General English Level 1 GELEV1 Unit 01 Topic 02.doc Dates In English, how we say dates is different to how we write them. Amy and Tom say: Tom: And what’s your date of birth? Amy: It’s January the twenty second, nineteen seventy eight. On the student form Tom writes 22.01.1978 We write: We say: 03/02/2001 3 rd February 2001 3 February 2001 3 Feb 2001 6 November 1804 6 th November 1804 The third of February, two thousand and one February the third, two thousand and one The third of the second, two thousand and one The sixth of November, eighteen oh four November the sixth, eighteen hundred oh four The sixth of the eleventh, eighteen oh four Months 1 January 7 July 2 February 8 August 3 March 9 September 4 April 10 October 5 May 11 November 6 June 12 December  LANGUAGE FOCUS 11 Numbers and dates – task 1. Read the sentences below. 2. Put a tick in the box beside the correct answer. 1. He is her _________ son.  a) third  b) three 2. Ben is ________ years old.  a) 21  b) twenty first 3. I live on the ___________ floor.  a) two  b) second 4. My address is _______ King Street.  a) four  b) fourth 5. He has _________ children.  a) third  b) three 24 QUESTLANGUAGE