Time and Dates

There are seven days in a week. The first day of the week is Sunday. The last day of the week is Saturday. The other days of the week are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Monday is the second day, Tuesday is the third day, Wednesday is the fourth day, Thursday is the fifth day and Friday is the sixth day. Saturday is the seventh day of the week.

There are three hundred and sixty-five days in a year. Seven days make a week. Two weeks or fourteen days make a fortnight. People usually do not work on Sunday. When do people usually work? People work all the other days of the week. Do you rest on Sunday? Yes, you do. All the days of the week are week-days.

There are twelve months in a year. They are: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, Septem­ber, October, November, December. January is the first month and December is the twelfth month or the last month of a year.

Time is indicated in many ways. The day is divided into 2 twelve-hour periods. We call them as a.m. (Latin: ante meridiem, i.e. before midday — noon) and p.m. (Latin: post meridiem, i.e. after midday — noon).

The time of the day is not the same in different coun­tries and places.

What do we do if we want to know the time? If we want to know the time we look at the watch or clock or at the alarm-clock.

There are two hands on the face of the clock. One hand is long and the other hand is short. The long hand is the minute hand. The short hand is the hour hand.

If you want to know the time you look at your watch, at a clock or may ask: " What time is it? " or " What is the time? " The answer may be: " It is five (o'clock) sharp."

Sixty minutes make an hour. From one o'clock to two o'clock is one hour. From one o'clock to six o'clock is five hours. There are twenty-four hours in a day.

Exercise 9. Read, learn and say what time is it now: