UNIT 1: NUMBERS, HOURS , DAYS OF THE WEEK,

MONTHS OF THE YEAR AND SEASONS

1. NUMBERS

Examples:

There are 24 (twenty-four) hours in a day, and 365 (three hundred sixty-five) days in a
year.

That jacket costs 65 (sixty-five) euros.

The book is 250 (two hundred fifty) pages long.

There are 312,000,000 (three hundred twelve million) people in the United States.

The Amazon river is 6,400 (six thousand four hundred) kilometers long.

The population of London is more than 13,000,000 (thirteen million) people.

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EXERCISES

1. Write each number in words.

a. 3 Three
b. 17 Seventeen
c. 134 One hundred and thirty-four
d. 2
e. 7
f. 25
g. 78
h. 91
i. 105
j. 286
k. 784
l. 818
m. 910
n. 987
o. 1,007
p. 3,555
q. 6,066
r. 9,000

2. Change the words to numbers.

a. Six 6
b. Fourteen 14
c. Two hundred and eleven 211
d. Nine
e. Thirteen
f. Thirty-three g. Sixty-five
h. Seventy-three
i. Ninety-nine
j. One hundred and three
k. Two hundred and twenty-one
l. Five hundred and thirty-eight
m. Seven hundred and sixty-six
n. Eight hundred and seventy-seven
o. Nine hundred and ninety-five
p. One thousand, seven hundred and one
q. Four thousand, seven hundred and fifteen
r. Five thousand, five hundred and fifty

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 1.2. ORDINAL NUMBERS

Ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc.) are normally formed with a suffix. Ordinals
are used to make dates, and for more things.
There's also abbreviations which are formed with the number and the suffix. Often the
suffix is -th, but not always.

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EXERCISES

1. Write the ordinal numbers.

3rd ________________
23rd________________
20th________________
31st ________________
8th_________________
10th ________________
4th ________________
21st ________________
11th _________________
12th _________________
1 st __________________
9th________________________________

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 2. HOURS

What time is it? =

Qu hora es?

Whats the time?=

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 3. DAYS OF THE WEEK, MONTHS OF THE YEAR AND
SEASONS

3.1. DAYS OF THE WEEK

There are seven days in a week. Each one starts with a capital letter. Look at the
way each word is spelled. Each word ends in day.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

Look at the way the word is broken down.

Mon day Tues day Wed nes day Thurs day Fri day Sat ur day
Sun day

The translation in Spanish are:

1. Monday Lunes
2. Tuesday Martes
3. Wednesday Mircoles
4. Thursday Jueves
5. Friday Viernes
6. Saturday Sbado
7. Sunday Domingo

EXERCISES:

1. Fill in the gaps with the missing letters

M _ _ day
M _ _ d_ _
Tu_ _ d _ _
T_ _s_ _ _
Wed _ _ _ d _ _
W_ _n_ _d_ _

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 Th _ _ _ day
T_u_ _d_ _
F _ _ da _
_ _i_ _ _ _
_ _ urda _
Sat_ _day
_ _ _ _ ay
S_ _d_ _

2. Fill in the gaps

1. Most people go to work on a M _ _ d _ _.

2. The day after Monday is T_ e _ d _ y.
3. Late night shopping is on a Th _ _ s _ _ _.
4. Most people work from M _ _ _ _ y to F_ _ _ a _.
5. The middle day of the week is Wed _ _ _ day.
6. The weekend is S_ _ ur _ _ _ and S _ _ d _ _.

My favourite day of the week is ________________________________.

I usually buy a newspaper on a ________________________________.
Sometimes I go for a walk on a ________________________________.
I meet my friends on a _______________________________________.
My bin is collected each ______________________________________.

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 3.2. MOTHS OF THE YEAR

There are 12 months in the year. It is really useful to be able to spell them all. Each
month starts with a capital letter Look at the way the word is spelled and the way it
is broken down.

