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You will not always get the best service if you call a company at five twenty-five on a Friday afternoon.
Say When - Dates & Seasons
Build ESL Medium confidence with English for time, dates, and everyday timing, using natural phrases to say when things happen or how often they occur.
1 .
Pick the best word/s to fill in the gap/s in good English.
If you look down the initials of the months in English, you will find the boy's name ... ... half-hidden in the letters.
If you look down the initials of the months in English, you will find the boy's name ... ... half-hidden in the letters.
... John ...
... Paul ...
... Ringo ...
... Jason ...
2 .
Pick the best word/s to fill in the gap/s in good English.
You will not always get the best service if you call a company at ... ...
You will not always get the best service if you call a company at ... ...
... seventeen twenty five on a friday afternoon.
... five twenty five on a friday afternoon.
... five twenty-five on a Friday afternoon.
... twenty-five past five on a friday afternoon.
Answer 4 would sound all right, but 'twenty-five' is usually hyphenated and the Friday must have a capital initial.
3 .
Pick the best word/s to fill in the gap/s in good English.
The clock may well say '1:50', but anyone that's learned to drive in Britain will probably call it ' ... ... ', because that's the classic position of a driver's hands on the ... ... .
The clock may well say '1:50', but anyone that's learned to drive in Britain will probably call it ' ... ... ', because that's the classic position of a driver's hands on the ... ... .
... 'one fifty ' ... / ... car controls.
... 'fifty of the second ' ... / ... big wheel.
... 'two hours less ten' ... / ... way wheel.
... 'ten to two' ... / ... steering wheel.
English (unlike several other languages) deals with the 'odd minutes' before telling what is the nearest hour. Answer 3 was more like what French (among others) would say; Answer 2 was more like Russian.
4 .
Pick the best word/s to fill in the gap/s in good English.
How tidy of Shakespeare (the greatest writer that Britain, or perhaps even the world, has ever produced) to be born and to die on the same date, ... ...
How tidy of Shakespeare (the greatest writer that Britain, or perhaps even the world, has ever produced) to be born and to die on the same date, ... ...
... twenty-third april ~ which is also the feast-day of St George, the patron saint of england!
... the twenty-third of April ~ which is also the feast-day of St George, the patron saint of England!
... april twenty-three ~ which is also the feast-day of St George, the Patron Saint of england!
... april twenty-three ~ which is also the feastday of st george, the Patron Saint of england!
The date format and use of capital initials are only correct in this version. (Compare the others; look how they go up and down!)
5 .
Pick the best word/s to fill in the gap/s in good English.
New College at Oxford certainly was 'new' once upon a time, but in fact it dates ... ...
New College at Oxford certainly was 'new' once upon a time, but in fact it dates ... ...
... to the forteen hundred.
... from the fortieth century.
... from the fourteenth century.
... to the century XIV.
Be careful of the spelling of 'fourteenth' (obviously related to 'four'), and not to confuse it with 'fortieth' which sounds and looks quite similar, but is still about 2,000 years in our future!
6 .
Pick the best word/s to fill in the gap/s in good English.
Those months that come after the summer holidays, we in Britain call 'autumn', but ... ...
Those months that come after the summer holidays, we in Britain call 'autumn', but ... ...
... over in america they call it the fall, because that's what leaves do, in large numbers, from trees all over the place.
... over in America they call it 'the fall', because that's what leaves do, in large numbers, from trees all over the place.
... over in America they call it 'The Fall', because thats what leaves' do, in large numbers, from trees all over the place.
... over in America they call it 'The Fall', because thats what leaves' do, in large number's, from trees' all over the place.
The various Answers here said the same thing, but the levels of punctuation varied.
America always needs a capital A, so Answer 1 was wrong.
Answer 2 is about right.
Answer 3 does not really need capitals on The Fall, even though it's a title (of sorts); and the apostrophe later has wandered away from where it belongs;
Answer 4 has further unnecessary apostrophes in it.
America always needs a capital A, so Answer 1 was wrong.
Answer 2 is about right.
Answer 3 does not really need capitals on The Fall, even though it's a title (of sorts); and the apostrophe later has wandered away from where it belongs;
Answer 4 has further unnecessary apostrophes in it.
7 .
Pick the best word/s to fill in the gap/s in good English.
It must have been about ... ... by the time we found a taxi.
It must have been about ... ... by the time we found a taxi.
... twenty to midnight ...
... twenty minutes before midnight ...
... eleven forty in the evening ...
... twenty-three forty hours ...
If you were out as late as that, you're probably tired and will wish to explain this (if you need to) in as short and simple a way as you can. Each of these other ways of saying it is possible and understandable, but in this situation you would not bother to use them. Answer 2 sounds pedantic, prissy and old-fashioned; the 'evening' is usually understood to finish a bit earlier than this (in Answer 3); Answer 4 has far too much snappy military precision about it. You wouldn't say 'about ..' if you were then going to be so precise, all in the same breath!
8 .
Pick the best word/s to fill in the gap/s in good English.
He always finds the autumn such a depressing, 'downward-minded' season, what with ... ...
He always finds the autumn such a depressing, 'downward-minded' season, what with ... ...
... the harvest festival and the remembrance day.
... harvest festival and Remembrance day.
... Harvest festival and Remembrance day.
... Harvest Festival and Remembrance Day.
Each word in these two event titles should begin with a capital letter.
If you don't understand what either of them is, please do some research or ask an English friend.
There is also Hallowe'en on the last night of October ...
Meanwhile we do not bother with 'the' in front of the titles of these festivals, nor of Christmas, Easter, or New Year (nor their respective 'eves': the day and night beforehand).
If you don't understand what either of them is, please do some research or ask an English friend.
There is also Hallowe'en on the last night of October ...
Meanwhile we do not bother with 'the' in front of the titles of these festivals, nor of Christmas, Easter, or New Year (nor their respective 'eves': the day and night beforehand).
9 .
Pick the best word/s to fill in the gap/s in good English.
If any experience turns out to be dull and dispiriting, some people say 'That was about as much fun as ... ...
If any experience turns out to be dull and dispiriting, some people say 'That was about as much fun as ... ...
a Wet Wednesday in November.'
a wet Wednesday in November.'
a wet Wednesday in november.'
a wet wednesday in November.'
We only need two capital letters here: no more, and no fewer.
10 .
Pick the best word/s to fill in the gap/s in good English.
'President John F Kennedy was assassinated ... ...
'President John F Kennedy was assassinated ... ...
... at twelve thirty hours, friday november twenty-two, one nine six three.'
... at twelve thirty in the afternoon on Friday twenty-second November, one nine six three.'
... at twelve thirty in the afternoon on Friday the twenty-second of November, one nine six three.'
... at twelve-thirty in the afternoon on Friday the twenty-second of November, nineteen-sixty-three.'
This would be more or less the only correct way of speaking it aloud in British English.
Don't forget that the names of days and months always begin with a capital letter in English.
Don't forget that the names of days and months always begin with a capital letter in English.
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On a similar theme, someone has recently pointed out that if you try the same thing with the days of the week, they go: M, T, 'WTF' ... this sounds a bit like someone that doesn't enjoy their work, and can't cope with any more after Tuesday!
(You may need a kind English friend to explain the acronym 'WTF' gently to you, if you haven't already come across it anywhere.)