LoginExpressing Dates
Telling the date is one of the most common subjects in our daily life. In this lesson, we will learn how to express the date of something.
How Do We Express Dates?
Expressing dates involved 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…”.
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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
1/3/1998 → the
3/12/2007 → the third of
3/12/2007 → le trois
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
I may visit her
They were in France
Warning!
Note that the names of days and months are proper nouns and their first letter is always in uppercase.
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