There are several different ways to write the date in English. In spoken English we ALWAYS use ordinal numbers for dates.

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Cristopher Columbus arrived at San Salvador in America on 1210 1492.

Express date in english. 8261 Cardinal and ordinal numbers in English Exercise. Expressing a date and time is a matter of style whether dictated by a style guide or simply your personal style. It also looks nicer.

Express these dates in words only the day and month. In both British and American English the date can be written in abbreviated forms either as a group of numbers separated by hyphens slashes or periods or with the first few letters of the month. The Government of Canada specifies the ISO 8601 format for all-numeric dates YYYY-MM-DD.

To avoid any possible confusion you should spell out the month or use the abbreviation. Show all questions King James I conquered Valencia on 0910 1238. EXPRESSING THE DATE An exercise by Montse Morales for The English Learning Website.

Date Numbers and Time Vocabulary Exercises. The following table shows some typical formats. This often causes great confusion.

Check Hint Show answer. Exercise on Dates in Written English go to Months and Days of the Week. The perfect English video to learn how to express the date in English.

Today is the 7th September. 14 November 2005 14112005 or 141105. Even if it is not written the ordinal number is still said in spoken English.

March the Fourteenth 2016. Its better to write the date in full 7th September 2007 or September 7th 2007. There are thus scores of acceptable ways to phrase your meeting request mixing words and numerals abbreviations formatting of the time and so on.

8229 Days of the week. 8283 Days of the week Fill-in Exercise. 20 January 1993 2011993.

In United States it is NOT common to put the. The Fourteenth of March 2016. However in written English you may write a normal cardinal number without the -TH or -ST etc.

It recommends writing the time using the 24-hour clock 1801 for maximum clarity in both English and French but also allows the 12-hour clock. Check Hint Show answer. 8249 Find the numbers Exercise.

8223 Cardinal and ordinal numbers Test. To write the date 7th of September 2007 a Brit would write ddmmyy 070907 and an American would write mmddyy 090707. Sometimes the last two letters of the number as spoken can be used th rd st nd.

They vary from formal to informal and there are differences between British and American English. You can learn p. The date should be in day month year or month day year.

Date and time notation in Canada combines conventions from the United Kingdom the United States and France often creating confusion. Note however that 51004 usually means 5 October 2004 in British English and May 10 2004 in American English. We can also write the date in numbers only.

If there is a year dont write it. When you do be aware that not all countries express dates with numerals in the same way. American usage calls for a monthdayyear date format the United Kingdom and much of Europe use a daymonthyear format and most countries in Asia use the yearmonthday format.

04052021 means the fourth of May 2021 in British English but it means April fifth 2021 in American English The new reference grammar comprehensive simple and logical The confusion is possible with all dates between 1st and 12th of each month. Not suitable for all phones. 8257 Days of the week Exercise.

From the thirteenth of the month onwards no confusion is possible. 8217 Days of the week Crossword. Robin teaches using many examples and gives a lot of practical tips.