Let’s talk about

dates!

January 一月

February 二月

March 三月

April 四月

May 五月

June 六月

July 七月

August 八月

September 九月

October 十月

November 11 月

December 12 月

I was born January/Feburary/March/

April/May/June/

July/August/September/ October/November/December

in

你还记得四季用英语怎么说吗？

Spring

Summer

Autumn/Fall

Winter

Exercise

Listen and circle the number you hear

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th

11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th

21st 22nd 23rd 24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th

31st

你答对了吗？

1st 2nd 3rd

4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th

21st 22nd 23rd

24th 25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th

Why are they

different?

1st =first

2nd =second

3rd =third

4/5/6/7……th

Can you tell why they are21st,22nd,23rd,

not 21-/22-/23th?

21st =twenty first

22nd =twenty second

23rd =twenty third

When is your birthday ,Vera?

Mary?

Jeff ?

My/Her/His birthday is October tenth.

January fifteenth.

June fourth.

Activity

Ask your partner about his/her birthday. You can use the sentence pattern below.

Can you matches their

names &birthdays?

Name Month Date

Leila

Nick

Robert

Jane

听录音

July

August

January

September

4th

22nd

5th

17th

Pair work Choose an ID card and make a conversation.

Name:John Miller

Date of Birth: March 21st

Age: 15

Name:William Brown

Date of Birth: November 12th

Age: 13

When is your birthday?

How old are you?

Name:Tina Johnson

Date of Birth: June 3rd

Age: 17

Grammar Focus

你能总结出这些介词使用的规律吗？

My birthday is July 6th.

I was born 1990.

July.

Monday.

July 6th.

July 6th,1990.

Monday, July 6th, 1990.

in

in

onon

onon

具体到某一天的日期用 on ，其余情况为 in 。

Blank filling with on & in.

Winston churchill was born _____ 1874.

Abraham Lincoln was born ______ 1809.

Lu Xun was born ______ September 25th,1881.

Albert Einstein was born _____ March.

Liu Xiang was born _____ July 13th, 1983.

Princess Diana was born ______ July.

Thomas Edison was born ____ Friday, February 11th,1847.

in

in

in

in

on

on

on

Guess who I am

Write down your own information and hand the paper to me. Let’s pick some and guess who he/she is.

You can write it like this:

I’m 15 years old.

My birthday is January 1st.

I like basketball and volleyball.

……

The Birthday GameAsk the other students their birthdays and ages. Line up from the youngest to the oldest.

Summary 本课知识点 ◎ How to say 12 months in English

◎ How to ask for people’s birthday:

•When is your/his/her birthday?

•My/His/Her birthday is……

•I/He/She was born……

◎ 介词 ON & IN 在日期前的用法

Homework

Memorizing new words of 12 months