THE DAYS OF THE WEEK:

The working week The weekend

Sunday
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
(the Sabbath)

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR:

January February March April May June

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun

July August September October November December

Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

DATES:
In figures In words

1st the first

2nd the second

3rd the third

4th the fourth

5th the fifth

6th the sixth

7th the seventh

8th the eighth

9th the ninth

10th the tenth

11th the eleventh

12th the twelfth

13th the thirteenth

14th the fourteenth

15th the fifteenth

16th the sixteenth

17th the seventeenth

18th the eighteenth

19th the nineteenth

20th the twentieth

21st the twenty-first

22nd the twenty-second

23rd the twenty-third

24th the twenty-fourth

25th the twenty-fifth

26th the twenty-sixth

27th the twenty-seventh

28th the twenty-eighth

29th the twenty-ninth

30th the thirtieth

31st the thirty-first

Expressing the year

How
we write 2008 1900 1959 2000
the year

How we Two thousand and

say Nineteen hundred Nineteen fifty-nine The year 2000
eight
the year

Expressing the date

How we 1st January 2004 07/09/1959 August 12 2003

write the date

How we say The first of January The seventh of September 1959

August the 12th
the date 2004 2003

Prepositions
For single days and dates we use on.

For example:

I was born on the 7th of the month.

For months we use in.

For example:

I was born in September.

! My birthday is on September the 7th.

Naturally speaking

How to ask the day or date

o What day is it please? It's Tuesday.

o What date is it please? It's the 1st of April.

o What's the date today please? It's the 1st of April.
 TIME
When it's "on the hour" we say "o'clock". But only when it's on the hour.

Twelve o'clock Six o'clock

One o'clock Seven o'clock

Two o'clock Eight o'clock

Three o'clock Nine o'clock

Four o'clock Ten o'clock

Five o'clock Eleven o'clock

Because it can be difficult to say whether 12 o'clock is during the day or the night, we use two
special terms.

00:00 and 24:00 = Twelve midnight 12:00 = Twelve noon

(or midnight) (or noon)

TIME (2)

In five minute increments, when it's past the hour (up to 30 minutes past) we say "past".

When it's before the hour (after 30 minutes past) we say "to".

There are 60 minutes in an hour.

30 minutes is half an hour, we say "half past" or "thirty".

15 minutes is quarter of an hour, we say "quarter past" or "fifteen" or "quarter to" or "forty-five".

Twelve fifteen

Twelve o'clock or

Quarter past twelve

 Twelve thirty
Twelve forty-five
or
or
Half past twelve
Quarter to one
We never say "half to".

At other "odd" times, when we want to be accurate, we add the word "minute(s)":-

It's twenty-eight minutes to It's one minute

twelve. past three.

If you want to avoid trying to remember when to use "minutes" and when
not to just say "nearly" or "just turned".

It's just turned half past It's nearly three

eleven. o'clock.

PREPOSITIONS USED WITH TIME

At a
In a length
point in
of time
time

"It's 12.45,
"When "I'll see you in an
"Let's when will
shall we hour, atabout
meet at12.30." you be
meet? 1.45."
ready?

NATURALLY SPEAKING
DIGITAL CLOCKS OFTEN SHOW THE TIME THIS WAY USING THE 24-HOUR-
CLOCK, ONLY THE POLICE AND THE MILITARY ACTUALLY SPEAK USING THE
24 HOUR CLOCK:-

If it's before noon we tend to If it's after noon we say "in

If it's late we say "at night".
say "in the morning". the afternoon".

07:00 14:00
22:00
It's seven o'clock in the It's two o'clock in the
It's ten o'clock at night
morning. afternoon.

15 minutes past the hour is

quarter past:

07:15 14:15
22:15
It's quarter past seven in the It's quarter past two in the
It's quarter past ten at night.
morning. afternoon.

30 minutes past the hour is half

past:

07:30 14:30
22:30
It's half past seven in the It's half past two in the
It's half past ten at night.
morning. afternoon.

45 minutes past the hour is

quarter to:

07:45 14:45
22:45
It's quarter to eight in the It's quarter to three in the
It's quarter to eleven at night.
morning. afternoon.

HOW TO ASK THE TIME IN ENGLISH.

It's exactly eight o'clock.

o Excuse me. What time is

it, please? or

It's eight.
 It's half past twelve.

o Excuse me. Do you have or

the time, please?
It's twelve thirty.

It's about half past eleven.

o Excuse me. Could you

tell me the time, please? or

It's around eleven thirty.