DATES

MONTHS OF THE YEARSEMESTER 1SEMESTER 2

JanuaryJuly

FebruaryAugust

MarchSeptember

AprilOctober

MayNovember

JuneDecember

Exercise 1. Answer the questions.a. When do people celebrate mothers day? In Mayb. When do people celebrate Christmas? In December c. When do people celebrate independence of Colombia? In Julyd. When do people celebrate Saint Valentines? In February e. When do people celebrate Folklore in Ibagu? In Junef. When do people celebrate Thanks giving in the USA? In November

ORDINAL NUMBERS

1First11Eleventh21Twenty-first2Second12Twelfth22Twenty-second3Third13Thirteenth23Twenty-third4Fourth14Fourteenth24Twenty-fourth5Fifth15Fifteenth25Twenty-fifth6Sixth16Sixteenth30Thirtieth7Seventh17Seventeenth31Thirty-first8Eight18Eighteenth9Ninth19Nineteenth10Tenth20Twentieth

In English its possible to work dates with either cardinal or ordinal numbers. But this time we will cover this theme using Ordinal Numbers. Read and analyze these examples given to you to explain this in a better way.

January twenty-fourth;March twelfth;July thirty-firstSeptember eleventh;August first;March twenty-fifthDecember seventeenth;June eighth;February second

Exercise 2. Write these dates in letters. The first number is the month and the second number is the day.a. 03-22 March twenty-second f. 11-01 November firstb. 12-24 December twenty-fourth g. 01-13 January thirteenthc. 09-20 September twentieth h. 06-30 June thirtieth d. 05-19 May nineteenth i. 04-26 April twenty-sixth e. 07-31 July thirty-first j. 02-21 February twenty-first

SAYING YEARS

To include the year, its important to know that you cant use the words thousand or hundred as we use to name quantities in English. Read these examples and take out your own conclusions. Be careful with the years from 2000 on.

1972 : Nineteen seventy-two;1998 : Nineteen ninety-eight1965 : Nineteen sixty-five;1990 : Nineteen ninety1986 : Nineteen eighty-six;2000: Two thousand2005 : Two thousand (and) five;2010 : Two thousand (and) ten / Twenty Ten

Exercise 3. Answer these questions. Use letters in all the answers.a. When is your birthday? Its on August tenb. When is your mothers birthday? Its on December thirty-onec. When is your fathers birthday? Its on May fived. When is your sisters birthday? Its on December twenty-onee. When is your brothers birthday? Its on February fourteen

Exercise 4. Answer these questions. Use letters to write the years.a. When were you born? In Nineteen eighty-eightb. When was your mother born? In Nineteen seventy-three c. When was your father born? In Nineteen fifty-fourd. When was your sister born? In Two thousand and onee. When was your brother born? In Nineteen ninety-one