DAYS, MONT HS, SEASONS (51) ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR ELEMENTARY

ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR ELEMENTARY

DAYS, MONTHS, SEASONS (51)

A	TIME There are: 365 days in a year (a year which has 366 days is a leap year) 12 months /mʌnθs/ in a year 7 days in a week 2 weeks in a fortnight 24 hours in a day 60 minutes in an hour (we say an hour /ˈaʊə/) 60 seconds in a minute 100 years in a century
B	DAYS OF THE WEEK Sunday /ˈsʌndeɪ/, Monday /ˈmʌndeɪ/, Tuesday /ˈtʃuːzdeɪ/, Wednesday /ˈwenzdeɪ/, Thursday /ˈθɜːzdeɪ/, Friday, Saturday The names of the days always begin with a capital letter in English. Saturday + Sunday = the weekend Monday (before 12 pm) = Monday morning Monday (between 12 pm and 6 pm) = Monday afternoon Monday (after 6 pm) = Monday evening We say on + days of the week: on Monday, on Saturday, etc. I saw her on Friday /on Tuesday evening. Common mistakes We say at + the weekend: I went to the cinema at the weekend [NOT in the weekend].
C	MONTHS AND SEASONS Months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December The names of the months always begin with a capital letter in English. Some countries have four seasons: spring, summer, autumn /ˈɔːtəm/ and winter.   The names of the seasons do not usually begin with a capital letter in English. We say in + months / seasons: in July, in December, in (the) spring, in (the) summer, etc. Birds sing in (the) spring. COMMON MISTAKES My birthday is in July [NOT on July]. TIPS Write the day and date in English every time you do an English exercise, e.g. Wednesday 2nd May 2017.

Exercises

51.1	Answer these questions. 1 24 hours = __________________________ 2 100 years = __________________________ 3 2 weeks = __________________________ 4 60 minutes = __________________________ 5 7 days = __________________________
51.2	Complete this British children’s song about the number of days in each month. Thirty days has S ____ eptember _____, A________ , J________ and N________ All the rest have________ , Except for F________ , Which has twenty-eight days And________ in each leap year.
51.3	These abbreviations are often used for the days of the week and the months. Write the names out in full. 1 Mon ___Monday___ 5 Wed __________ 9 Feb __________ 2 Aug __________ 6 Jan __________ 10 Sept __________ 3 Oct__________ 7 Apr __________ 11 Tues __________ 4 Sat __________ 8 Fri __________ 12 Nov __________
51.4	What are the next letters in each of these? Why? 1 S S __A___W___ (the first letters of the four seasons: spring, summer, autumn, winter) 2 S M T W ______ _______ _______ 3 J F M A M J J ______ _______ _______ ______ _______
51.5	Correct the six mistakes in this paragraph. I’m going to a party on saturday for Valentina’s birthday. Her birthday is on thursday but she wanted to have the party in the weekend. She’s having a barbecue. I think june is a good month to have a birthday because of the weather. I love going to barbecues on the summer. My birthday is in Winter and it’s too cold to eat outside!
51.6	How quickly can you answer these quiz questions? 1 How many minutes are there in a quarter of an hour? 2 What is the third day of the week? 3 How many seconds are there in five minutes? 4 What is the seventh month? 5 How many months are there in ten years? 6 What month is your birthday in? 7 What day is it today? 8 What day will it be tomorrow? 9 What day will it be the day after tomorrow? 10 What day was it yesterday? 11 What day was it the day before yesterday? 12 What month is it?

ANSWER KEY

51.1	Possible answers
	2	a century
	3	a fortnight
	4	an hour
	5	a week
51.2	Thirty days has September, April, June and November. All the rest have thirty-one. Except for February Which has twenty-eight days And twenty-nine in each leap year. This is a traditional rhyme which people use to help them remember the number of days of the month. It means that: September, April, June and November have 30 days. The other months have 31 days except for February which has 28 days and 29 days in a leap year.

51.3	2	August	8	Friday
	3	October	9	February
	4	Saturday	10	September
	5	Wednesday	11	Tuesday
	6	January	12	November
	7	April

51.4	2	T F S (the first letters of the days of the week)
	3	A S O N D (the first letters of the months)

51.5

I’m going to a party on Saturday for Valentina’s birthday. Her birthday is on Thursday but she wanted to have the party at the weekend. She’s having a barbecue. I think June is a good month to have a birthday because of the weather. I love going to barbecues in the summer. My birthday is in winter and it’s too cold to eat outside!

51.6	1	15
	2	Tuesday (or Wedneday)
	3	300
	4	July
	5	120
	6-12	It is not possible to give answers to questions 6 to 12. Check with your teacher if you are not sure if your answers are correct or not.