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Practice Saying Dates in English

The document discusses how to say dates in English, including: 1) Written and spoken conventions differ between the US (month/day/year and "June ninth") and UK (day/month/year and "the ninth of June"). 2) Ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc.) are used to say the day of the month. 3) Examples are provided of saying dates in both formats, and students are instructed to practice saying dates aloud with classmates and partners.

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Practice Saying Dates in English

The document discusses how to say dates in English, including: 1) Written and spoken conventions differ between the US (month/day/year and "June ninth") and UK (day/month/year and "the ninth of June"). 2) Ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc.) are used to say the day of the month. 3) Examples are provided of saying dates in both formats, and students are instructed to practice saying dates aloud with classmates and partners.

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How to say dates in English

Written English Spoken English Numbers

June 9 June ninth 6/9/20


US
month + day Even if the –th isn’t written, Month/Day/Year
an ordinal number is still
said.

9th June the ninth of June 9/6/20


UK
day + month Day/Month/Year

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The number of the day—Ordinal numbers
1st first 11th eleventh 21st twenty-first 31st
2nd second 12th twelfth 22nd twenty-second thirty-first
3rd third 13th thirteenth 23rd twenty-third
4th fourth 14th fourteenth 24th twenty-fourth
5th fifth 15th fifteenth 25th twenty-fifth
6th sixth 16th sixteenth 26th twenty-sixth
7th seventh 17th seventeenth 27th twenty-seventh
8th eighth 18th eighteenth 28th twenty-eighth
9th ninth 19th nineteenth 29th twenty-ninth
10th tenth 20th twentieth 30th thirtieth 4

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Practice saying the dates
1. June 10 10th June
2. August 11 11th August
3. March 2 2nd March
4. July 4 4th July
5. October 3 3rd October
6. February 23 23rd February
7. May 31 31st May
8. December 20 20th December
9. July 30 30th July
10. November 5 5th November 5

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Practice saying the dates to your class
1. 6/10
2. 8/11
3. 3/2
4. 7/4
5. 10/3
6. 2/23
7. 5/31
8. 12/20
9. 7/30
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Practice saying the dates with your partner
1. 1/1
2. 2/25
3. 3/15
4. 4/2
5. 5/18
6. 6/12
7. 7/14
8. 8/22
9. 9/5
10. 10/23 7

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Practice saying the dates with your partner
1. 11/11
2. 12/16
3. 1/3
4. 1/5
5. 5/20
6. 5/30
7. 6/13
8. 7/31

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