Lesson 50: Unit 48 - Ordinal numbers. Dates. Prepositions of time.
In this lesson you learn the ordinal numbers in English, how dates are said and written, and when the prepositions of time on, in and at are used.
About this lesson
In this lesson you will learn the ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc.) and how they are formed in English. You will find out how dates are said and written – in both British and American style. You will master the main prepositions of time – on, in and at – and learn when no preposition is used at all. You will practise everything with a real dialogue between Tina and Bob, who are making travel plans.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Form and use ordinal numbers from 1st to 100th.
- Read and write dates in English in British and American style.
- Use the prepositions on, in and at correctly with dates, days, months, times and seasons.
- Know when no preposition is used (today, tomorrow, next Friday, last Monday).
- Understand and talk about personal dates – birthdays, name days, holidays.
- Read a dialogue and answer questions about dates and times.
Lesson vocabulary
- first My birthday is on the first of September.
- second The second of March is a national holiday.
- third Christmas is on the twenty-fifth, not the third.
- fourth The fourth of July is Independence Day in the USA.
- twelfth The twelfth of December is very close to Christmas.
- twentieth She was born in the twentieth century.
- twenty-first Today is the twenty-first of October.
- thirty-first New Year's Eve is on the thirty-first of December.
- date What is today's date?
- birthday When is your birthday?
- anniversary My parents have a wedding anniversary on the eleventh of April.
- noon I'll meet you at noon at the Hofbrau Haus.
- autumn Bob is returning to Canada in the autumn.
- flight When does your flight arrive?
- appointment Your appointment is on Thursday at a quarter past two.
In other languages: Български