Exercises

1. Right the numbers

1. twenty-one

2. three hundred and fifty-eight

3. one thousand nine hundred eighty-six

4. thirty-seven

5. forty-five

6. fifty-two

7. sixty-one

8. 400

9. 245

10. 650

11. 33

12. 8142

13. 25828

14. 543

15. 7771

2. Write the number before.

1. 35

2. 98

3. 26

4. 43

5. 71

6. 82

7. 14

8. 57

3. Write the number after.

1. 73

2. 55

3. 49

4. 18

5. 22

6. 68

7. 37

8. 86

4. What is your telephone number?

5. Write the answers.

1. one + seven – three =

2. three + four + six =

3. twenty – seventeen + nine =

4. four + eight – five =

5. fifteen – nines – two =

6. nineteen – eleven + four=

Lesson

Time words (I): days, months and seasons

A Basic time words

There are: ' .

365 days in a year

12 months in a year

52 weeks in a year

7 days in a week

2 weeks in a fortnight

24 hours in a day - . '

60 minutes in an hour

60 seconds in a minute

100 years in a century

B Days of the week

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

The names of the days always begin with a capital letter in English. .

Saturday + Sunday = the weekend ~-

Monday -----> Tuesday -----> Wednesday -----> Thursday -----> Friday

The day before yesterdayyesterday  today  tomorrow  the day after tomorrow

Monday (before 12 a.m.) = Monday morning

Monday (between 12 a.m. and 6 p.m.) = Monday afternoon

Monday (after 6 p.m.) = Monday evening

We say on + days of the week: on Monday, on Saturday, etc. I saw her on Friday, on Tuesday evening.

We say at + the weekend: I went to the cinema at the weekend.

C. Months and seasons

Months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

The names of the months always begin with a capital letter in English.

Some countries have four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter

We say in + months / seasons: in July, in December, in (the) spring, in (the) summer, etc.

My birthday is in July. Birds sing in (the) spring.

Exercises

1. Complete the sentences with a word from a opposite.

1. There are 3,600 seconds in ......................................

2. There are 1,200 months in .....................................

3. There are 168 hours in ......................................

4. There are 8,760 hours in .....................................

2. Complete this British children’s song about the number of days in each month.

Thirty days has S ......................................,

A ...................................... , J ..................................... and N ..................................... .

All the rest have ..................................... ,

Except for F ...................................... dear

Which has twenty eight days clear

And ...................................... in each leap year (= every four years).

3. These abbreviations are often used for the days of the week and the months. Write the names out in full.

1. Mon.

2. Aug.

3. Oct.

4. Sat.

5. Wed.

6. Jan.

7. Apr.

8. Th.

9. Feb.

10. Sept.

11. Tues.

12. Nov.

4. What are the next few letters in each case? Explain why?

1. S, M, T, W, ?, ?, ?

2. J, F, M, A, M, J, J, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?

3. S, S, ?, ?

5. There are six mistakes in this paragraph. Correct the mistakes.

I’m going to a party on saturday for Jill’s birthday. Her birthday is on thursday but she wanted to have the party on a Weekend. She’s having a barbecue. I think june is a good month to have a birthday because of the weather. I love going to barbecues on the summer. My birthday is in Winter and it’s too cold to eat outside!

6. Quiz: How quickly can you answer these questions?

1. How many seconds in quarter of an hour?

2. What is the third day of the week?

3. What month is you birthday in?

4. What day will it be the day after tomorrow?

5. What day was it the day before yesterday

6. How many minutes are there in half an hour?

7. What day is it today?

8. What day will it be tomorrow?

9. What is the seventh month?

10. What day was it yesterday?

11. What century is it?

12. What month is it?

Lesson

A. Time in relation to now

Now means at this moment. Then means at another moment (usually in the past).

It is 10 o'clock now.

I got up 2 hours ago, at 8 o'clock.

An hour ago it was 9 o'clock.

two years 1994 1996

for two years from 1994 to 1996

from 2010 to 2012

last year / last week / last Saturday

next year / next week / next summer

It is July now.

Last month it was June.

Next month it will be August.

When we talk about time in general, we talk about the past, the present and the future. We talk about the past, the present and the future forms of the verb, for example

In the past people didn’t have television.

People may travel to Mrs in the future.

I’ll be with you in a moment. (= a very short time)

Jane’s in Paris at the moment. (=now)

See you soon! (= in a short time)

We met recently. (= not long ago)

B. Frequency adverbs

always often now and then not often rarely

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usually sometimes occasionally hardly ever never

It always snows in Russia in winter.

It often rains in Britain.

The temperature in London hardly ever gets to 35 C. (=almost never)

The Ancient Romans never went to America or Australia.

Notice the use of a in these expressions of frequency.

Once (= one time) a week: I go swimming once a week, every Saturday.

Twice (= two times) a day: I clean my teeth twice a day.

Three times a year: I see my uncle three times a year.

Four times a month: I play football four or five times a month.

Exercises