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vo ca bu lary 10 Ordinal numbers

D Match the words in the box with the ordinal numbers below.

second fifth seventeenth thirty-first	twentieth twenty-second	fifteenth third	twelfth thirtieth	first fourteenth
lst first	<?th	15th		??.nH
2nd	1?.th	17th		30th
3rd	14th	_ 20th		3l«t

B Count from lst to 31st. Listen and check.

Working English

We can write dates in different ways: 29th October/29 October/ October 29th. When we speak, we say: the twenty-ninth of October or October the twenty-ninth.

Speaking Write three dates that are important for you and your family (e.g.

your birthday, the datę that you started work or college, etc.). Say the dates to your partner and explain why they are important.

Language check 2 Prepositions of time

Label the circles with at, in or on.

_ ---	2 _
/ Juty ^N\	/ Monday \
/ the morning / \	/ Thursday afternoon \
I afternoon / evening \	1 New Yeafs Day, \
March 2008	Independence Day, 1
\ the spring / summer /1	V Christmas Day, etc. J
\ autumn / winter /	\ 29th October 2007 /

We do not use a preposition with yesterday and last (night, week, etc).

^8) For morę Information, see page 159.

Practice Complete the sentences using in, on, at or no preposition (-).

1    The project started ^ln May 2007.

2    Are you free_Monday moming?

3    Charles visited the factory_last February.

4    What do you usually do_New Year*s Day?

5    Ask Sunil to finish the budget_the moming.

6    The client wanted to see the plans_three thirty.

Speaking Work with a partner. Ask and answer ąuestions about these things. Think of morę questions to ask.

When do you usually... ?

visit friends watch TV go to the cinema have meetings check emails go on holiday go skiing go to bed

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