Lesson Twenty-nine

days on a calendar

Here are some ways to talk about the days and weeks within a month.

Talking about days:

• Today is the 18th.
• Today’s Thursday.
• It’s Thursday the 18th.
• It’s the 18th of April.
• It’s April 18th.
• Yesterday was the 17th.
• Tomorrow is the 19th.
• Tomorrow is Friday.
• The day after tomorrow is Saturday.
• There are 30 days in the month of April.
• April began on a Monday.
• April ends on a Tuesday.

Talking about weeks:

• This is the week of the 15th. (The week begins on April 15.)
• I’ll be in Chicago on the week of the 22nd. That’s next week.
• This week has been busy.
• Last week was not as busy. (last week = the previous week)
• We had a major snowstorm exactly one week ago on April 11.
• A week from now will be April 25.
• It will be May in about two weeks.

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