Hi there! How are you today?
Today's class is going to be about months and dates. Let's start first with the months, let's see the pronunciation:
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
And we use special numbers to say the dates. And it goes like this:
- First
- Second
- Third
- Fourth
- Fifth
- Sixth
- Seventh
- Eighth
- Ninth
- Tenth
- Eleventh
- Twelfth
- Thirteenth
- Fourteenth
- Fifteenth
- Sixteenth
- Seventeenth
- Eighteenth
- Nineteenth
- Twentieth
- Twenty-first
- Twenty-second
- Twenty-third
- Twenty-fourth
- Twenty-fifth
- Twenty-sexth
- Twenty-seventh
- Twenty-eighth
- Twenty-ninth
- Thirtieth
- Thirty-first
OK. Now, what are the rules? For the first three numbers they change. Its First, and we write the date, number one with st. So, for example, we can say: January First. And you can write it complete, but usually you use the number 1st.
Now, the next one; Second. We use the last two letter nd. Second, so we can write number two with nd. January second. Then comes: Third. The last two letter rd, we use it with the number three. Third.
Then we go on to fourth, it ends in th, so we can use the number 4 with a th. 4th. And that will go on with each number: fifth, sixth, seventh. Until we come to the next one that is first which is twenty-first. We write twenty, a dash and then first. Or 21, the number, st. And again, with twenty-second, 22nd, thwenty-third, we write 23rd, when we get to four, 24th, up until thirty-first. And we do the same thing. Thirty, dash, first, or 31st.
So, this is the explanation in order to be able to say any kind of dates. For example, if your birthday is in October; October fifth, so you write October 5th.
Any questions?