and the months of the year in the following puzzle.

OrdinalOrdinal NumbersNumbers

When we place objects in order, we use ordinal ordinal numbersnumbers to tell their position.  Ordinal numbers are similar to cardinal numbers but they are given an ending: ‘th’ and some of them have changes. Look:

four - fourth eleven – eleventh but… one - first

two - second three - third

five - fifth eight - eighth

nine - ninth twelve - twelfth

In compound ordinal numbers, note that only the last figure is written as an ordinal number:

421st = four hundred and twenty-first 5,111th = five thousand, one hundred and eleventh

11 stst first 1111 thth eleventh 2121 stst twenty-first 3131 stst thirty-first

22 ndnd second 1212 thth twelfth 2222 ndnd twenty-second 4040 thth fortieth

33 rdrd third 1313 thth thirteenth 2323 rdrd twenty-third 5050 thth fiftieth

44 thth fourth 1414 thth fourteenth 2424 thth twenty-fourth 6060 thth sixtieth

55 thth fifth 1515 thth fifteenth 2525 thth twenty-fifth 7070 thth seventieth

66 thth sixth 1616 thth sixteenth 2626 thth twenty-sixth 8080 thth eightieth

77 thth seventh

1717 thth seventeenth

2727 thth twenty-seventh 9090 thth ninetieth

88 thth eighth 1818 thth eighteenth 2828 thth twenty-eighth 101000

thth one hundredth

99 thth ninth 1919 thth nineteenth 2929 thth twenty-ninth 1,0001,000 thth one thousandth

1010 thth tenth 2020 thth twentieth 3030 thth thirtieth 1,000,0001,000,000 thth one millionth

Here you have a table of ordinal Here you have a table of ordinal numbers:numbers:

DatesDates

In English we express dates in different ways. Thus, we have differences when writing dates. Look:

In British EnglishBritish English the day is usually put before the month. If you wish, you can add the ending of the ordinal number. You can put a comma before the year, but this is not common anymore in British English.

Example: 5(th) October(,) 2004

In American EnglishAmerican English the month is usually put before the day. If you wish, you can put the definite article before the day. It is common to write a comma before the year.

Example: October (the) 5(th), 2004

You can also write the date by using numbers only. The most common forms are:

Example: 5/10/04 or 5-10-04

Now, notice how we read or say dates:

If you put the day before the month, use the definite article

before the day and the preposition of of before the month.

So, if we have the date: 5 October 2004 , we read it like this: the fifth of October, two thousand and four

If you put the month before the day, use the definite article before the day in British English. In American English, the definite article can be dropped.

So we read October 5, 2004 as October (the) fifth, two thousand and four.

Activity:Activity: Write down the following dates in the Write down the following dates in the way you would write them, for example, in a letter.way you would write them, for example, in a letter.

• 6/06/2009 ________________________________

• 24/03/2010 _______________________________

• 4/10/2000 _______________________________

• 12/02/2007 _______________________________

• 21/03/2008 _______________________________

• 16/04/2003 _______________________________

For further practice on dates: http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/vocabulary/date/

exercises?type=spoken

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/vocabulary/date/exercises?type=written

Seasons

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It is the season between winter and summer. In this time,

March, April and May, flowers bloom and hibernating animals

leave their winter sleeping places.

SUMMER

It is the warmest time of the year and it rains a lot. Summer ranges from June to August

AUTUMN

It is sometimes called Fall because of the falling leaves. In autumn time, September, October and November, in different parts of the world leaves change color.

WINTER

Winter is the coldest season of the year. It ranges over December, January and February.

WeatherWeather

How do we describe the weather for each season? To ask how the weather is we usually use a question

““What’s the weather like?”What’s the weather like?”

It’s It’s ++ adjectiveadjective

SunnySunny

PartlyPartly cloudycloudy

ClearClear

BeautifuBeautifull

HotHot

CoColdld

Foggy

CloudyCloudy

HaiHailingling

RaiRainy/ny/ raining

SnowSnowinging

StormyStormy

WindyWindy

Activity:Activity: Describe each Describe each season’s weather in your season’s weather in your country. Use the adjectives country. Use the adjectives above.above.