Time, Days, and Dates vocabulary Exercise

Master common vocabulary for telling time, talking about days of the week, and describing calendar dates. Essential for scheduling, appointments, and planning daily routines.

Exercise Guide

How to complete:

Fill in the blanks with the correct time and calendar vocabulary. Follow these steps:

  • Identify whether the blank needs a time, day, or date expression.
  • Pay attention to a.m./p.m. markers and ordinal numbers for dates.
  • Think about common phrases for schedules, appointments, and routines.
  • Use context clues to decide if the answer should be written as words or numerals.
  • Check that the time expressions fit logically with the surrounding sentences.

Success tips:

  • Times of day: sunrise, noon, afternoon, evening, midnight.
  • Clock expressions: on the dot, half past, quarter to, sharp.
  • Calendar language: weekdays, weekends, departure date, due date.
  • Ordinal numbers for dates: first, second, third, fourteenth.
  • Remember to include a.m./p.m. when the context requires it.

Knowledge:

This exercise reinforces the language you need to talk about time, days, and dates in everyday situations. You will practice telling the time, naming weekdays and weekends, and describing calendar dates for appointments, routines, and travel plans. Mastering this vocabulary helps you confirm schedules, set reminders, and communicate clearly when planning with others.

Complete the Exercise

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Every weekday, I set my for half past six so I can eat breakfast at before catching the bus at .
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Our team meets every afternoon at sharp. I always block the time on my digital so I do not forget, and I review the notes from to stay prepared.
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My dentist appointment is on , twelfth. They asked me to arrive by to complete the paperwork.
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When planning vacations, I mark the day we leave and the day we return on the wall calendar, then request at work.
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The train schedule shows the first departure at in the morning and the last train at at night. On and holidays, there are fewer trains.
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My brother's birthday party is on , the of July. We plan to start at so everyone can stay for dinner.
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To manage deadlines, I create a weekly each Sunday evening. I list tasks for each and include the exact they must be finished by.
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When the clock strikes , the school bell rings to end classes. Students know they have a -minute break before lessons resume at .
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The museum is closed on , but it opens at on Fridays and stays open until during summer months.
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During the workshop, we take a short break at , resume at , and finish for the day at exactly on the dot.
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Yesterday afternoon, my train arrived at five, so I still made it home before .
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We meet for language practice every during the . Sometimes we move it to the if there is a holiday.
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My birthday is in , but the party is scheduled for the evening so my friends who work on shifts can come.
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At the museum tour, the guide explained how the city changed over each and even compared our century to the previous .
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The festival starts at , and volunteers need to arrive to set up. Anyone who comes will miss the opening ceremony.
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Right now, I am working on the report and plan to finish it by next week so we can review it .
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We returned from our trip , but we were still talking about it because it felt like we had been away for .
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Because this year is a , has days, so the museum added an extra weekend tour to celebrate.
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We go hiking , meeting at so we can reach the lookout before .
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I practice guitar , but I still meet my coach on Friday evenings for feedback.
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