Dates using ordinal numbers

 There are between 28 and 31 days in every month. to be able to write dates in
English you must learn the ordinal numbers 1 to 31.

1st first 21st twenty-first

2nd second 22nd twenty-second
3rd third 23rd twenty-third
4th fourth 24th twenty-fourth
5th fifth 25th twenty-fifth
6th sixth 26th twenty-sixth
7th seventh 27th twenty-seventh
8th eighth 28th twenty-eighth
9th ninth 29th twenty-ninth
10th tenth 30th thirtieth
  31st thirty-first
 
11th eleventh    
12th twelfth
13th thirteenth  
14th fourteenth
15th fifteenth
16th sixteenth
17th seventeenth
18th eighteenth
19th nineteenth
20th twentieth      

Days of the week

The seven days of the week are called.
Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Short form (written only) DO NOT use when speaking
Sun        Mon         Tue          Wed              Thu           Fri         Sat

Months of the year

How months of the year are there?
There are twelve months of the year
The 12 months of the year are.....
Below are the twelve months of the year and the shorten written form. When
speaking DO NOT use the shorten form!

January February March   April May June

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Septembe
July August r October November December
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

How to write the year

2012 =  Two thousand and twelve
2011 =  Two thousand and eleven
2010 =  Two thousand and ten
2009 =  Two thousand and nine
2000 = The year two thousand
1972 = Nineteen seventy-two

How to write the date

To write the date you write the day first,  month and then the year.

Yea
Day   Month
r
201
15th September  
2

19th October 2012 = 19 / 10 / 2012

4th August 1972 = 04 / 08 / 1972

How to say the date

To say the date you must use the word 'the' definite article before the day and
the preposition of   before the month.

19th October 2012 = The nineteenth of October Two thousand and twelve

4th August 1972 = The 4th of August nineteen seventy two

Using prepositions with dates

Use on to give an exact date
I was born on 6th of September
I am going to a party on the 12th of October

Use in when you want to use a month or year without

an exact day
I was Born in March
I was born in 1975

Years
1066: ten sixty six
1917: nineteen seventeen
1901: nineteen hundred and one or nineteen hundred (oh) one
Years ending in 00 are said “hundred”
1900: nineteen hundred
1700: seventeen hundred
1400: fourteen hundred
But: 2000: two thousand