Days, months and seasons

Vocabulary

1. Calendar

The calendar is a system of time representation that divides a year into twelve months and seven-day weeks. Although there are different types of calendars we will focus on the Gregorian calendar.

2. The calendar in English

• MONTHS

  One of the 12 periods of time the year is divided into. The months in English are as follows:

  JANUARY

  

  FEBRUARY

  

  MARCH

  

  APRIL 

  

  MAY

  

  JUNE

  

  JULY

  

  AUGUST

  

  SEPTEMBER

  

  OCTOBER

  

  NOVEMBER

  

  DECEMBER

  

  Remember that to express a specific date, we use ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd).

  
  

  My birthday is on 22nd of July.

  Today is 31st of December.

       In oral speech, we introduce the particle the before the number.
  

  My birthday is on the 22nd of July.

  Today is the 31st of December.
• DAYS

  Each month is divided into weeks and each week has seven days. The days in English end with the particle -day:

  

  The first letter of both the months of the year and the days of the week in English is always written in capital letters:
  

  

  I have holidays in August.

  

  I go to pilates every Monday.
• SEASONS

  Each year has four seasons in which the different months of the year are grouped together, each season usually lasting three months. Each season usually has its particular weather conditions.

  AUTUMN

  

  From September to November.

  WINTER

  

  From December to February.

  SPRING

  

  From March to May.

  SUMMER

  

  From June to August.

  Unlike the days of the week and the months of the year, the seasons are not writen in capital letters.

Remember!