Months & Dates
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🧩 Supplementary Practice
Extra practice — Months & Dates
Need the words to stick? Recognise, recall, then use them.
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Step 1 · Let's Understand
Saying the date — words & phrases
Recognise it, remember it, then use it.
Recognise the meaning
RecogniseMatch each word with its meaning.
Answer, then check.
Group the words
NoticePut each month in the correct season (Northern hemisphere).
- SpringMarch · April · May
- SummerJune · July · August
- AutumnSeptember · October · November
- WinterDecember · January · February
Words in real phrases
ChunksSay each one aloud. Copy the rhythm.
January is cold.
January
Valentine's Day is in February.
February
Spring starts in March.
March
It rains a lot in April.
April
My birthday is in May.
May
Can you remember?
RecallSay the word first, then check.
Use it
Use itWrite 3 sentences about you using words from saying the date.
Step 2 · Let's Practise
Extra speaking practice
Model first, then say it yourself.
Model language
ChunksListen, then say each phrase twice.
When is your birthday?
It's on the ___ of ___.
When is ___ ?
What day is the ___ ?
My favourite month is ___.
Guided speaking
SpeakPairs: ask your partner about 5 important dates in their year and write the dates down.
- Use: "When is your birthday?"
- Use: "It's on the ___ of ___."
- Use: "When is ___ ?"
- Use: "What day is the ___ ?"
Model answer
1. My birthday is on the 14th of February. 2. My mum's birthday is on the 3rd of July. 3. School starts on the 1st of September. 4. Christmas is on the 25th of December. 5. New Year is on the 1st of January.
Complete the conversation
PractiseChoose the natural reply.
Choose: …
Choose: …
Choose: …
Answer, then check.
Challenge
SpeakNow do it again with no notes. Speak for 60 seconds.
- Talk about saying the date without stopping.
Step 2 · Let's Practise
Common difficulties
The parts learners usually find hard in this lesson.
Pronunciation: Stress on the months
ChunksMost months: stress the FIRST part — JAN-u-ary, OC-to-ber. Different: Ju-LY, No-VEM-ber.
JAN-u-ary, FEB-ru-ary, MARCH, A-pril
MAY, JUNE, Ju-LY, AU-gust
Sep-TEM-ber, Oc-TO-ber, No-VEM-ber, De-CEM-ber
first, second, third, fourth, fifth
the twelfth of May
the twenty-first of June
Tricky ones — say it, then check
RecallThese are the parts beginners often get wrong.
Common difficulties
PractiseSlow down and choose carefully.
1st = ?
2nd = ?
3rd = ?
Answer, then check.
Step 3 · Let's Use It
Saying and writing the date
Strengthen the grammar from this lesson — a different route into it.
Quick explanation
UnderstandDates use ordinals: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th… Say 'the first of June' or 'June the first'. Use 'on' + date: 'on 12 March'.
- My birthday is on the 5th of May.
- Today is the 3rd of October.
- The meeting is on March the 21st.
Notice the pattern
NoticeRead the sentences. What is the same in each one?
- My birthday is on the 5th of May.
- Today is the 3rd of October.
- The meeting is on March the 21st.
- We start on 1 September.
Choose the right form
PractiseOne answer only. Take your time.
Choose the correct date.
Which preposition: ___ 5 June?
How do we say '3'?
How do we say '2'?
Answer, then check.
Fix the mistake
Common mistakesEach sentence has one wrong word. Write it correctly.
My birthday is in 10 March.
Christmas is in March.
The first month of the year is February.
Build the sentence
Build itPut the words in the right order.
Answer, then check.
Make it yours
Use itWrite 2–3 true sentences about you using saying and writing the date.