Days, Months etc. II (Unit 13)

[Sunny]

Abbreviated forms of the weekdays

Mon for Monday
Tue for Tuesday
Wed for Wednesday
Thu for Thursday
Fri for Friday
Sat for Saturday
Sun for Sunday

Abbreviated forms of the months

Jan for January
Feb for February
Mar for March
Apr for April
May for May
Jun for June
Jul for July
Aug for August
Sep for September
Oct for October
Nov for November
Dec for December

These are common in calendars – or when you write down a specific date, e.g.: Mon, Dec 20th 2004

Time expressions:

In the morning
In the afternoon
In the evening
At noon
At night
At midnight
At the weekend (British English)
On the weekend (American English)

In Unit 14 you will learn how to describe your family members.

[Made Sariada]

Dear Sunny,

I've got a question regarding this topic. How to make use of them? i mean 'on, in or at"..

I'm looking forward to seeing your explanation.

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,

Made sariada

[Sunny]

Hi, Made!

I hope I understood correctly what you mean.

You use 'on' for the weekdays, e.g. on Monday and you use 'in' for the months, e.g. in April or in December.

For dates you say on September 20th.

Just ask further, if something is not clear to you :wink:

[Made Sariada]

Dear Sunny,

How're you doing? Apart from learning english, I also study German, hopefully then you would be glad to help me.

I've got a further question to distinguish the use of "in, on and "at" if it refers to places such as "in Germany, at the corner and other phrases. How should i use them in that term?

That's all and I'm looking forward to your reply.

Thank you.

[Swathi]

ok,thank u sir
yours sincerly
swathi :D :D

[Renny]

Hi, Sunny.

I am interested in practicing this topic of Day, Month etc. II. Please help me to correct it !
On February 22th 2008 my friends have sent me a special packet.
Every January 30th my little sisters will celebrete her birthday.
Sunday, March 22th 2008 it is the important moments of my uncle's wedding.
In rainy season we always reschedule the traveling of business to abroad
At afternoon I joint to discuss actively in this forum
Don't forget to call your big brother at 12.15 a.m. on Sunday !
Aryani and Sitha have followed the Nasional Dancing Competetion in Bali Saturday, April 1st 2007
In the morning I am jogging with my family at Senayan.
Next April Sheila will enroll the Gajahmada of University in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Please attend to the meeting of celebration of Adv company at Horison Hotel, In Jakarta, Indonesia at 9.30 a.m. to be 04.00 p.m. on Sunday, June 2nd 2008.

[Yankee]

Hi Renny

My suggestions are in boldface type, and my additional comments are blue:

On February 22nd, 2008 my friends sent me a special packet.
Every January 30th my little sister celebrates her birthday.
Sunday, March 22nd, 2008 was (the date of) my uncle's wedding.
In the rainy season, we always have to reschedule business travel abroad.
In the afternoon, I join the discussions in this forum
Don't forget to call your big brother at 12:15 a.m. on Sunday! (Note: 12:15 a.m. = 15 minutes past midnight)
Aryani and Sitha participated in (?) the National Dancing Competition in Bali on Saturday, April 1st 2007
In the morning I am jogging with my family at Senayan. (This refers to only one morning, probably tomorrow morning.)
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[Ledeni_Momak_At]

Hello

I was born on 99th of September.
I am going to see my uncle in march.
He write the letter at 11.20 am.

Do not forget to get up at 7 am on Monday.

Which of these sentences are false?

Please send me a request as soon as possible.

Thanks

[Torsten]

Hi ledeni_momak_at,

Thanks a lot for posting your sentences. Please have a look at my suggestions:

[Edgarcosco]

Dear Torsten,
I am chekcing all email.
Every night I read my email and I always answerd.
Some time I make terrible mistake when I speak and write,
I hope to improve my English as soon as.
I was born on may and now I am working in Peru.

Thank you,
Edgar

[Filcanlas]

Hi Sue

It's all right that I know the abbreviation of the days such as: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, & Sun and also the months ;Jan, Feb, Mar,....Dec. I appreciate your teachings in english and thank you on lesson 13.

Regards
fil

[Filcanlas]

Hi Everybody

Thanks a lot to all your posting and I learned much.

Regards
fil

[Dilmon]

Hi,

Here are some examples;

I was born on April 4th.
Torsten, I'm going to meet with you in December. =)
I accomplished my duty at 21:00 pm.

[Dilmon]

I'll wait your unforeseeable answer...
Thanks,
With respect, Dilmon.

[Manu143]

hi torsten
i read your mail and know about abberivastions.so i am writting some sentences please read and correct me if u can.hi my sis marriage is on 7th dec. so i m leaving on 15th nov.so i ii be back on 14th dec.so i ll catch u after short break but don't go anywhere just keep sending me lessons so can do when i ll be back.one more thing i want to disscuss with u that is which level i m doing because when i enrolled my name i didn't bother.so can u tell me.i want to speak english so please help me on that way also.please correct my paragraph wherever you find mistakes.thanks for sending me interesting mails.