What’s the date today?

Learning Objective: To express dates in English correctly.

IMPORTANT NOTE: USE YOUR NOTEBOOK AND DICTIONARY TO COMPLETE THE

ACTIVITIES

HOW DO WE SAY THE DATE IN ENGLISH?

First let’s revise some vocabulary! Be careful, these words all start with CAPITAL
LETTER!!
Exercise 1: Write the days of the week
1) MONDAY 5) FRIDAY________________

2) TUESDAY_______ 6) SATURDAY__________________

3) WEDNESDAY_________ 7) SUNDAY___________________

4) THURSDAY _______________

Exercise 2. Write the months of the year

1) JANUARY_______________ 7) JULY_________________

2) FEBRUARY_____________ 8) AUGUST_____________

3) MARCH____________ 9) SEPTEMBER_____

4) APRIL__________ 10) OCTOBER_____

5) MAY_______________ 11) NOVEMBER

6) JUNE___________ 12) DECEMBER

 In British English we write: “Thursday 7th November 2013” and we say:
Thursday, the seventh of November 2013

“Monday 2nd September 2013” Monday, the second of September 2013

But, in American English we write: “November, Thursday 7th, 2013”

and we say: November, Thursday the seventh 2013

 To answer the question: When were you born? We use ON before the date

We say: I was born ON the Twenty- second of July…

 As for the YEARS:

The years before 2000 are said in groups of two numbers:

-1789 17 / 89 : seventeen eighty-nine

-1956 19 / 56 : nineteen fifty-six

From 2000 to 2009 we use the cardinal numbers:

- 2001 two thousand and one

- 2008 two thousand and eight

But from 2010 on, we can hear both possibilities:

-2010 twenty ten / two thousand and ten
-2019 twenty nineteen / two thousand and nineteen
 Exercise 3. Express the following years into digits:

1) nineteen ninety-nine: 1999

2) seventeen sixty-two: 1762
3) eighteen eighty-two: 1882
4) fifteen fifteen: 1515
5) sixteen seventy- two: 1672
6) two thousand and twenty: 2020
7) fifteen fifty: 1550
8) seventeen seventy-seven: 1777
9) two thousand and six: 2006
10) thirteen thirty: 1330

Exercise 4. Express the years into words

1) 1954: nineteen fifty-four

2) 1721: seventeen twenty-one

3) 1898: eighteen ninety-eight

4) 1512: fifteen twelve

5) 1991: nineteen ninety-one

6) 2007: two thousand and seven

7) 2019: two thousand and nineteen (twenty nineteen)

8) 1312: thirteen twelve

9) 1009: one thousand and nine (ten nine)

10) 2018: two thousand and eighteen (twenty eighteen)

 Exercise 5. How would you read these dates in British English?

Example:

Wednesday 1st August, 1997: “Wednesday, the first of August 1997”.

1) Thursday 7th April, 2008

Thursday, the seventh of April, 2008
2) Monday, 12th June, 1986
Monday, the twelfth of June, 1986
3) Wednesday 1st August, 2001
Wednesday, the first of August, 2001
4) Sunday 8th January, 2012
Sunday, the eighth of January, 2012
5) Tuesday 3rd September, 1996
Tuesday, the third of September, 1996
6) Friday 13th October, 2002
Friday, the thirteenth of October, 2002
7) Saturday 15th February, 2020
Saturday, the fifteenth of February, 2020
8) Thursday 31st March, 1884
Thursday, the thirty first of March, 1884
9) Wednesday 22nd December, 1659
Wednesday, the twenty second of December, 1659
10) Tuesday 18th February, 1716
Tuesday, the eighteenth of February, 1716