Let’s talk about numbers, dates and birthdays!

1. NUMBERS

Numbers are everywhere! Let’s learn how to use them in English.

Numbers 1–20

Number	English	Number	English	Number	English	Number	English
1	one	2	two	3	three	4	four
5	five	6	six	7	seven	8	eight
9	nine	10	ten	11	eleven	12	twelve
13	thirteen	14	fourteen	15	fifteen	16	sixteen
17	seventeen	18	eighteen	19	nineteen	20	twenty

💡 Remember: 40 = forty ✅ fourty ❌

🔢 Tens

Number	English	Number	English	Number	English	Number	English
20	twenty	30	thirty	40	forty	50	fifty
60	sixty	70	seventy	80	eighty	90	ninety
100	one hundred	200	two hundred	300	three hundred	400	four hundred

Let’s make bigger numbers!

21 → twenty-one
35 → thirty-five
48 → forty-eight
72 → seventy-two
99 → ninety-nine

2. BIRTHDAYS

Let’s talk about birthdays!

🎈 Ask the question

When is your birthday?

You can answer:

• My birthday is on 15th May.
• It’s on 15th May.

🎉 More examples

• When is Emma’s birthday?
  It’s on 3rd June.
• When is Alex’s birthday?
  His birthday is on 21st September.
• When is your birthday?
  It’s on 8th February.

3. DATES

In English, we use ordinal numbers to say dates.

Ordinal numbers

Number	Ordinal	Number	Ordinal	Number	Ordinal	Number	Ordinal
1	first	2	second	3	third	4	fourth
5	fifth	6	sixth	7	seventh	8	eighth
9	ninth	10	tenth	11	eleventh	12	twelfth
13	thirteenth	14	fourteenth	15	fifteenth	20	twentieth
21	twenty-first	22	twenty-second	23	twenty-third	30	thirtieth

💡 Remember: 21st = twenty-first · 22nd = twenty-second · 23rd = twenty-third

📅 THE MONTHS

January	February	March	April	May	June
July	August	September	October	November	December

📅 Dates in English

1st January → the first of January
5th March → the fifth of March
12th June → the twelfth of June
21st September → the twenty-first of September

💡 Remember! We normally use on with dates:

My birthday is on 15th May.
The party is on Saturday.

4. MY SPECIAL DATES

Dates aren’t only for birthdays!
We can talk about important days and special dates.

• 🎂 Birthday: My birthday is on 12th July.
• 🎄 Christmas: Christmas Day is on 25th December.
• 🎃 Halloween: Halloween is on 31st October.
• 🎉 A special day: My favourite day is 20th June.

✏️ Your turn!

Complete the sentences:

My birthday is on __________.
My favourite month is __________.
A special day for me is __________.

🎮 Juegos «numbers and dates»

Practise what you’ve learned!
Try these games and practise numbers, ordinal numbers, dates and birthdays.

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📝 Resumen

En esta Lesson 3 de inglés A2 «numbers and dates», aprenderás a utilizar números y fechas en inglés. Practicarás los números del 1 al 100, los ordinal numbers y las expresiones necesarias para decir y comprender fechas. También aprenderás a preguntar y responder sobre cumpleaños utilizando estructuras como When is your birthday? y My birthday is on… El objetivo es que puedas utilizar números, fechas y cumpleaños de forma sencilla y comunicativa en situaciones reales.