Did you know that in the English language, the days of the week (apart from Sunday

and Monday) are named after pagan gods from before Christianity?

SUNDAY MONDAY
The Sun’s Day. Named after the Sun,
the brightest star in our system.
Also considered a God in many cultures.
Curiosity: in German, Sunday is called
“sanntag” and “sann” is the German
The Moon’s Day. Named after the Moon, the
word for sun
Earth's only permanent natural satellite. It has
lots of cultural references and influences in
TUESDAY human societies and cultures since forever. Such
Tiu’s day. Tiu refers to cultural influences can be found
in language, lunar based calendar systems, art,
the Germanic god Týr.
and mythology.
Týr is the Nordic god
of War,the Sky, Law, THURSDAY
Justice and glory. According to the Nordic Mythology, Týr had
his hand eaten by a wolf. Thor’s Day. Thor is the Thunder God.
Equivalent to the Roman God of War Mars. Thor's day gets its English name after
the hammer-wielding Norse god of
WEDNESDAY SATURDAY thunder, strength and protection.
The Roman god Jupiter, as well
Woden’s Day. In wider Germanic Saturn’s Day. as being the king of gods, was
mythology and paganism, Odin Germanic the god of the sky and thunder.
was known in Old English as Wōde. and Norse
Wōden, or Odin, was the ruler of traditions
the Norse didn’t assign FRYDAY
gods' realm any of their gods to
Freya’s Day. Friday is named after
and associated this day of the week.
the wife of Odin, Freya, goddess
with wisdom, They retained the
of love. She is leader of the
magic, victory Roman name instead:
Valkyries. Her name
and death. He Saturn, the god of
means "beloved, belonging
was the agriculture. He is
to the loved ones, not in
husband of believed to have ruled
bondage, free". She was
the goddess the earth during an
often associated with Venus,
Freya. age of happiness and
the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility.
virtue.
Which way of writing a specific date is correct?

a) February 20th, 2020

b) 20/2/2020
c) 2/20/2020

There are also several ways of saying years in English, When speaking about the first four days of the
especially ones near the beginning of the 21st century. month, we don’t use the words “one”, “two”,
“three” and “four”. Instead, we say: “first”,
For example, the year 2010 was often pronounced “two
“second”, “third” and “fourth”
thousand (and) ten” at the time but is also pronounced
“twenty ten”.
1st 2nd
HOMEWORK: Customize the months below the way that 3rd 4th
most pleases you!
5th 6th... (-ieth)
JANUARY MAY SEPTEMBER

FEBUARY JUNE OCTOBER

MARCH JULY NOVEMBER

APRIL AUGUST DICEMBER

 TASK 4 - Find the twelve
names of the months and
then write them down below
ASKING TO MEET
• "Are you available on the
17th?"
• "Can we meet on the
16th?"
• "How does the 3rd sound
to you?"
• "Are you free next week?"
• "Would Friday suit you?"
• "Is next Tuesday
convenient for you?"
• "What about sometime
next week?"
RESPONDING TO AN
CANCELLING AN APPOINTMENT
APPOINTMENT
• "Yes, Monday is fine."
• "Monday suits me."
• "Thursday would be
perfect."
• "I'm afraid I can't on the 3rd.
What about the 6th?"
• "Could we meet on Tuesday
instead?"
• "Ah, Wednesday is going to
be a little difficult. I'd much
prefer Friday, if that's alright
with you."
• “Unfortunately, due to some
unforeseen business, I will be
unable to keep our
appointment for tomorrow
afternoon”
• “Would it be possible to
arrange another time later in
the week?”
• “I’m afraid that I have to
cancel our meeting on
Wednesday”
• . Can we fix another time?
FRIDAY IN LOVE – THE CURE
1- Complete the blank spaces
I don't care if ____________ is blue
____________ is gray and
Wednesday too
____________ I don't care about you
It's ____________, I'm in love
Monday you can ____________apart
Tuesday, ____________ break my
heart
Thursday doesn't even ____________
It's Friday, I'm in love
Saturday ____________
And ___________ always comes too
late
But Friday ____________ hesitate...
2- put the number of the illustration
after the indicated parenthesis
I don't care if Monday's black
Tuesday, Wednesday - heart attack ( )
Thursday, never looking back
It's Friday, I'm in love
Monday you can hold your head
Tuesday, Wednesday stay in bed ( )
Oh Thursday, watch the walls instead
It's Friday, I'm in love
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2
Saturday wait
And Sunday always comes too late ( )
But Friday never hesitates…
Dressed up to the eyes
It's a wonderful surprise
To see your shoes ( ) and your spirits
rise
Throwing out your frown
And just smiling at the sound
And as sleek as a shriek
Spinning round and round
Always take a big bite ( )
It's such a gorgeous sight
To see you eat in the middle of the
night
You can never get enough
Enough of this stuff
It's Friday
I'm in love
I don't care if Monday's blue
Tuesday's grey and Wednesday too
Thursday I don't care about you
It's Friday I'm in love
Monday, you can fall apart
Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart ( )
Thursday doesn't even start
It's Friday I'm in love
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