Good day everyone! Just like greeting phrases, words of politeness, numbers and time of day, one cannot do without the names of the days of the week. We work from Monday to Friday, and rest on Saturday and Sunday, regularly look at the calendar, plan vacations, etc. Every day in our conversations we mention one or several days of the week, so in this audio lesson of spoken English for beginners we will learn exactly these words.
As you know, there are seven days in a week, but in some countries, particularly in Israel, Canada and the USA, the first day of the week is not Monday, but Sunday. At the same time, the working week traditionally begins on Monday, as in all other countries. In this online audio lesson, you will learn not only what the days of the week are called in English, but also examples of phrases in English that use one or another day of the week.
Your name for the days of the week English language received from the ancient Roman and Old Norse gods. In addition, the name of each of them contains the word “day” - day. Make sure of this by listening to the online audio recording of the lesson right now with the translation of all phrases and words into Russian /wp-content/uploads/2014/07/RUEN009.mp3 Thanks to this lesson, you will not only learn the days of the week in English, but also repeat The topic of the lesson before last was English numerals. Try to repeat the phrases after the native speaker, the original pronunciation.
Days of the week in English
After listening and remembering the lesson in audio format, you can begin to study its text material. A table with a textual designation of all phrases and words will clearly demonstrate how to write expressions correctly and how it can be translated into Russian. Since you learned ordinal numbers in the audio lesson before last, today you will need to learn much fewer new words.
| Days of the week | |
| English | Russian |
| Monday | Monday |
| Tuesday | Tuesday |
| Wednesday | Wednesday |
| Thursday | Thursday |
| Friday | Friday |
| Saturday | Saturday |
| Sunday | Sunday |
| the week | a week |
| from Monday to Sunday | Monday to Sunday |
| The first day is Monday | The first day is Monday |
| The second day is Tuesday | The second day is Tuesday |
| The third day is Wednesday | The third day is Wednesday |
| The fourth day is Thursday | The fourth day is Thursday |
| The fifth day is Friday | The fifth day is Friday |
| The sixth day is Saturday | The sixth day is Saturday |
| The seventh day is Sunday | The seventh day is Sunday |
| The week has seven days | A week consists of seven days |
| We only work for five days | We are only open for five days |
Knowing these few simple phrases in English is necessary and sufficient for you to be able to carry on a conversation on everyday topics with an English-speaking interlocutor.
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THEORETICAL MATERIALUSUALLY - usually
EVERY DAY - every day
TWICE A WEEK - twice a week
4 TIMES A MONTH - 4 times a month
ON SUNDAYS - on Sundays
ON WEEKENDS - at week-ends, on one"s free days
ON WEEKDAYS - on week-days
IN THE MORNING - in the morning(s)
IN THE EVENINGS - in the evening(s)
OFTEN - often
RARELY - rarely
SOMETIMES - sometimes
ALWAYS - always
ALMOST NEVER - hardly ever
Occasionally - hardly ever
OFTEN - quite often
PRETTY RARE - rather rarely
OFTEN - very often
NEVER - never
EVERY SATURDAY - every Saturday
WINTER - in winter
IN SUMMER - in summer
SPRING - in spring
IN AUTUMN - in autumn
These PLFs require English grammatical tense PRESENT SIMPLE. SPIRIT OF THE TIMES - ORDINARY AND REPEATIBILITY. TIME FORMULA - V(verb without particle to)
The question is asked using an auxiliary verb DO, in third person singular- auxiliary DOES.
Do you eat often? - Do you often sing?
Are they always on time? - Do they always come on time?
Does it get dark early in winter? - Does it get dark early in winter?
How often does it rain in Moscow? - How often does it rain in Moscow?
Does this usually help you? - Does it usually help you?
Negation - a negative particle is added to the auxiliary verb NOT
I don't always drink coffee in the morning.
I don"t (do not) always drink coffee in the morning.
This usually doesn't help me.
It doesn't (does not) usually help me.
You don't wash your car every day.
You don't wash your car every day.
Grammar nuance 1.
Words denoting the frequency of an action must be placed before the verb that denotes this action. The frequency of action is indicated by the words:
OFTEN OFTEN
USUALLY USUALLY
RARELY SELDOM
ALWAYS ALWAYS
NEVER NEVER
I rarely drink coffee. - I rarely drink coffee.
