Write the questions
I am from Poland
She is from Greece
We are From Russia.
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His aunt is from Italy
Their Uncle is from Germany
Do you work in an office?
What do you do? What is your occupation?
Are you taking any medication at the moment?
American vs British English
difference
There is a difference in the order of indicating the date and the
month between American and British English. In American
English it’s common to put the month first followed by the date.
For example,
09.25.2019 – September 25, 2019
While in British English the same date is,
25.09.2019 – 25th September, 2019
So be careful when you write a date as numbers as above.
Depending who you’re writing to, you may need to write the
month to be clear.
When you make an arrangement in English – such as a meeting
at work or a hotel reservation – getting the date right is really
important.
How to read and
write dates in English
17 Nov 2019
An important part of studying English is to learn
how to say, write and understand dates. So let’s
look at the different things you need to know to
help you get ready to use dates in English!
How to ask which day of the
week
If you want to ask what day of the week it is, say:
What day is it today? or What’s the day today?
What day is it tomorrow? or What’s the day tomorrow?
To answer these questions you can say,
It’s Monday today. or Today is Monday.
It’s Tuesday tomorrow. or Tomorrow is Tuesday.
How to ask the date
If you want to ask what the date is, you can say:
What’s the date today? or What’s today’s date?
What’s the date tomorrow? or What’s tomorrow’s date?
You can answer by saying:
It’s 27th September. / Today is 27th September.
Tomorrow is September 28th.
How to say the date
When we say dates in English we use ordinal numbers. So for 1
January, we don’t say the cardinal number ‘one’ but we say
‘first’. And we say ‘the’ before the number followed by ‘of’. For
example,
It’s the first of January.
It’s also possible to invert the month and day. For example,
It’s January first.
In this case you don’t need to say ‘the’ and ‘of’.
Ordinal numbers
Here are the ordinal numbers that you need to use:
From 13 to 19 we continue to add -th to create the ordinal
numbers (thirteenth, fourteenth, etc.)
While from 21 to 31 the ordinal numbers end according to the
ending of the second number. For example,
21 – twenty-first
22 – twenty-second
23 – twenty-third
24 – twenty-fourth
How to write the date
When we write a date we don’t need to add ‘the’ and ‘of’ as we
do when we speak. For example:
It’s the first of January – speaking
It’s 1st January – writing
As you can see, you don’t need to write the number but we
usually add the last two letters of the ordinal number. For
example:
First – 1st
Second – 2nd
Third – 3rd
Fourth – 4th
How to say the year
There are two ways to say the year in English. Until the year
2000, every year was pronounced as two numbers. For example,
1485 – fourteen eighty-five
1750 – seventeen fifty
1900 – nineteen hundred
For the first years of previous centuries, we add ‘0’. For
example:
1801 – eighteen o one
While for the first ten years of the 21st century, we use the word
‘thousand’. For example:
2000 – two thousand
2006 – two thousand six
From the year 2010 onwards you can say two numbers again.
For example,
2012 – twenty twelve
However, some people continue to use ‘thousand’ and say:
2012 – two thousand twelve
Centuries
When we refer to a century in English, we use ordinal numbers.
For example,
1800-1900 = the nineteenth century
1900-2000 = the twentieth century
And centuries are divided into ten decades. A decade is a period
of ten years.
Historical dates
When you talk about a year in the distant past, you can use B.C.
and A.D. The letters B.C. mean ‘before Christ’. For example,
The first Olympic Games were in 776 B.C.
A.D. means ‘Anno Domini’ – the year of the Lord, marking the
birth of Christ. So this year is 2019 A.D. However, it’s only
necessary to add A.D. when it is unclear which time period
you’re referring to. For example,
Romulus Augustulus was the last Roman Emperor from 475-476
A.D.
