Writing Dates
Order of the Months
January is the rst month of the year.
December is the 12th month. It is the last month.
Christmas is in December
1. January First 1st
2. February Second 2nd
3. March Third 3rd
4. April Fourth 4th
5. May Fifth 5th
6. June Sixth 6th
7. July Seventh 7th
8. August Eighth 8th
9. September Ninth 9th
10. October Tenth 10th
11. November Eleventh 11th
12. December Twelfth 12th
1. What is the 4th month? _________________
2. What is the 10th month? _________________
3. What is the 12th month? _________________
4. What is the 6th month? _________________
5. Which month is November? _________________
6. Which month is September? _________________
Writing the number in a date
How to write rst, second, third . as a number
Example
To write First
Write the number 1
Then the word rst is shortened to the last two letters. It is written
small and beside the number. 1st
Examples
First 1st
Second 2nd
Third 3rd
Twenty-rst 21st
Many words end in th
Fourth 4th Fifth 5th
Now have a go writing the dates. Dont forget to look at the last
two letters in the word if you are not sure.
a) First 1st f) Twentieth ______
b) Second 2nd g) Twenty-rst ______
c) Third ______ h) Twenty-second ______
d) Fourth ______ i) Twenty-third ______
e) Twelfth ______ j) Thirty-rst ______
Writing dates using words and numbers
When you write the date this shows the day, the month and the
year. You can write it using numbers and words.
6th December 2004
Christmas is on 25th December 2004.
I am on holidays on 10th June 2005.
Write the following dates using numbers and words.
Todays date ____________________________________
Your birthday ____________________________________
A friends birthday ____________________________________
Christmass Day ____________________________________
St Valentines Day ____________________________________
Halloween ____________________________________
Write the short form of the month and year.
Day Month Year Day Month Year
23 January 2006 23 Jan 06
a) 1st March 2008 __________________________________
b) 15th February 1963 __________________________________
c) 26th April 1950 __________________________________
d) 18th June 2011 __________________________________
e) 30th October 1975 __________________________________
f) 3rd August 1979 __________________________________
Using the Calendar
December
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31
Which day of the week do the following dates fall on?
1. 10th December ________________________________________
2. 2nd December ________________________________________
3. 7th December ________________________________________
4. 1st December ________________________________________
5. 5th December ________________________________________
6. 9th December ________________________________________
Write the following years:
1. 1991 ________________________________________
2. 2015 ________________________________________
3. 1875 ________________________________________
4. 1500 ________________________________________
5. 1960 ________________________________________
6. 2001 ________________________________________
Writing the date using numbers only
Example
Day Month Year
6th December 2005
This is the same as
6 12 2005
Remember December is the twelfth month
To write this down using numbers you can separate each one by
a line.
6 / 12 / 2005
Now write the date using numbers.
12th August 1942 12/8/1942
29th November 1969 29/11/1969
a. 15th May 2001 ______________________________
b. 4th April 1998 ______________________________
c. 26th June 2000 ______________________________
d. 7th July 2005 ______________________________
e. 18th August 1951 ______________________________
f. 1st November 1982 ______________________________
You can also separate the date by a dot or by a dash
6.12.2005 6-12-2005
Writing Dates - Putting it all together
Numbers and words Numbers Boxes
25th February 2004 25/2/2004
2 5 0 2 0 4
Write out the following dates
Your date of birth
_______________ / /
Mothers date of birth
_______________ / /
Fathers date of birth
_______________ / /
Childrens dates of birth
_______________ / /
_______________ / /
_______________ / /
