About the calendar - 9th grade

• About the calendar
• Secondary Education

The 28th of November

• What is a calendar?
• How many days are there in a calendar? 
• How many months are there in a calendar? 
• How many weeks are there in a calendar? 
• Name of the months 
• Name of the days

What is it?

Read and answer the question. What is the lecture about?

A lecturer: Hello, everybody! Today I'm going to talk about the early Roman calendar. The calendar consisted of 10 months in a year of 304 days. The 10 months were named Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius, Quintilis, Sextilis, September, October, November, and December. The last six names were taken from the words for five, six, seven, eight, nine, and ten. Ro-mulus, the legendary first ruler of Rome, is supposed to have introduced this calendar in the 700s B.C.E. Do you know what B.C.E. is? It means Before Common Era. According to the tradition, the Roman ruler Numa, Pompilius added January and February to the calendar. This made the Roman year 355 days long.

Read again and answer true (T) or false (f).

1. Roman calendar consisted of 10 months in a year of 304 days.

2. All months were taken from numbers.

3. Romulus is a month.

4. The Roman calendar was introduced in the 600s B.C.E.

5. B.C.E means Before Common Era.

6. The Roman ruler Numa Pompilius added January and February to the calendar.

7. This change made the Roman year 365 days long.

Note down the events/holidays

Prepositions of time

AT

ON

IN

• Specific time
  
• Holiday

• Days
• Dates

• Months
• Years
• Decade
• Century
• Season
• Time period

Choose the correct prepositions of time.
1. The match is _______ 4 o'clock.

1. at
2. on
3. in
4. I am not sure.

Choose the correct prepositions of time.
2. He was born _____ the 19th century.

1. at
2. on
3. in
4. I am not sure.

Choose the correct prepositions of time.
3. He usually goes on holiday _____ July.

1. at
2. on
3. in
4. I am not sure.

Choose the correct prepositions of time.
4. They always get together _____ Christmas.

1. at
2. on
3. in
4. I am not sure.

Choose the correct prepositions of time.
5. See you _____ Friday.

1. at
2. on
3. in
4. I am not sure.

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