THE ORDINAL NUMBERS & DATE
🔤 1. Months of the Year (1-12)
Let’s start with the 12 months: January, February, March, April, May, June,
July, August, September, October, November, December
🧩 2. Ordinal Numbers for Dates (1st–31st)
1 → 1st (first) 4 → 4th (fourth)
2 → 2nd (second) ...
3 → 3rd (third) 31 → 31st (thirty-first)
3. Common Date Structures
A. Spoken English:
[Ordinal number] + of + [Month]
📅 "My birthday is on the twenty-second of July."
🎉 "Christmas is on the twenty-fifth of December."
B. British English (Writing):
👉 22nd July / 22 July 2025
"I was born on 3rd March."
"School starts on 1st September."
C. American English (Writing):
👉 July 22nd / July 22, 2025
"My birthday is August 10th."
"The party is on October 31st."
🎯 Task 1: Match the Number to the Ordinal Word
Number Ordinal Word
1 A. Twenty-fifth
5 B. First
21 C. Fifth
25 D. Twenty-first
31 E. Thirty-first
✏️Task 2: Fill in the Blanks
Write the correct ordinal number word (e.g., first, second, third) in each blank.
1. My birthday is on the ________ of March. (3)
2. Christmas is on the ________ of December. (25)
3. We start school on the ________ of September. (1)
4. The school trip is on the ________ of May. (12)
5. Halloween is on the ________ of October. (31)
6. My birthday is on the ________ of July. (22)
7. We go to the beach on the ________ of June. (10)
8. Halloween is on the ________ of October. (31)
9. School starts on the ________ of September. (5)
10.New Year’s Day is on the ________ of January. (1)
✨ Task 3 : Match the Date
Date How We Say It
14 February A. The first of January
25 December B. The fourteenth of February
1 January C. The twenty-fifth of December
31 October D. The thirty-first of October
2 September E. The second of September
✨ Task 4: Write the Date in Two Ways
Day Month British English American English
3 March ___ of ___ ___ ___
Day Month British English American English
25 December ___ of ___ ___ ___
1 September ___ of ___ ___ ___
Example:
British → 25th of December
American → December 25th
✨ Task 5: What’s the Date? (Calendar Clues)
1. Valentine's Day is in February. It’s on the ____________.
2. New Year’s Day is the first day of the year. It’s on the ____________.
3. Halloween is in October. It’s on the ____________.
4. Christmas is in December. It’s on the ____________.
5. Children’s Day in Vietnam is in June. It’s on the ____________.
✨ Task 6: Unscramble the Dates
1. July / of / twenty-fifth / The → _________________________
2. March / of / first / The → _________________________
3. December / of / twenty-fifth / The → _________________________
✨ Task 7: Write the Date in Words
Write these dates in full (British English):
1. 5/10 → _______________________
2. 2/6 → _______________________
3. 15/8 → _______________________
4. 21/3 → _______________________
5. 30/4 → _______________________