Dates and ordinals
So far you’ve listened to 6 Minute English and practised spelling ordinal numbers. Now let’s practise using dates correctly.
This is where Marcus comes in. He’s a very disorganised man. He’s always losing his diary and getting confused about dates. Which is bad for him – but good for us, because it lets us practise more ordinals!
We’re going to read a short story about Marcus, then answer some questions. But first, let’s review:
Remember
We often say dates with the and of:
the eighth of April
But we can also say:
April the eighth
(And April eighth in American English)
But we don’t write them like that. We write them as:
8th April
April 8th
8 April
We usually use the definite article the with ordinal numbers:
on the first evening
The second time I tried sushi
But sometimes we use possessives:
my seventieth birthday
Bob’s second car
Read the text and complete the activity