Days, Months and Dates: practical Pre-A1 English

Your goal for Days, Months and Dates

Days, Months and Dates: Days and months begin with capital letters. Target: I can say the day, the month and today's date.

Try it first

Read Tuesday. Change one detail. Whisper or write it first.

Dates use order words: Days, Months and Dates

Write Monday, not monday. Write August, not august.

A date uses an ordinal number. One becomes first. Two becomes second. Three becomes third. Four becomes fourth. Continue with fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth.

British English commonly says “the twenty-third of August”. Written dates may appear as 23 August 2026. American English often puts the month first. This course uses the British order.

Use on before a day when you make a longer sentence: “The class is on Friday.” The full preposition system comes later.

Watch the calendar, not Urdu word order

Not: Monday is today. Use: Today is Monday.

Do not write day and month names with small first letters.

Check the written date before speaking. Do not guess the day from memory.

Answer six calendar questions: Days, Months and Dates

Choose one answer. Read the reason after every mistake, then try the item again.

Say it in your own voice: Days, Months and Dates

Say three sentences. Record only if you want to. Check the form and meaning.

Remember it tomorrow: Days, Months and Dates

Cover Tuesday. Say it from memory with one true detail.

Keep one result: Days, Months and Dates

Keep one correct example and say it again tomorrow.