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16 Time words (1): days, months and seasons

Basic time words
There are:
365 days ina year
12 months... °~ ina year
52 weeks in a year
7 days in a week
2 weeks in a fortnight
24 hours in a day
60 minutes in an hour. (We say an hour =~ )
60 seconds in a minute
100 years in a century
Days of the week

Sunday , Monday ©: “1, Tuesday, Wednesday , Thursday, Friday,
Saturday.
The names of the days always begin with a capital letter in English.

Saturday + Sunday = the weekend

the day before q~— yesterday d——— today — tomorrow —yp the day after
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yesterday tomorrow
Monday (before 12 a.m.) - Monday morning
Monday (between 12 a.m. and 6 p.m.) = Monday afternoon
Monday (after 6 p.m.) = Monday evening
We say on + days of the week: on Monday, on Saturday, etc. I saw her on Friday, on
Tuesday evening.
We say at + the weekend: I went to the cinema at the weekend.

Months and seasons
Months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October,
November, December.
The names of the months always begin with a capital letter in English.
Some countries have four seasons: spring, summer, autumn -' and winter

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We say in + months/seasons: in July, in December, in (the) spring, in (the) summer, etc.
My birthday is in July. [NoT-en July] Birds sing in (the) spring.

Tip: Write the day and date in English when you do an English exercise.

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