Days, Months, Seasons

Seasons,
months of the
year and days
of the week
Earth wind and fire-
September
Do you
remember…
The 21st night
of September?
The weather
The weather today is very cold. It’s just a few degrees above zero
right now, and it’s probably going to snow. The sky is gray and
cloudy.
Yesterday’s weather was like today’s. It was cold and cloudy, and
then it snowed in the afternoon. In the evening, it got really,
really cold. After midnight, the temperature was ten degrees below
zero.
The winter in Minnesota is long and hard. Usually, the snow starts
to fall in November and it stops falling in March. In April it
melts. On average, there are five months of winter weather.
On days when it snows, the sky is dark and gray, but on days when
the temperature goes below zero, it’s very sunny and the sky is
clear and blue. Isn’t that interesting?
The weather
The weather today is very cold. It’s just a few degrees above zero
right now, and it’s probably going to snow. The sky is gray and
cloudy.
Yesterday’s weather was like today’s. It was cold and cloudy, and
then it snowed in the afternoon. In the evening, it got really,
really cold. After midnight, the temperature was ten degrees below
zero.
The winter in Minnesota is long and hard. Usually, the snow starts
to fall in November and it stops falling in March. In April it
melts. On average, there are five months of winter weather.
On days when it snows, the sky is dark and gray, but on days when
the temperature goes below zero, it’s very sunny and the sky is
clear and blue. Isn’t that interesting?
Seasons of the
year
Months in English
Here are the twelve months in English :
1.January
2.February
3.March
4.April
5.May
6.June
7.July
8.August
9.September
10.October
11.November
12.December
Months of the Year
month short form days season
1 January Jan. 31
winter
2 February Feb. 28/29
3 March Mar. 31
4 April Apr. 30 spring
5 May May 31
6 June Jun. 30
7 July Jul. 31 summer
8 August Aug. 31
9 September Sep. 30
10 October Oct. 31 autumn
11 November Nov. 30
12 December Dec. 31 winter
Months of the Year
We also always use a capital letter for the first letter of

months. For example:
– February is the shortest month of the year, with only 28 days.
– They’re going away on holiday in May.
– The weather is very hot here in July.
– It’s very cold in December.
– Halloween is in October.
As you can see, with the months we use ‘in’.
Days of the
week
Days of the week
day of the week abbreviation

Monday Mon. Mo.
Tuesday Tue. Tu.
weekdays
Wednesday Wed. We.
days of the week (5 days)
Thursday Thu. Th.
(7 days)
Friday Fri. Fr.
weekend Saturday Sat. Sa.
(2 days) Sunday Sun. Su.
Days of the week
As you can see, we always use a capital letter for the first
letter of each day. Here are some examples:
– I work from Monday to Friday. I’m free on Saturday and
Sunday.
– Our next lesson is on Wednesday.
– Saturday is his favorite day of the week because he
plays football.
– The meeting is on Thursday at 10:30.
– We’ve got an appointment on Tuesday morning.
Days of the week vs
weekdays
Notice that days of the week and weekdays and are NOT the
same:
•The days of the week are all 7 days from Monday to Sunday.
•But weekdays are only the 5 days from Monday to Friday.
•And the weekend is Saturday and Sunday.
Dates in English
When we say the date in English we normally use ordinal numbers
(first, second, third, etc) instead of cardinal numbers (one, two,
three, etc). Let’s look at these ordinal numbers:
•1st – first
•2nd – second
•3rd – third
•4th – fourth
•5th – fifth
•6th – sixth
•7th – seventh
•8th – eighth
•9th – ninth
•10th – tenth
•The numbers from 11-19 follow the same pattern of adding -th to
the number:
• 11th – eleventh
• 12th – twelfth (the letter v changes to f)
• 13th – thirteenth
• 14th – fourteenth
• 15th – fifteenth
• 16th – sixteenth
• 17th – seventeenth
• 18th – eighteenth
• 19th – nineteenth
•The numbers ending in -ty, like 20 and 30, change the -y to -i and
add -eth. For example:
• 20 – twentieth
• 30 – thirtieth
• 21st – twenty-first
• 22nd – twenty-second
• 23rd – twenty-third
• 24th – twenty-fourth
• 25th – twenty-fifth
• 26th – twenty-sixth
• 27th – twenty-seventh
• 28th – twenty-eighth
• 29th – twenty-ninth
• 30th – thirtieth
• 31st – thirty-first
•In British English, the date usually begins with the day followed
by the month, while in American English the month is normally
first. This is also true when we abbreviate a date into three
numbers. For example, 1st December 2017 becomes:
• 1/12/2017 in British English

• 12/1/2017 in American English.

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