TEACHER’S NOTES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Missing Dates

Activity Type Introduction

Speaking Activity: In this saying dates activity, students practice ordinal numbers,
information gap, asking months and dates.
and answering questions
from prompts (pair work) Procedure
Divide the students into pairs (Student A and B).
Focus
Give each student a corresponding worksheet.
Ordinal numbers

Months Students then take it in turns to ask questions about the missing
dates in the table on their worksheet and fill in the table with their
Dates partner's answers.

Example:
Aim
Q: What's the date in square A1?
To practice ordinal
numbers, months and
A: It's the 3rd of March.
dates.
Students continue asking and answering questions until their
table is complete.
Preparation
Make one copy of the two When the students have finished, they check their answers and
worksheets for each pair spelling by comparing worksheets with their partner.
of students.

Level
Elementary (A1-A2)

Time
15 minutes

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 TIMES AND DATES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Missing Dates

Student A

A. Take it in turns to ask questions about the missing dates and fill in the table with
your partner's answers.

Example: Q: What's the date in square A1? A: It's the...

A B C D E F

23rd of 30th of 13th

1
March October of May

21st of 4th of 20th of

2
September November June

15th of 24th of
3
April February

10th of 22nd of 7th of 19th of

4
July December January August

25th of 29th of 27th of

5
March May January

B. When you have finished, check your answers and spelling by comparing worksheets
with your partner.

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 TIMES AND DATES

WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Missing Dates

Student B

A. Take it in turns to ask questions about the missing dates and fill in the table with
your partner's answers.

Example: Q: What's the date in square C1? A: It's the...

A B C D E F

3rd of 9th of 18th of

1
March August June

27th of 2nd of 6th of

2
October December September

8th of 11th of 5th of 16th of

3
February November April January

1st of 12th
4
May of July

17th of 26th of 14th of

5
February April June

B. When you have finished, check your answers and spelling by comparing worksheets
with your partner.

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