I often read books. - I often read books.
We never play tennis. - We never play tennis.
They always arrive on time. - They always come on time.
You usually watch TV in the evenings. - You usually watch TV in the evening.
Grammar nuance 2.
Expressions “VERY OFTEN”, “VERY RARELY”, “QUITE OFTEN”, “FAIRLY RARELY" in English is placed in end of sentence.
We go to work very often.- We go to work very often.
We go to work quite often.- We go to work quite often.
Grammar nuance 3.
To a verb in the 3rd person singular the letter is added - S-.
He sings often. - He often drinks.
She rarely drinks coffee. - She rarely drinks coffee.
Mom cooks delicious food. - Mammy cooks tasty.
Dad reads a lot. - Daddy reads a lot.
It gets dark early in winter. - It gets dark early in winter.
This really bothers me. - It bothers me a lot.
Grammar nuance 4.
The English language does not tolerate double negatives! In the sentence “He never drinks coffee” in the Russian version there are 2 negations: “never” and “not”. In the English version of this phrase, only one negation is required - “never”.
He never drinks coffee.
SPEECH TECHNIQUE 1
Example: I often dance.
I often dance. Do I dance often? I don't dance often.
I always read newspapers in the morning.
You rarely play tennis.
He often watches TV on weekends.
She sometimes cooks lunch.
She often cooks dinners for the whole family.
We go to the cinema quite rarely.
It rains seldom in winter.
I go to work every day.
You often disturb me in the evenings.
On weekends he usually arrives on time.
IDIOMS AND PHRASEOLOGISTS
fool around - to play the fool
see a way out - to see daylight
lose one's temper (lose patience) - to lose temper
get up on the wrong foot - to get out of bed on the wrong side
bend your back - to break one's back
SPEECH TECHNIQUE 2
He often plays the fool.
Does he always play the fool in the evenings?
How often does he lose his temper?
He never loses his temper.
He usually gets off on the wrong foot and often loses his temper on Mondays.
Why do you always see a way out?
He never gets stressed at work and usually plays the fool.
My husband almost never loses his temper
I often get up on the wrong foot.
When do you usually lose patience?
Do you usually sleep long hours?
I wake up at 7 am every day.
What time do you usually get up?
They never wash themselves!
He takes a shower every day.
I always take a bath in the evening
We sometimes cook breakfast on Sundays.
When do they have breakfast?
She rarely has lunch and never has dinner.
I sometimes have lunch at work, but not very often.
He always washes the dishes after breakfast.
Why don't you ever wash the dishes after dinner?
Every Saturday she cleans her room.
Do you always fool around at work?
They don't wash the dishes in the evenings because they dine out quite often.
LEXICAL MINIMUM
tasty - tasty
time - time
stand up - to get up
get up - to get out of bed
newspaper - a newspaper
prepare - to cook
Cook breakfast - to make breakfast
enough - quite, rather
"to wait" - to rain
have breakfast - to have breakfast
play - to play
movie - cinema
coffee - coffee
disturb (disturb) - to bother
to disturb husband - a husband
put on makeup - to make up, to beautify oneself
lunch - to have dinner
get dressed - to get dressed, to dress
have a snack - to have a snack
change clothes - to change, to get changed
sing - to sing
drink - to drink
on weekdays - on week-days
to help - to help
to wash the dishes - to wash (to do) the dishes
make the bed - to make the bed
Make a breakfast - to make dinner
to take a bath - to take (to have) a bath
take a shower - to take (to have) a shower
come - to come
arrive on time - to come on time
comb your hair - to do smb"s hair
get hungry - to get hungry
wake up - to wake up
Job - work, a job
early - early
restaurant - a restaurant
family - a family
watch TV - to watch TV
sleep - to sleep get dark - to get dark
tennis - tennis
to clean the room - to tide up (to clean) the room
have supper - to have supper
wash - to wash
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Time markers in Present Simple
Present Simple tense indicators
When we speak in the present tense, we often say words such as today, often, every day, morning, etc. These words indicate exactly when the action is performed and with what regularity. We will call such words temporary indicators or temporary markers. They appear very often in speech and it is simply necessary to remember them. Sometimes they may be accompanied by various prepositions and articles, which must also always be taken into account.
Our work on this topic will consist of separately considering various temporary indicators and giving examples of sentences with them. The task is to learn how to use them independently in speech.
