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1 DATES DATES British English In British English the day is usually put before the month. If you wish, you can add the ending of the ordinal number. You write: 1st October, 2006 You read: The 1st of October two thousand and six American English In American English the month is usually put before the day. If you wish, you can put the definite article before the day. It is common to write a comma before the year. You write: October 1st,2006 You read: October the first two thousand and six Years From 2000 onwards, years are pronounced like ordinary cardinal numbers. two thousand two thousand and six Earlier years are pronounced differently: the first two figures are a number and the last two figures are a number. Nineteen seventy-two 1515 – Fifteen fifteen DAYS Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday MONTH January February March April May June July August September October November December SEASONS Spring Summer Autumn winter When you give an exact date, use the preposition on. I was born on October 11th 1972 If you want to give the month or the year without an exact date, use the preposition in. I was born in October I got married in 1999

2 Ordinal Numbers from 1 through 1,000,000
Ordinal numbers, are numbers used to denote the position in an ordered sequence : first, second, third, fourth, etc. Ordinal Numbers from 1 through 1,000,000 1 St First 11 th Eleventh 21 st Twenty-first 31 Thirty-first 2 nd Second 12 Twelfth 22 Twenty-second 40 Fortieth 3 rd Third 13 Thirteenth 23 Twenty-third 50 Fiftieh 4 Fourth 14 Fourteenth 24 Twenty-fourth 60 Sixtieth 5 Fifth 15 Fifteenth 25 Twenty-fifth 70 Seventieth 6 Sixth 16 Sixteenth 26 Twenty-sixth 80 Eightieth 7 Seventh 17 Seventeenth 27 Twenty-seventh 90 Ninetieth 8 Eighth 18 Eighteenth 28 Twenty-eight 100 One hundredth 9 Ninth 19 Nineteenth 29 Twenty-ninth 1,000 One thousandth 10 Tenth 20 Twentieth 30 Thirtieth 1,000,000 One millionth Ordinal numbers such as 21st, 33rd, etc., are formed by combining a cardinal ten with an ordinal unit.

3 EXERCICES CORRECTION Write down the following dates
27/09/2006 : __________________________________ 06/30/1998 : __________________________________ 01/01/2004 : __________________________________ 11/10/1993 : __________________________________ CORRECTION


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