Language Note 3 5 MONTHS DAYS AND DATES

Language Note 3. 5 MONTHS, DAYS, AND DATES

Part 1: A) Below is a list of the months in order from first to last. Months Short Form 1 January Jan 7 July Jul 2 February Feb 8 August Aug 3 March Mar 9 September Sep 4 April Apr 10 October Oct 11 November Nov 12 December Dec 5 May 6 June Jun

B) Instructions: With a partner, answer these questions about the UAE. Ø 1. Which month is National Day in? Ø 2. Which month usually has the most rain? Ø 3. Which month is usually the hottest? Ø 4. Which month has the fewest number of days? Ø 5. Which month is your favorite? Why?

C) We use the preposition in with months and years. Ø Look at the examples with months. birthday is in November. Ø Look at the examples with years. Ø She was born in 1999. Ø Her Ø The Ø Mohammed ØI ØI school year begins in August. traveled to Morocco in March. UAE became a country in 1971. graduated from high school in 2014. will travel to Korea in June, 2020.

Part 2: A) Look at the information below about cardinal and ordinal numbers. We use ordinal numbers when talking about dates. Ø My birthday is on the sixth (6 th) of May. Ø The exam is on July twenty-third (23 rd). When writing the date, we can write the cardinal number, but when speaking, we must say the ordinal number.

Cardinal Numbers for counting & about amount ( ﻣﻴﺔ ) 1 = one 2 = two 3 = three 4 = four 5 = five 6 = six 7 = seven 8 = eight 9 = nine 10 = ten 11 = eleven 12 = twelve 13 = thirteen 14 = fourteen 15 = fifteen 16 = sixteen Ordinal Numbers for dates & about order ( ) ﺗﺮﺗﻴﺐ 1 st = first 2 nd = second 3 rd = third 4 th = fourth 5 th = fifth 6 th = sixth 7 th = seventh 8 th = eighth 9 th = ninth 10 th = tenth 11 th = eleventh 12 th = twelfth 13 th = thirteenth 14 th = fourteenth 15 th = fifteenth 16 th = sixteenth Cardinal Numbers for counting & about amount ( ﻣﻴﺔ 17 = seventeen 18 = eighteen 19 = nineteen 20 = twenty 21 = twenty-one 22 = twenty-two 23 = twenty-three 24 = twenty-four 25 = twenty-five 26 = twenty-six 27 = twenty-seven 28 = twenty-eight 29 = twenty-nine 30 = thirty 31 = thirty-one ) Ordinal Numbers for dates & about order ( ) ﺗﺮﺗﻴﺐ 17 th = seventeenth 18 th = eighteenth 19 th = nineteenth 20 th = twentieth 21 st = twenty-first 22 nd = twenty-second 23 rd = twenty-third 24 th = twenty-fourth 25 th = twenty-fifth 26 th = twenty-sixth 27 th = twenty-seventh 28 th = twenty-eighth 29 th = twenty-ninth 30 th = thirtieth 31 st = thirty-first

B) Instructions: Ask and answer these questions with a partner. Be careful! Make sure that you use ordinal numbers in your answer when speaking. Ø 1. When is your birthday? Ø 2. When is National Day in the UAE? Ø 3. When did the quarter begin? Ø 4. When is the final exam?

C) We use the preposition on with days and dates. Ø Look at the examples with days. Ø Our class meets in the computer lab on Mondays. ØI have chemistry on Monday and Wednesday. Ø My friends and I enjoy going to the mall on Saturday.

Ø Look at the examples with dates. Ø The UAE became a country on December 2, 1971. will take the IELTS exam on 14 January. Extra Information! Ø Maryam Ø Cristiano Ronaldo was born on 5 February 1985. Ø She graduated on June 5. Ø Their wedding will be on the 31 of March. Ø There are two popular ways to write the date in English: Ø month / day / year Ø day / month / year