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    This document provides information and examples for how to write and say dates in spoken and written English. It discusses using ordinals like "first" versus cardinals like "one" for dates. The key differences between American and British English are that in the US, the month is said before the day, while in the UK the day is said before the month. Examples are given for writing out dates with months, years, decades and centuries in words or numerals. An exercise provides practice writing out sample dates in the formats.

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    This document provides information and examples for how to write and say dates in spoken and written English. It discusses using ordinals like "first" versus cardinals like "one" for dates. The key differences between American and British English are that in the US, the month is said before the day, while in the UK the day is said before the month. Examples are given for writing out dates with months, years, decades and centuries in words or numerals. An exercise provides practice writing out sample dates in the formats.

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    This document provides information and examples for how to write and say dates in spoken and written English. It discusses using ordinals like "first" versus cardinals like "one" for dates. The key differences between American and British English are that in the US, the month is said before the day, while in the UK the day is said before the month. Examples are given for writing out dates with months, years, decades and centuries in words or numerals. An exercise provides practice writing out sample dates in the formats.

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    Dates in English ON + Dates and Days

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    This document provides information and examples for how to write and say dates in spoken and written English. It discusses using ordinals like "first" versus cardinals like "one" for dates. The key differences between American and British English are that in the US, the month is said before the day, while in the UK the day is said before the month. Examples are given for writing out dates with months, years, decades and centuries in words or numerals. An exercise provides practice writing out sample dates in the formats.

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    DATES IN ENGLISH

    ON + Dates and Days


    We write: He was born on 2nd March 1960
    We say: He was born on the second of May nineteen-sixty
    ON + Monday/ Tuesday/ Wednesday/ Thursday/ Friday/ Saturday / Sunday
    IN + Months, seasons, years, decades, centuries
    My birthday is in January not in June
    He was born in 1985

    COUNTRY WRITTEN SPOKEN ENGLISH


    ENGLISH
    March 7 → March seventh
    Month + Day Even if the –th is not written, an
    ordinal number is still said.
    December 21→ ____________________________
    The United States of
    America
    7th March → The seventh of March
    Day + Month

    21st December ____________________________


    →
    U.K.

    ORDINAL NUMBERS
    We always use ordinal numbers for the date in spoken English:

    1st first 11th eleventh 21st twenty first


    2nd second 12th twelfth 22nd twenty second
    3rd third 13th thirteenth 23rd twenty third
    4th fourth 14th fourteenth 24th twenty fourth
    5th fifth 15th fifteenth 25th twenty fifth
    6th sixth 16th sixteenth 26th twenty sixth
    7th seventh 17th seventeenth 27th twenty seventh
    8th eighth 18th eighteenth 28th twenty eighth
    9th ninth 19th nineteenth 29th twenty ninth
    10th tenth 20th twentieth 30th thirtieth
    31st Thirty first
    MONTHS: Months always start with capital letters. Remember: IN + Month
    January May September
    February June October
    March July November
    April August December

    YEARS: Years are normally divided into two parts:

    19 84
    Nineteen eighty-four
    But now let’s study these years:

    1900: nineteen hundred


    1902: nineteen oh two
    1980: nineteen eighty
    2001. two thousand and one
    2010: two thousand and ten or twenty ten

    Check the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vw54Nu1SXcE

    Exercise: Now read and write these dates: Month/ Day /year
    1. 06/05/2001: ___________________________________________________________
    2. 08/17/1965: ___________________________________________________________
    3. 01/01/1800: ___________________________________________________________
    4. 11/22/1993: ___________________________________________________________
    5. 05/13/2017: ___________________________________________________________

    Answer the following questions.

    1. When’s your birthday? ___________________________________________________


    2. When’s Thanksgiving Day? _______________________________________________
    3. When’s Mother’s Day? ___________________________________________________
    4. When’s Christmas? _____________________________________________________
    5. When’s Halloween? _____________________________________________________
    LISTENING

    1. Write these dates as words.


    Example: 1173 – eleven seventy-three

    1.
    2.
    3.
    4.
    5.

    2. Write these dates as words.

    1.
    2.
    3.
    4.
    5.

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