Everyday English (Elementary)

Topic: Dates and Numbers

Lesson Notes September 9, 2025 (Elementary)

Words & Phrases

• I went to a rooftop bbq, and there was a jacuzzi.

• The barbecuer did a really good job.

• I drank too much. (The verb ‘drink - drank - drunk’)

• The doctor is an internist. (= a doctor that specializes in internal medicine, rather than surgery)

• From Ebisu station to the Garden Place there is a moving walkway.

• The mall has everything, it’s very convenient there. (NOT there is convenience)

Everyday Numbers

Section 4

• Teen numbers → stress on the second syllable (thirteen)

• Tens → stress on the first syllable (thirty)

Section 6

• His birthday is the fourteenth of November, nineteen eighty-five.

• His birthday is November fourteenth, nineteen eighty-five.

• When we have a ‘0’ in telephone numbers we can say zero or ‘o’ (oʊ)