🎂 When's Your Birthday? — Months, Ordinals & Dates
Last stop of Unit 1! Today you will learn the months (in March), the ordinal numbers (first, second, twenty-first), how to say a date (July 17th / the 17th of July) and how to talk about birthdays: "When's your birthday?"
A Special Day
Read the little scene below.
🤔 When's your birthday? In which month?
🗓️ The Months Of The Year
Click a month to hear it. Months start with a capital letter. With a month, use in: "My birthday is in March." "The school trip is in May."
🚂 The Month Train
Which month comes before or after? 8 rounds!
🥇 Ordinal Numbers — First, Second, Third…
To say a date, we use ordinal numbers. Most of them just add -th: four → fourth, six → sixth, ten → tenth.
After twenty, keep the ten and add first, second, third…: twenty-first (21st), twenty-second (22nd), thirty-first (31st). Short forms end like the word: first → 1st, second → 2nd, third → 3rd — but 11th, 12th, 13th!
⚙️ The Ordinal Machine
Choose a number from 1 to 31. The machine gives you the ordinal word and the short form!
📆 Saying Dates — July 17th Or The 17th Of July?
There are several ways to say a date. With a specific date, use on: "The meeting is on April 19th." "The presentation is on September 13th."
🇺🇸 American English
- Month first: "July 17th"
- Written short: July 17 · July 2nd · October 21st
- We say: "July seventeenth", never "July seventeen" ❌
🇬🇧 British English
- Day first, with the and of:
- "the 31st of January", "the 21st of March"
- "the 7th of June"
📅 The Date Maker
Choose a month and a day. See and hear the date the American way and the British way!
🎂 Talking About Birthdays
Click a card to hear what people do on their birthday.
Culture note: in English-speaking countries, people wrap birthday presents in colorful paper, and the cake often has candles — one for each year. You usually bring a present only if you are invited to the party. Some older people prefer not to say their age, so we don't ask Grandma "How old are you?" — it's more respectful to just say "Happy birthday!" ❤️
💌 The Birthday Card Maker
Who is the card for? Choose the date and a wish — then read your card out loud!
Listen And Repeat!
Click 🔊 Listen to hear the phrase, 🐢 Slowly to hear it slower, then 🎙️ My turn and say it out loud into your microphone!
✍️ Practice Time!
Exercise 1 — True Or False?
Exercise 2 — Complete The Dialogue
Fill in the missing word in each line of the conversation.
🎭 Create & Record: When's Your Birthday?
Write a conversation with a friend: ask "When's your birthday?", answer with a date (on March 20th), say what you do on your birthday and invite your friend!
🎙️ Now, Record It!
Act out your conversation out loud (alone with both voices, or with a friend) and record yourselves. Then listen back!
🎯 Final Quiz — Months & Dates
Answer 7 questions to test everything you learned in this lesson!