1) Today - Today
Today I"m very busy - Today I am very busy
We have a party today - Today we have a holiday
What do you want to eat today?- What do you want to eat today?
Pay attention to where the word today is, because it cannot be placed in any part of the sentence. Basically, in affirmative and negative sentences, this tense indicator is placed at the beginning or at the end. IN interrogative sentence- at the end. The word order in English and Russian is different.
Try saying it yourself:
We have a lot of work today
Today Mark is not very tired
Do you want to go to the concert today?
2) Every day- every day
I go to school every day - I go to school every day
We do our homework every day - We do homework every day
She doesn't work every day - She doesn't work every day
Do you play tennis every day? - Do you play tennis every day?
The expression every day often appears at the end of a sentence, but can sometimes appear at the beginning.
Say it yourself:
Every day I eat meat
Do you cook every day?
My friends watch TV every day
Of course, instead of the word day in this expression, you can substitute words such as month, year, Monday, summer, etc., and we will get new temporary values.
Every week - Every week
Every month - Every month
Every year - Every year
Every Saturday - Every Saturday
Every spring - Every spring
Say in English:
Every year I go to the village
We buy food every week
The trees are yellow every autumn
3) Always- Always
She always speaks very loudly - She always speaks very loudly
I always buy cheap flights - I always buy cheap plane tickets
You are always so beautiful - You are always so beautiful
I"m always glad to see you - I'm always glad to see you
Do you always go to school by bus?- Do you always go to school by bus?
Always is placed before the verb in all cases, with the exception of the verb to be. If the verb to be is used, then always comes after it.
I always watch news- I always watch the news
I am always tired after work- I'm always tired after work
She always reads novels - She always reads novels
She is always very friendly - She is always very friendly
In interrogative and negative sentences, always always comes after the auxiliary verb don"t or doesn"t and before the semantic verb. In cases with the verb to be - after the subject and predicate.
Do you always understand Americans?- Do you always understand Americans?
Is he always at home?- Is he always at home?
We don't always go by car- We don’t always travel by car
Say it yourself:
We always work hard
Your friend is always late
Mary always sings in the bathroom
Do you always eat at a restaurant?
4) Often- often
Most often, the word often is pronounced the same way it is written. However, sometimes the [t] sound may be dropped.
I often sing songs in English - I often sing songs in English
Often my friend and I do our homework together- My friend and I often do homework together
Sandra goes to the church very often- Sandra goes to church very often
Winters in Moscow are often very cold- Winters in Moscow are often very cold
Usually the word often comes before a verb unless the verb is to be. If this is a verb to be, then often is placed after it. However, sometimes often can also come at the beginning of a sentence. Often appears at the end of a sentence if it is preceded by the word very.
The baby cries very often - The baby cries very often
Say it yourself:
Children often eat ice cream
Mary and I often go to the cinema together
The word order in interrogative and negative sentences is the same as always.
Do you often write with errors?- Do you often write with mistakes?
He doesn´t often play computer games- He doesn’t often play computer games
Are these lessons often so boring?- Are these lessons often so boring?
5) Usually- usually
We usually eat popcorn when we watch films- We usually eat popcorn when we watch movies.
Patrick is usually very busy, but today he is free- Patrick is usually very busy, but today he is free
Does she usually read books in the original?- Does she usually read books in the original?
The word order with usually is the same as with always and often.
Say it yourself:
My mom usually prefers tea
I usually write short messages
Do you usually drink juice or milk?
6) Sometimes- Sometimes
Sometimes I go to the river - Sometimes I go to the river
Sometimes we play basketball near school- Sometimes we play basketball near school
This tense marker is usually placed at the beginning of a sentence.
Sometimes Sam goes to an expensive supermarket
I sometimes wash dishes in cold water
7) Seldom- rarely
Cindy rarely goes to the gym - Cindy rarely goes to the gym
David flies to Miami very rarely- David flies to Miami very rarely
Seldom also has the same word order as always, often and usually. Along with the adverb often, rarely is also placed at the end of a sentence if it is preceded by very.
Say it yourself in English:
I rarely drive a car
We rarely watch films in English
Frank very rarely eats in a restaurant
8) on Monday , on Tuesday , on Wednesday- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
If we want to say that we are doing something on a certain day of the week, we must put the preposition on before each day.
