Days, Months & Telling Time

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1. Exercise 1

   matching
   • segunda→Monday
   • terça→Tuesday
   • quarta→Wednesday
   • quinta→Thursday
   • sexta→Friday

   The five weekdays. WEDNESDAY is the trickiest — the first 'd' is silent: /ˈwenz.deɪ/.

   🇧🇷 Wednesday se lê 'wenzdei' — o primeiro 'd' é mudo.

2. Exercise 2

   matching
   • sábado→Saturday
   • domingo→Sunday
   • fim de semana→weekend

   The weekend. In the US, the week is often thought of as starting Sunday; in the UK and calendars, Monday.

   🇧🇷 'Weekend' = fim de semana. Em inglês americano a semana começa no domingo, no britânico começa na segunda.

3. Exercise 3

   multiple choice

   Which is spelled correctly?

   • monday
   • Mondayanswer
   • MonDay
   • MONDAY

   In English, days and months are ALWAYS capitalized — even mid-sentence: 'See you on Monday.' This is different from Portuguese.

   🇧🇷 REGRA: dias e meses em inglês sempre começam com letra MAIÚSCULA.

4. Exercise 4

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   Complete: 'I go to the gym ___ Monday.' (on which day)

   ON + specific day. On Monday, on Tuesday, on my birthday.

   🇧🇷 ON é a preposição para dias específicos: on Monday, on my birthday.

5. Exercise 5

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   Complete: 'My birthday is ___ July.' (which month)

   IN + months, years, seasons, parts of the day. In July, in 2026, in the morning.

   🇧🇷 IN + mês/ano/estação/parte do dia: in July, in 2026, in the morning.

6. Exercise 6

   matching
   • janeiro→January
   • fevereiro→February
   • agosto→August
   • dezembro→December

   February is often misspelled — 'Feb-RU-ary', with a 'r' that's easy to drop.

   🇧🇷 February tem um 'r' que muita gente esquece: 'feb-RU-ari'.

7. Exercise 7

   multiple choice

   It's 3:00 p.m. The most natural way to say the time:

   • It is the three hours
   • It's three o'clock
   • It's three
   • Both B and C are commonanswer

   'It's three o'clock' is traditional; 'It's three' is casual. 'O'clock' is only used with whole hours — never 'three-thirty o'clock'.

   🇧🇷 'O'clock' só vai com horas fechadas — nunca com 'e meia' ou 'e quinze'.

8. Exercise 8

   multiple choice

   How do you say 6:15?

   • six fifteen
   • quarter past six
   • Both are correct and commonanswer
   • six and fifteen

   'Six fifteen' (digital style) and 'quarter past six' (traditional) are both natural. For 6:30 → 'six thirty' OR 'half past six'. For 6:45 → 'six forty-five' OR 'quarter to seven'.

   🇧🇷 6:15 = 'six fifteen' OU 'quarter past six'. 6:30 = 'six thirty' OU 'half past six'. 6:45 = 'six forty-five' OU 'quarter to seven'.

9. Exercise 9

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   Complete: 'What ___ is it?' (asking the time)

   'What time is it?' — the standard question. Note: NOT 'What hours are?' (Portuguese structure).

   🇧🇷 'What time is it?' — não traduza 'que horas são' literalmente.