TELLING DAYS, MONTHS AND DATE
1. Days
of the week
The
table below shows the days of the week in English together with their common
abbreviations.
|
Category |
Days of the week |
Abbreviations |
Meaning |
|
Weekdays (5 days) |
Monday
|
Mon. |
Senin |
|
Tuesday |
Tue.
/ Tues. |
Selasa |
|
|
Wednesday |
Wed.
/ Weds. |
Rabu |
|
|
Thursday |
Thur.
/ Thurs. |
Kamis |
|
|
Friday |
Fri. |
Jum’at |
|
|
Weekend ( 2 days) |
Saturday |
Sat. |
Sabtu |
|
Sunday |
Sun. |
Minggu |
2. Asking
for day
Examples
:
·
What
day is today?
·
What
day is tomorrow?
·
What
day was yesterday?
3. Months
of the year
1)
January
4) April 7)
July 10) October
2)
February 5) May 8) August 11)
November
3)
March
6) June 9) September 12)
December
4. Telling
the year
a.
From
2000 onwards, years are pronounced like ordinary cardinal number.
Examples :
|
You
write |
You
say |
|
2000 |
two
thousand |
|
2003 |
two
thousand and three |
|
2010 |
two
thousand and ten / twenty ten |
b.
Earlier
years are pronounced differently, the first two digits are a number and the
last two digits are a number. However, they can be joined by hundred if the last
two figures are 00 through 09.
Examples :
|
You
write |
You
say |
|
1999 |
nineteen
ninety-nine |
|
1806 |
eighteen
hundred and six |
5. Asking
for date
Examples
:
·
What
is the date today?
·
What
is today’s date?
6. Telling
date
Examples
:
a.
Menggunakan
aturan British style
Day – month – year
|
You
write |
You
say |
|
13th
march, 1999 / 13 – 03 – 1999 |
the
thirteenth of march , nineteen ninety-nine |
|
1st
january , 2020 / 01 – 01 – 2020 |
The
first of January, two thousand and twenty |
b.
Menggunakan
aturan American style
Month – day – year
|
You
write |
You
say |
|
January,
1st 2020 / 01 – 01 – 2020 |
January,
the first two thousand and twenty |
|
March,
13th 2010 / 03 – 13 - 2010 |
March,
the thirtheenth twenty ten |
Cara lain menjelaskan
tanggal (date)
·
19
January ( The nineteenth of January )
·
Wednesday,
19 January ( Wednesday, the nineteenth of January )
·
On
2 may ( on the second of may )
- Mother's day : 22nd december
- Teacher's day : 25th November
GRAMMAR
PREPOSITION OF TIME ( AT , IN , ON )
1)
“At”
is used showing a precise time.
2)
“In”
used for showing months, years, centuries and long periods
3)
“On”
is used for showing days and dates
|
Preposition |
Function |
Examples |
|
At |
At
dipakai di
waktu yang lebih rinci (Precise time) |
·
At
1 p.m , at 1 o’clock -
We
will meet at 1 p.m ·
At
dinnertime, at noon, at bedtime, at sunset, at sunrise, at dawn, at night -
The
shop closes at the night. ·
At
the moment, at the present, at the same time, at weekend -
She
is not home at present |
|
In |
In digunakan untuk menunjukkan,
bulan, tahun, musim, bagian waktu dalam hari. ( Months, years, centuries and long periods
) |
·
In
may, in june, in summer, in winter, in autumn etc. -
I
was born in march ·
In
the next century ·
In
the (morning, afternoon, night, evening -
I
usually read a book in the morning ·
In
2017 -
I
graduated from my university in 2017 |
|
On |
On
digunakan
untuk menunjukkan, hari dan tanggal,
hari – hari tertentu ( hari raya). ( Days and date ) |
·
On
Sunday, on Monday, on Saturday ·
On
8 October 2020, on 13 march -
I
was born on 13 march 1995 -
On
independence day |
