Calendars Esol Updated
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Taken from the ESOL / ESL section in www.onestopenglish.com Calendars and Dates Age Group: Young Adults / Adults Level: High Entry 1 and Entry 2 Time: 1 hour Skill focus: Days, months, numbers and ordinals. Sub skills: Obtaining meaning from tables. Materials: Worksheet. Curriculum References: Rw/E1.1a Wt/E1.1a Rw/E2.2a Wt/E2.1a 1. Give the students a quick test. On a bit of paper have them write the numbers 1-20 leaving spaces for answers. Call out the following words and have students write down the answers. 1. First 11. Second 2. January 12. Thursday 3. Wednesday 13. Minute 4. Spring 14. Summer 5. March 15. Saturday 6. Winter 16. Hour 7. Sunday 17. February 8. Year 18. December 9. Tuesday 20. August 2. Explain that there are two ways of writing the date. The long way, (Fifteenth of June 2004) and the short way (15/06/04). Explain that when spoken, the numbers in dates need ‘th’ on the end of them. Don’t expect students to pick this up straight away. It will need a bit of practise. 3. Give students the worksheet and complete Part 1 - Ordinals. Go through the answers. 1 st first 11 th eleventh 2 nd second 12 th twelfth 3 rd third 13 th thirteenth 4 th fourth 14 th fourteenth 5 th fifth 15 th fifteenth 6 th sixth 20 th twentieth 7 th seventh 22 nd twenty-second 8 th eighth 27 th twenty-seventh 9 th ninth 30 th thirtieth 10 th tenth 31 st thirty-first 4. Now give out the calendar and have the students circle the correct days.
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Taken from the ESOL / ESL section in www.onestopenglish.com
Calendars and Dates
Age Group: Young Adults / Adults Level: High Entry 1 and Entry 2 Time: 1 hour Skill focus: Days, months, numbers and ordinals. Sub skills: Obtaining meaning from tables. Materials: Worksheet. Curriculum References: Rw/E1.1a Wt/E1.1a Rw/E2.2a Wt/E2.1a
1. Give the students a quick test. On a bit of paper have them write the numbers 1-20 leaving spaces for answers. Call out the following words and have students write down the answers. 1. First 11. Second 2. January 12. Thursday 3. Wednesday 13. Minute 4. Spring 14. Summer 5. March 15. Saturday 6. Winter 16. Hour 7. Sunday 17. February 8. Year 18. December 9. Tuesday 20. August
2. Explain that there are two ways of writing the date. The long way, (Fifteenth of June 2004) and the short way (15/06/04). Explain that when spoken, the numbers in dates need ‘th’ on the end of them. Don’t expect students to pick this up straight away. It will need a bit of practise. 3. Give students the worksheet and complete Part 1 - Ordinals. Go through the answers. 1
st first 11
th eleventh
2nd
second 12th
twelfth 3
rd third 13
th thirteenth
4th
fourth 14th
fourteenth 5
th fifth 15
th fifteenth
6th
sixth 20th
twentieth 7
th seventh 22
nd twenty-second
8th
eighth 27th
twenty-seventh 9
th ninth 30
th thirtieth
10th tenth 31
st thirty-first
4. Now give out the calendar and have the students circle the correct days.
5. Do the questions and elicit the answers as below.
1. Tuesday 2. Tuesday 3. Friday 4. Saturday 5. Saturday 6. ???? 7. 2nd
May 8. 13th July 9. 27th November 10. 19th May 11. 5 12. Thursday 13. Friday 14. Saturday 15. As written
Chris Speck 10/10/03
Taken from the ESOL / ESL section in www.onestopenglish.com
Calendars and Dates
1st………………………….11
th…………………………
2nd
…………………………12th…………………………
3rd
…………………………13th…………………………
4th
………………………...14th………………………….
5th
…………………………15th…………………………
6th
…………………………20th…………………………
7th
…………………………22nd
………………………...
8th
…………………………27th…………………………
9th
…………………………30th…………………………
10th
………………………..31st
………………………...
Circle these dates on the calendar.
1. Saturday 5th June 2004. 2. Thursday 16th September 2004. 3. Thursday 22nd July 2004 4. Friday 27th February 2004 5. Thursday 14th October 2004 6. 18/09/04 7. 23/06/04 8. 22/11/04 9. 14/12/04 10. 03/01/04
© Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2003 Taken from the ESOL / ESL section in www.onestopenglish.com
Answer the questions using the calendar. 1. What day is the 2nd March 2004?
2. What day is the 15th June2004?
3. What day is the 19th November 2004?
4. What day is the 17th July 2004?
5. What day is the 4th September 2004?
6. What day is your birthday?
7. What date is the first Sunday in May 2004?
8. What date is the second Thursday in July 2004?
9. What date is the last Saturday in November
2004?
10. What date is the third Wednesday in May 2004?
11. How many Wednesdays are in June 2004?
12. What day is New Year’s Day in 2004?
13. What day is Christmas Eve 2004?
14. What day is Christmas Day 2004?
15. Choose two weeks’ holiday in 2004. Write down the start date and the end date.
© Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2003 Taken from the ESOL / ESL section in www.onestopenglish.com
© Macmillan Publishers Ltd 2003 Taken from the ESOL / ESL section in www.onestopenglish.com
