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DATES and how to pronounce them

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2004

1703

Wednesday

1500

October

DATES

May, 4th 1654

AND HOW TO PRONOUNCE THEM

pronoucing dates: YEARS

Most of the time you pronounce years like in Ex 1: 1789 : you pronounce the 1st two digits together, then the next two digits together! Ex 2: 1066 Ex 3: 2021

Exceptions: - From 2001 to 2009: Ex 4: 2005 - Years ending with 2 zeros* : Ex 5: 1700 - Years with a zero* in 3rd position: Ex 6 =1504

* In years, zero is pronounced "o" (like the letter)

*The 2 zeros at the end are pronounced "hundred"

pronoucing dates: LET'S PRACTISE!

Pronounce the following years. Then play the recording to check your answers: A/ 2003 B/ 1178 C/ 2050 D/ 1709 E/ 1800 F/ 1493 G/ 1801 H/ 1918

pronoucing dates: DAYS

To pronounce the days of the week properly, you need to know which syllable to stress: - In French we tend to stress the end of words: Ex 1 = lundi - In English we tend to stress the beginning of words: Ex 2 = Monday

In English, when a word contains 2 or more syllables, one of them will be stressed. You need to know which one to pronouce the word properly and be understood

The stressed syllable is indicated in pink: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday*, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

pronoucing dates: MONTHS

To pronounce months properly, you need to know which syllable to stress: - In French we tend to stress the end of words: Ex 1 = janvier - In English we tend to stress the beginning of words: Ex 2 = January but it is not always the case.

In English, when a word contains 2 or more syllables, one of them will be stressed. You need to know which to pronouce the word properly and be understood

- One syllable = March, May, June - stress on the 1st syllable: January, February, April, August - stress on the second syllable: July, September, October, November, December

pronoucing SPECIFIC DATES (1)

What is written is not what you say. You have to add: - the (before the day in number) - of (before the month) Ex 1 (what is written) = Monday, 3rd* October 1986 Ex 1 (what you must say) = "Monday, THE 3rd OF October nineteen eighty-six" Sometimes, dates are written in this order: Ex 2 = July, 14th 1789: In this case, just add THE * In English we use ordinal numbers for dates

THE

OF

pronoucing SPECIFIC DATES Let's partise!(1)

Pronouce these dates, then play the recording to check your answers: A- 28/08/1979 B- 18/06/1940 C- 25/02/2003 D- 13/01/2015 E- 04/05/1902

pronoucing SPECIFIC DATES (2)

In British English, we write* the day , then the month, then the year. Ex 1 = 02/05/2008 In American English, we write the month, then the day, then the year. Ex 2 = 02/05/2008 *The difference is only written. There are still 2 ways of saying the dates.

pronoucing SPECIFIC DATES (2) Let's practise!

Say these dates in British English and then in American English. Then play the recording to check your answers! A- 01/02/2001 B- 03/04/1928 C- 12/11/2018 D- 06/05/1584