Each of us is looking forward to some event: birthday, wedding, summer holidays. Have you ever counted months or weeks to an important day? About how the names of the months in English, the seasons and days of the week will sound, will be described in the article.
Seasons
Dates, seasons and months are usually learned in the very first English lessons. This is necessary, because dates and numbers often appear in spoken language and on the pages of documents.
Before learning the names of the months in English, you need to understand the seasons. Their names are not in tune with the Russian version:
- Spring - sounds like [sprin]. Translated means "spring".
- Summer Transcription [Same] - summer.
- But autumn has several sound options, depending on which country you are in. For Britain, it sounds like autumn [otem]. In American, autumn is spelled and sounds like Fall [foul]. The vowel in this case is pronounced lingeringly.
- Winter The transcription looks like this: [winte]. The first two vowels are pronounced quickly, so that the sound is similar to Russian [in], but softer.
Months in English
Now that the seasons are sorted out, you can move on to the months. Below are the names of the months in English with pronunciation in Russian:
- Junuary [jenjo: ri] - January.
- February [februari] - February.
- March [ma: h] - March.
- April [April] - April.
- May - May.
- June [June] - June.
- July [july] - July.
- August [August] - August.
- September [Septembe] - September.
- October [okube] - October.
- November [novembe] - November.
- December [desembe] - December.
Pay attention to the names of the months in English with transcription: the colon in it, according to the rules, indicates the longitude of the pronounced sound. The letter r is not read at the end.
Rules related to months and seasons in English
The use in speech and writing of the names of the months in English follows certain rules that are easy to remember:
- The names of the months in English are always capitalized.
- The day of the month is separated by a comma from the year. For example, like this: It happend in August, 1982. This happened in August 1982.
- If you need to write any date in writing, use the abbreviation: Dec 17, Nov 22. Please note that the name of the month with a capital letter comes first, and then the number.
Use of articles and prepositions
Articles and prepositions often cause difficulties in the process of learning English. What prepositions are used with the names of the months, we will analyze further.
The following prepositions are used with the word month:
- By meaning "every month."
- For a , when you need to say that the action takes place throughout the month.
- In a, if you want to say that some action will happen in a month.
- If the sentence contains a temporary circumstance, for example, when you need to say that something happened in May, the preposition in : My son was born in May is used. - My son was born in May . When a specific date is required, the preposition changes to on: My son was born on 13 of May. - My son was born on May 13th .
When the article and prepositions are not used
Prepositions are not used if words such as:
- This is these.
- Every is everyone.
- All is everything.
- Any - any.
- Next - next
- Each - which.
And also when using the seasons with these particles: I'l study English next week. - I will learn English next week.
How to remember the seasons and days of the week for a child?
How to help your child remember the names of the months of the year in English? The best way to remember, of course, is in the form of a game. You will be helped by beautiful pictures with the names of the months, such as those listed here, coloring and copy-books with your favorite characters, songs and poems, as well as simple but effective exercises. Every child has a favorite toy. Invite your child to tell the soft friend the words he learned or retell a passage with new words.
Examples of exercises in English
Using the proposed exercises, you can not only learn the names of the months in English with transcription, but also consolidate any lexical material without the usual memorization. Their significant advantage is that they remember not only the sound, but also the spelling of the words being studied.
Exercise 1
Match the names of the months in English with transcription and translation:
| Month | Transcription | Transfer |
| October | [April] | June |
| June | [September] | September |
| December | [Jennier: ri] | February |
| August | [May] | April |
| May | [Februari] | July |
| March | [Oktube] | December |
| July | [Ma: h] | January |
| November | [June] | August |
| April | [Julai] | March |
| February | [Novembe] | May |
| Junuary | [August] | October |
| September | [Desembé] | September |
Exercise 2
Translate sentences into Russian, find the correct statements:
It's raining in Junuary.
The weather is fine on May.
September is the first month of the year.
The weather is still cold in April.
Exercise 3
It can be used for any words that you are going to consolidate. Its essence is that letters are rearranged in letters, and you need to return them in the correct sequence. For greater efficiency, it is recommended to perform it in a pair or a small group.
Poems for remembering months in English
Short memorizing poems will help you quickly and easily learn the names of the months in English with translation:
- January is coming to us, hello, Christmas tree, New Year.
- Blizzards rush along the ground - February in the yard.
- Do you hear icicles crying? March is coming to us soon.
- April begins, streams run up the road.
- Outside the window today May is a vacation at the door.
- Sea of light and heat - June - summer time.
- On the calendar July - run, jump, sunbathe.
- August in the yard - crop on the table.
- The trees will put on a bright outfit, September will bring together children at school.
- Leaves from the trees fly to the ground, October - hello, leaf fall.
- Birds flew to where it is warm, so November is knocking on the window.
- December will soon leave patterns on homes and trams.
Interesting fact
If you are going to visit, for example, London, then the following information will be useful for you: winter in England lasts from November to February. Spring comes in March and lasts only until April. May is considered the summer month. And autumn lasts from September to October. In the United States, everything is the same as usual for our traditional calendar.
Learn and memorize the names of the months in English easily and interestingly. This will be another step towards a free conversation with native speakers. Themed videos help you learn the language faster.