On Sunday we stay at home - On Sunday we stay at home
I don"t work on Saturday - I don’t work on Sunday
She has many classes on Tuesday- She has a lot of lessons on Tuesday
Do you sleep well on Saturday?- Do you sleep well on Saturday?
Alex doesn't go to the gym on Thursday- Alex doesn't go to the gym on Thursday
These tense markers are placed at the beginning or end of an affirmative sentence and at the end of interrogative and negative sentences.
Say it yourself in English:
On Tuesday I work nine hours
Sarah learns Spanish on Monday
On Friday they play tennis
What are you doing on Thursday?
To say in the plural on Mondays, on Tuesdays, etc., you just need to add the plural ending -s to the day of the week.
on Monday s- on Mondays
on Sundays - on Sundays
The weekend expression can often come in handy. However, British English and American English use different prepositions
British English:
at the weekend - on the weekend
at weekends - on weekends
American English:
on the weekend - on the weekend
on weekends - on weekends
9) in January, in February- in January, in February
The preposition in is used with months.
In June I finish my studies - In June I finish my studies
Travis wants to buy a new house in September- Travis wants to buy a new house in September
Do you study in August? -Are you studying in August?
We don't have holidays in April- We don’t have holidays in April
The word order here is the same as in the case of days of the week - in affirmative sentences, the month is either at the beginning or at the end. In negatives and interrogatives - at the end.
Say it yourself:
We are going to Italy in July
Peter doesn't study in October
What are you doing in December?
10) in the summer , in the spring- summer, spring
The matter with the seasons is just as simple. We use the preposition in and the definite article.
in the winter - in winter
in the spring - in the spring
in the summer - in the summer
in the autumn - in the fall
Although the definite article in these constructions is an optional element. Many native English speakers do without it and say:
in winter
in spring
in summer
in autumn
Both options are correct, and the choice of how to speak is up to you. Our advice is to get used to both forms.
In the summer we swim in the river- In summer we swim in the river
In winter we play snowballs - In winter we play snowballs
The word order for seasons is the same as for months.
In American English there is a word that is often said instead of autumn. This is the word fall.
In fall I wear a coat - in the fall I wear a coat
Say it yourself:
In winter my friends and I play hockey
In the summer my parents live in the village
Lots of yellow leaves in autumn
His birthday is not in February
11) in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening - morning, afternoon, evening
Let us now consider expressions related to the time of day.
in the morning - in the morning
in the afternoon - during the day (after noon)
in the evening - in the evening
at night - at night
Almost all of these expressions come with the preposition in and the definite article. At night stands out. This moment must be remembered.
In the morning I clean my teeth- In the morning I brush my teeth
My family and I watch TV in the evening- In the evening, my family and I watch TV.
We don"t sleep a lot at night - We don’t sleep very much at night
What do you usually do in the afternoon?- What do you usually do during the day?
As can be seen from the examples, the word order remains the same as in the cases with seasons, months and days of the week.
Say it yourself in English:
I sleep well at night
In the evening she washes the dishes
During the day they are in kindergarten
12) at 7 o"clock- at 7:00
In the last section, we touched on the topic of time in English and learned to say what time it is. However, to say It's seven o'clock now And I get up at seven o'clock- two slightly different proposals.
It "s seven (o" clock) - It's seven (o'clock)
I wake up at seven (o"clock) - I get up at seven (o'clock)
In the second case, the preposition at is placed before the numeral. Don't forget this and don't mix up the prepositions. Don't say: I wake up at seven o'clock.
Let's look at example sentences:
My work begins at nine o'clock- Work starts at nine o'clock
The children come home at five- The children come home at five
Most often, this tense indicator is placed at the end of the sentence.
To ask a question What time does your work start? we need to use the interrogative combination What time? (At what time?)
What time does your work begin?- What time does your work start?
What time do the children come home?- What time do the children come home?
If we want to clarify the time of day when the action takes place, then we can remember the previous point and say:
I wake up at seven o"clock in the morning- I get up at seven in the morning
The class finishes at six o"clock in the evening- The lesson ends at six o'clock in the evening
You can also refer to the generally accepted Latin abbreviations a.m. and p.m.
My work begins at ten o"clock a.m.- My work starts at ten o'clock in the morning (before noon)
