Unit 7 Days and Months
t: one, two, three, … we call them cardinal numbers. first, second, third, … we call them ordinal numbers. they often end with “th”. they are used as not only ordinal numbers, but also adjectives or adverbs. they are usually used together with “the”, but sometimes with “a” or without an article.
pay attention to the following words:
one—first; two—second; three—third; five—fifth; nine—ninth; twelve—twelfth.
step iv presentation
use a chinese calendar to practise:
t: look here! what’s the date today? (have ss repeat it and tell them to answer with “it is…”.)
ss: it’s november 18th.
t: what’s the date tomorrow?
ss: it is november 19th.
t: what was the date yesterday? (“yesterday” shows we should use “the simple past tense”. “was” is the p.t. of “is”. )
ss: it was november 17th.
tell ss that: they can write the first three letters of each month for short. for example: november 18th—nov. 18th, july 20th—jul. 20th.
then ask some ss to be teachers and show the others cards with dates. let ss say the dates correctly:
s1: what’s the date?
s2: it’s …