1. January Jan u ary

2. February Feb ru ary

3. March Mar ch

4. April A pr il

5. May M ay

6. June J une

7. July Ju ly

8. August Aug ust

9. September Sep tem ber

10. October Oct o ber

11. November No vem ber

12. December De cem ber

EXERCISES:

1. Writing the months

1. The first month of the year is J _ _ _ _ _ y.

2. Valentines Day is on 14th F _ _ r _ a _ _ .
3. M _ _ ch 17th is St. Patricks Day.
4. Easter sometimes occurs in A _ _ _ l.
5. The month after April is _ _ _.

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 6. Lots of people have exams in J _ _ e.
7. Children are on holidays in J _ l _ and A_ _ _ _ t.
8. S_ _ _ em _ _ _ is when children start school.
9. Halloween is in O_ _ o _ _ _.
10. The month before Christmas is _ _ _ ember.
11. Christmas is in _ _ _ em _ _ _ .

2. Finish off the sentences by writing in a month

This month is ____________________________________________ .

Last month was __________________________________________ .
Next month is ____________________________________________ .
My birthday is in __________________________________________ .
My favourite month is ______________________________________ .
I like to take my holidays in __________________________________ .
I know someone with a birthday in ____________________________ .
The month after my birthday is ________________________________.

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 3.3. SEASONS

There are 4 seasons in each year.

AUTUMN WINTER

SPRING SUMMER

EXERCISES

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4. VERB TO BE

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EXERCISES

1. Fill in the blanks using HE, SHE, IT, WE, THEY:

cat and horse

Mary

Tom

Jack and I ..

books .

sister .

You and Dave ..

plane .

Sunshine .

cheese

cactus

parents ..

Pamela

news ................

scissors ...................

geese .

flowers

piano .

School .

daughter

milk

children ..

sugar ..

feet ..

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2. Fill in the blanks using AM, IS, ARE, AM NOT, ISNT, ARENT:

1. It . an onion. (+) 11. zmir .. a city. (+)

2. Jasmine .. a student. (-) 12. He a postman. (+)
3. We .friends. (+) 13. It . nine oclock. (+)
4. I . hungry. (-) 14. Manhattan . an island. (-)
5. Mark ............. 20 years old. (+) 15. Mr. Richards a lawyer. (+)
6. A bee .. a big insect. (-) 16. I ..ill. I . happy. (+ / -)
7. Newsweek a magazine. (+) 17. London .. a big city. (+)
8. I . a professional football player. (-) 18. Dave and Adrian sisters. They
.. brothers. (- / +)
9. I know you. You . in my class. (+) 19. New York . near to New Jersey. (+)
10.Cows insects. They . mammals. (- / +) 20. Susan and I .. teachers. We
.. students. (- / +)

3. Fill in the blanks using AM, IS, ARE, AM NOT, ISNT, ARENT:

1. Germany, England, and Spain cities.

2. A lemon .. sweet. It .. sour.
3. Copper .. cheap. Diamonds expensive.
4. Airplanes .. slow. They . fast.
5. Ice cream and candy .. sweet.
6. Today cloudy. It .. bright.
7. My brother married. He single.
8. I from Turkey. I .. from Canada.
9. Maths hard. It .. easy.
10. Mariah a beautiful girl. She ugly

4. Complete this postcard by using AM, IS, ARE, AM NOT , ISNT,ARENT:

Hello!
My name .is.. Jack, and this .is Sue.
She . my sister. Sue .. twelve years old and I sixteen.
We . adults. We .. students. We Canadians. We . Americans.
We .. from Chicago. Chicago .. in the United States.

Best regards,
Jack

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5. Write short sentences:

Example: (Chris, 9, student, short, not Chinese) ..

Chris is nine years old. He is a student. He is short. He isnt Chinese.. .

1. (Leonard and Mike, 25, firemen, tall, American)

...

2. (Patty and Brian, 12, not electrician, short, not Turkish children)
..

3. (Natalie and I, nurse, not tall, French)

....

4. (Mark, 19, accountant, short, British)

..

5. (Cengiz, 23, lieutenant, not blonde, Turkish)

.

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