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Primary Longman Elect 3A Chapter 5 Asking about dates

Do you know how many months there are in a year? Twelve!

You can find the 12 months in a calendar. 1 January Jan 2 February Feb 3 March Mar 4 April Apr 5 May May 6 June Jun 7 July Jul 8 August Aug 9 September Sep 10 October Oct 11 November Nov 12 December Dec

Most months have 30 or 31days. January 31 days February 28 or 29 days March 31 days April 30 days May 31 days June 30 days July 31 days August 31 days September 30 days October 31 days November 30 days December 31 days

Do you know how to say the dates? the first of January January

Do you know how to say the dates? the second of January January

Do you know how to say the dates? the third of January January

5/F 4/F 3/F 2/F 1/F G/F Do you remember where you have seen these words? fifth floor fourth floor floor third floor second first floor

1st 1 one first Let’s learn to say the dates.

2nd 2 second two Let’s learn to say the dates.

3 3rd three third Let’s learn to say the dates.

4 4th four fourth Let’s learn to say the dates.

5 5th five fifth Let’s learn to say the dates.

9 9th nine ninth Let’s learn to say the dates.

10th 10 ten tenth Let’s learn to say the dates.

12th 12 twelve twelfth Let’s learn to say the dates.

19 19th nineteen nineteenth Let’s learn to say the dates.

20th 20 twenty twentieth Let’s learn to say the dates.

21 21st twenty-one twenty-first Let’s learn to say the dates.

22 22nd twenty-two twenty-second Let’s learn to say the dates.

23 23rd twenty-three twenty-third Let’s learn to say the dates.

30 30th thirty thirtieth Let’s learn to say the dates.

Asking about the date • We use ‘What’s the date?’ to ask about the date. • e.g. What’s the date? • It’s the nineteenth of January. We say the date like this. 19th January We write the date like this.

Practice Say the dates. 1 Dec 2 the second of December

Practice Say the dates. Aug 3 2 the third of August

Practice Say the dates. Apr 12 3 the twelfth of April

Practice Say the dates. 4 Jul 31 the thirty-first of July

Practice Say the dates. 5 Feb 25 the twenty-fifth of February

This is our school calendar. Sep School starts 5th Oct the school picnic 11th Nov Sports Day 14th Dec Test Week 1st – 5th Jan Feb Open Day 3rd Mar Apr Parents’ Day 6th May Jun Exam Week 18th – 22nd Jul School Finishes 14th Aug English Camp 15th – 19th

The school year starts in September. Sep School starts 5th Oct the school picnic 11th Nov Sports Day 14th Dec Test Week 1st – 5th Jan Feb Open Day 3rd Mar Apr Parents’ Day 6th May Jun Exam Week 18th – 22nd Jul School Finishes 14th Aug English Camp 15th – 19th

When’s Parents’ Day? It’s on the sixth of April. Sep School starts 5th Oct the school picnic 11th Nov Sports Day 14th Dec Test Week 1st – 5th Jan Feb Open Day 3rd Mar Apr Parents’ Day 6th May Jun Exam Week 18th – 22nd Jul School Finishes 14th Aug English Camp 15th – 19th

When’s the school picnic? It’s on the eleventh of October. Sep School starts 5th Oct the school picnic 11th Nov Sports Day 14th Dec Test Week 1st – 5th Jan Feb Open Day 3rd Mar Apr Parents’ Day 6th May Jun Exam Week 18th – 22nd Jul School Finishes 14th Aug English Camp 15th – 19th

Asking about the date • We use ‘When’s _____?’ to ask about the date. • For school events that happen for 1 day, we use on in the answer. e.g. When’s the school picnic? It’s on the eleventh of October. We can also write the date like this. 11/10

Key structure the school picnic Open Day Sports Day Parents’ Day When’s ? It’s on the eleventh of October.

When’s English Camp? It’s from the fifteenth of August to the nineteenth of August. Sep School starts 5th Oct the school picnic 11th Nov Sports Day 14th Dec Test Week 1st – 5th Jan Feb Open Day 3rd Mar Apr Parents’ Day 6th May Jun Exam Week 18th – 22nd Jul School Finishes 14th Aug English Camp 15th – 19th

Asking about the date • For school events that happen for more than 1 day, we use from … to in the answer. e.g. When’s English Camp? It’s from the fifteenth of August to the nineteenth of August. 15/8 – 19/8

Key structure English Camp Test Week Exam Week When’s ? the nineteenth of August. the fifteenth of August It’s from to

Practice Finish the conversation. A: ______ Open Day? B: It’s _____________________. When’s 1 on the third of February 3/2 A B

Practice Finish the conversation. A: ________________________? B: It’s ______________________ _________________________. When’s Test Week 2 from the first of December to the fifth of December 1/12 – 5/12 A B

Practice Finish the conversation. A: ___________________________? B: ___________________________. When’s Sports Day 3 It’s on the fourteenth of November 14/11 A B

Practice Finish the conversation. A: ________________________? B: _________________________ _________________________. When’s Exam Week 4 It’s from the eighteenth of June to the twenty-second of June 18/6 – 22/6 A B

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