[color=blue]The weekdays
A week consists of seven days:
[color=blue]Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
The preposition used with days is ‘[color=blue]on’.
Examples:
[color=blue]On Saturday, I will go to the cinema.
[color=blue]On Monday, I have to work.
He is going to play football [color=blue]on Friday.
Ok? - Now…:
[color=green]The months
A year consists of twelve months:
[color=green]January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
The preposition used with months is '[color=green]in’.
Examples:
My birthday is [color=green]in May.
We will travel to Australia [color=green]in December.
[color=green]In September, Jenny will start her studies.
The four seasons:
spring: March, April, May
summer: June, July, August
autumn: September, October, November
winter: December, January, February
Examples:
A lot of flowers bloom in spring.
In winter it often snows.
[color=darkred]Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand one last aspect:
[color=darkred]The date
When you write the date on top of a letter of example you write:
[color=darkred]Saturday, December 11th 2004 or
[color=darkred]Saturday, Dec 11th 2004
When you use a date in a sentence you do as follows:
His birthday is [color=darkred]on [color=darkred]October 21st.
Christmas is [color=darkred]on December 25th.
[color=darkred]On January 1st the new year begins.
We will arrive [color=darkred]on March 22nd.
[b]You also say:
in 1985
in 2004
in the 19th century
in the twenties[/b]
Any questions?
In Unit 13 we are going to learn even more about the days of the week and the months of the year.