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Module 7 – Important dates
A. Look at pages 61 and 63 in order to write the dates below.
20.7.69__________________________________________________________________
28.2.75__________________________________________________________________
22.10.44_________________________________________________________________
9.11.40__________________________________________________________________
16.10.70_________________________________________________________________
30.11.86_________________________________________________________________
3.3.90___________________________________________________________________
12.9.97__________________________________________________________________
15.7.00__________________________________________________________________
31.4.01__________________________________________________________________
B.
Read the paragraph below and select the dates in exercise A which relate to these
important events in my life:
I was born on_____________________________________________________________
I finished school on ________________________________________________________
I started my first job on_____________________________________________________
I moved to the USA on ____________________________________________________
I got married on __________________________________________________________
I was born on the night that the first man stepped on the moon. I started
school when I was 6 years old in 1975. In my country we attend school for
eleven years. I started my first job four years after I finished school. Then I
moved to the States when I was 28 years old. I got married on the last year
of the last millenium – some people think this was the first year of the new
millenium.
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C. Write the important dates in your life:
_________________________________________________________________________________
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D. Why are they important for you?
_________________________________________________________________________________
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Cutting Edge Elementary Worksheet
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Copyright © 2001 Pearson Education Photocopiable
Module 7 Teacher’s notes
A. Look at pages 61 and 63 in order to write the dates below.
20.7.69 - twentieth of July nineteen sixty-nine
28.2.75 - twenty-eighth February nineteen seventy-five
22.10.44 - twenty-second October nineteen forty-four
9.11.40 - ninth November nineteen forty
16.10.70 - sixteenth October nineteen seventy
30.11.86- thirtieth November nineteen eighty-six
3.3.90- third March nineteen ninety
12.9.97- twelfth September nineteen ninety-seven
15.7.00 - fifteenth July two thousand
31.4.01 - thirty-first April two thousand and one
B.
Select the dates in exercise A which relate to these important events in my life:
I was born on 20.7.69
I finished school on 30.11.86
I started my first job on 3.3.90
I moved to the USA on 12.9.97
I got married on 15.7.00
C. Write the important dates in your life:
D. Why are they important for you?
For parts C and D, get your students to work in groups to discuss the important dates in their
lives. This can be followed up with a writing task for homework.