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Dates

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British people say…

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DAY + MONTH + YEAR

Monday 31st May, 2021.

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Remember...

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We use ORDINAL NUMBERS to say the dates...

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What are ORDINAL NUMBERS?

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  • They’re different from CARDINAL NUMBERS
  • They indicate order or position.

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CARDINAL ORDINAL

ONE FIRST

TWO SECOND

THREE THIRD

FOUR FOURTH

FIVE FIFTH

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  • FIRST → 1st
  • SECOND → 2nd
  • THIRD → 3rd
  • From FOURTH to TWENTIETH → We say:
  • Fourth → 4th
  • Fifth → 5th
  • Sixth → 6th

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  • Nineteenth → 19th
  • Twentieth → 20th

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  • We change again on:
  • Twenty-first → 21st
  • Twenty-second → 22nd
  • Twenty-third → 23rd

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  • From Twenty-fourth to Thirtieth:
  • Twenty-fourth → 24th
  • Twenty-fifth → 25th
  • Twenty-sixth → 26th
  • Twenty-seventh → 27th
  • Twenty-eighth → 28th
  • Twenty-ninth -->29th
  • Thirtieth -->30th

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  • We change again on Thirty-first → 31st

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Remember...

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Months start with CAPITAL LETTERS

  • January - July
  • February - August
  • March - September
  • April - October
  • May - November
  • June - December

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Remember…

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we write :

Monday 31st May, 2021

but we say:

“Monday, the thirty first of May ...”

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Yes… English is a funny language...