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ABSOLUTE BEGINNER COURSE
SPOKEN ENGLISH
Lesson 9
(Page 1)
English Grammar:
Months Of The Year
ENGLISH AAM SPOKEN ENGLISH GRAMMAR BOOK
Please
write everything on this page in your Grammar Book.
THE IMPORTANCE OF MONTHS WHEN WE SPEAK ENGLISH.
When we
speak English (or any language) we make references to time frames. That is to
say, we tell the other person about the time when something happened or took
place, when something usually happens or takes place or when something is going
to happen or take place. Broadly speaking, we refer to the tenses when we speak
English or any language. In English grammar, tenses are basically divided into
three main time zones.
These
are:
1. Past
tense - refers to the time that has gone by.
(Bhoot kaal in Hindi)
(Bhoot kaal in Hindi)
2.
Present tense - refers to the 'now' or the current time.
(Vartaman kaal in Hindi)
(Vartaman kaal in Hindi)
3.
Future tense - refers to a time or a period which has not come yet
but will come after some time has elapsed or
gone by.
(Bhavishya kaal in Hindi)
but will come after some time has elapsed or
gone by.
(Bhavishya kaal in Hindi)
These
three main divisions are then further divided into what we call in our spoken
English programme, sub-tenses and cases. We will look into these in other
lessons.
REFERENCES TO TENSES ARE NOT ENOUGH WHILE SPEAKING ENGLISH
When we
talk with someone, very often we have to refer to the time or the period
surrounding the event or the action. Simply put, we need to say the 'when' of
what we are speaking about.
Just
think how it would be if someone told you
"I
went to London in the past."
What
does the speaker mean by ‘past’? It becomes necessary to say something more
about the actual time when she or he went to London. We want to know things
like the year and the month when the person went to London.
At other
times we would like to know the day of the week in regards to something or some
event. Likewise, we may need to know the part of the day - morning, afternoon
etc. - or the actual time, 2:00pm 7:30am and so forth.
In this
lesson we will learn how to speak about months in English. These are proper
nouns or 'names' so remember they always start with a capital letter.
These
are the months in English.
1.
January
2.
February
3. March
4. April
5. May
6. June
7. July
8.
August
9.
September
10.
October
11.
November
12.
December
Come to the spoken English video mehfil to practise saying the names of the months in English.
EXERCISE
Fill in
the blank spaces with the months of the year from your own life and then say
the sentences aloud.
1. My
school term started in____________.
2.
Winter arrives in my city in _____________.
3.
Summer starts usually in ______________.
4. The
rains begin in ______________.
5. My
birthday is in ______________.
6. My
sister's birthday is in ______________.
7. My
brother's birthday is in _______________.
8. My
mom's birthday is in _______________.
9. My
dad's birthday is in ______________.
10. My
parents have their wedding anniversary in _____________.
11. The
financial year in my country begins in ______________.
12. We
celebrated the festival of ______________ in ______________this year.
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BEGINNER COURSE
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