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E9: Talking about the days of the week and the months of the year. Appointments

 

Monthly calendar (MaeM, Pixabay)

OVERVIEW

 

 

 

NEW WORDS

Nouns.

  • appointment (plural: appointments) an arrangement to do something or meet someone at a particular time and place. 
  • day (plural: days) a period of twenty-four hours as a unit of time, reckoned from one midnight to the next,
  • month (plural: months) each of the twelve named periods into which a year is divided.
  • week (plural: weeks) a period of seven days.
  • planner (plural: planners) 
  • weekday a day of the week other than Saturday or Sunday.
  • year (plural: years) the period of 365 days (or 366 days in leap years) starting from the first of January.

Adjectives.

  • annual recurring, done, or performed every year.
  • daily occurring every day.
  • monthly occurring once every month.
  • weekly once a week; every week.
  • yearly occurring once a year; annually.

Days of the week

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

 

Months of the year

January February March April May June
July August September October November December

 

VISUAL VOCABULARY

Ordinal numbers

KEY PHRASES

 

 

GRAMMAR TIPS

 

 

ONLINE RESOURCES

  • Signs of the zodiac