Asking for and telling

the date
 Asking for the date

• What’s the date today?

• What date is it today?
• What date is it?
• When is the departure?
• On what date will you leave for Tokyo?
• When will you leave for Tokyo?
 Telling the date
• It’s August 13th
• It’s on August 21st
• The 21st of August

• On August 21st
• August 21st

Note:
Use Ordinal numbers to tell the date
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th,….. 21st,22nd,23rd , 31st
cardinal numbers ordinal numbers
one 1st first

two 2nd second

three 3rd third

four 4th fourth

five 5th fifth

six 6th sixth

sevent
seven 7th
h
cardinal numbers ordinal numbers
eight 8th eighth

nine 9th ninth

10t
ten tenth
h
11t elevent
eleven
h h
12t
twelve twelfth
h
thirtee 13t thirteen
n h th
fourtee 14t fourtee
n h nth
There are four children in the queue. cardinal number

The second child is a boy. ordinal number

 ordinal numbers are used to talk about the date

on March 9th
on 9th March on the third of March
on June 3 on July the second
on 3 June
 What day is August 26th?

It‘s a Wednesday.

What date is the first Sunday in

December?

It‘s December 6th.

 What day is New Year‘s Eve?

It‘s a Thursday.

What is the eighth month of the

year?

It‘s August
 What day is February 29th?

It‘s a Saturday.

What date is the third Tuesday in

September?

It‘s September 15th.