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Learning how to say the dates correctly helps you improve in the English language. Here, we'll tell you all about it.
How Do We Express Dates?
Expressing dates involves writing the month, day, and year to refer to a specific day on the calendar.
How to Ask About Dates?
To ask about the date, the following questions can be used. The answers to these questions start with “It is…”.
- What day is it? + It is December 24th.
- What month is it? + It is August.
- What year is it? + It’s 2023.
Names of the Days
A week has 7 days. The following list gives the names of weekdays:
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Names of Months
A year has 12 months. Each month has 4 weeks and 29 to 31 days. Take a look at the list below:
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
How to Write the Dates
Now, to read the date, start with the first number which is the day. Then, move on to the month, and then the year.
In order to read the date, use ordinal numbers. Look at the list below to learn some of them:
1 → First
2 → Second
3 → Third
4 → Fourth
5 → Fifth
5/9/2025 → the fifth of November
1/3/1998 → the first of March
3/12/2007 → the third of December
Prepositions
When talking about dates, different prepositions are used. 'In' is used when talking about the year and the month, and 'on' is used when talking about the day. Look:
I'm going to Italy in June.
I may visit her on Sunday.
They were in France in 1998.
Warning!
Note that the names of days and months are proper nouns and their first letter is always in uppercase.
Quiz:
Which of the following is the correct way to express the date "4/10/2024"?
The fourth of October, 2024
The fourth of March, 2024
The fourth of May, 2024
The tenth of September, 2024
Sort the names of months in the correct order.
Match the items in Column A to the correct description in Column B.
Which sentence correctly uses a preposition when referring to a date?
I will see her in Monday.
I will see her on Monday.
I will see her at Monday.
I will see her to Monday.
Complete the sentences by filling in the blanks with the correct date, day, or preposition.
My birthday is
January 15th.
We moved to our new house in
2019.
Her wedding anniversary is
December 12th.
A: What
is it? B: It is December.
A: What
is it? B: It is Tuesday, December 24th.
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