DAYS, DATES AND TIME

DAYS, DATES AND TIME

Days of the week are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Months of the year are January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August,

September, October, November, December

Some well-known days, which are always on the same dates each year: New Year's Day (1st January), Valentine's Day (14th February), Hallowe'en (31st October), Bonfire

Night (5th November), Christmas Eve (24th December), Christmas Day (25th

December), Boxing Day (26th December), New Year's Eve (31st December)

Other days or periods which change each year: Ramadan, Good Friday, Easter Day

Dates are written like this: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th etc

You can write: 14th May 2003 or May 14th, 2003 or 14.5.03 or 14/5/03 but you say: the fourteenth of May two thousand and three or: May the fourteenth two thousand and three.

  

Exercise 1:

Answer these questions about Days, weeks and months of the year:

What day is it tomorrow?

What day was it yesterday?

What day is it the day after tomorrow?

What day was it the day before yesterday?

Which month are we in at the moment?

Which month is the first of the year?

Which month is the last o f the year?

Which month has the fewest days?

Which month has the fewest letters?

Exercise 2:

What is the time? Write each of these times in words:

A- 4.45

B- 11.15

C- 8.40

D- 2.35

E- 5.30

F- 1.15

G- 7.30

H- 6.45

I- 9.55

J- 9.05