Writing Dates and Times

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Writing Dates and times

By the end of this lesson, you...

...have refreshed your memory on dates in English.

...have refreshed your memory on time in English. 

Lesinhoud

1. Dates: what do you remember?
   
2. Time: what do you remember?
   
3. Activity

How do you write this date in English:
dinsdag 10 Oktober

1. Tuesday the tenth of october
2. Thursday the tenth of October
3. Tuesday the tenth of October
4. Tuesday the tenth of Octobre

How do you write this date in English:
woensdag 21 juli

1. Wednesday the twenty-one of july
2. wensday the twenty-first of july
3. Wensday the twenty-one of July
4. Wednesday the twenty-first of July

Dates: waar moet je op letten?

Tuesday the seventh of September

Dates: waar moet je op letten?

Tuesday the seventh of September

Dag en Maand met HOOFDLETTER

Dates: waar moet je op letten?

Tuesday the seventh of September

Dag en Maand met HOOFDLETTER

Ordinal numbers (first, second, third ...)

Dates: waar moet je op letten?

Tuesday the seventh of September

Dag en Maand met HOOFDLETTER

Ordinal numbers (first, second, third ...)

the en of 

Time: what do you remember?

Time: waar moet je op letten?

 19:11 = eleven past seven PM

Time: waar moet je op letten?

 19:11 = eleven past seven PM

tussen het 1 en 29 min: past

Tussen 31 en 59 min: to

kwartier of half uur? = "a quarter" or "half"

Time: waar moet je op letten?

 19:11 = eleven past seven PM

tussen het 1 en 29 min: past

Tussen 31 en 59 min: to

kwartier of half uur? = "a quarter" or "half"

van 12u s'middags tot 12u s'avonds: PM

van 12u s'avonds en 12u s'middags: AM

Time: waar moet je op letten?

 19:11 = eleven past seven PM

tussen het 1 en 29 min: past

Tussen 31 en 59 min: to

kwartier of half uur? = "a quarter" or "half"

van 12u s'middags tot 12u s'avonds: PM

van 12u s'avonds en 12u s'middags: AM

cardinal numbers (one, two, three...)

How do you write this time in English:
18:35

1. thirty five past six PM
2. thirty-five to six PM
3. twenty-five to six PM
4. twenty-five to six AM

How do you write this time in English:
12:15

1. a quarter to twelve PM
2. a quarter past twelve AM
3. fifteenth past twelve PM
4. a quarter past twelve PM

Writing Dates and Times

More practise (difficult)

Write the date and/or time in letters:

11/03/1688 = The eleventh of Marchsixteen eighty-eight.

07:53 = It is seven to eight.

22/01/2021 08:15 = It is quarter past eight on the twenty-second of January twenty twenty-one.

11/06/1968 01:46

09/06/2008 12:04

21/08/1952 22:09

10/10/1979 03:57