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Activities: “Days of the week in English: What are they and how to use them?”

By: Erin Kuester
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These activities are part of our English Grammar series. The skills we are practicing here are covered in our article:

Activity: Emma’s busy calendar

Emma loves being social, hanging out with her friends, and going to events. But she might have scheduled too many activities for January! Can you help Emma organize her calendar? Take a look at her schedule and write out as many sentences as you can to help Emma figure out what she’s doing on what days.

For this activity, today is January 11.

A calendar for January 2023. A yellow star marks the current day as "Wednesday January 11." Other events are placed on other calendar days as follows: Dad's birthday party (Sunday, January 1st), Visit aquarium with Gia (Wednesday, January 4th), Bake cookies with Craig (Friday, January 6th), Painting class with Lucy (Sunday, January 8th), Cooking class with Tim (Tuesday, January 10th), Walk in the park with Alicia (Thursday, January 12th), Skiing in the mountains with George (Saturday, January 14th), Yoga with Michelle (Monday, January 16th), Orchestra concert with Heidi (Wednesday, January 18th), Dinner with Tom (Saturday, January 21st), Ice skating with Michelle (Sunday, January 22nd), Game night with Derek (Monday, January 23rd), Dance class with Megan (Friday, January 27th), and Shopping with Mom (Tuesday, January 31st)

Can you match the event on Emma’s calendar with each of the descriptions below?

Here are the of the activities on Emma’s calendar:

Dad’s birthday party
Visit aquarium with Gia
Bake cookies with Craig
Painting Class with Lucy
Cooking class with Tim
Walk in the park with Alicia
Skiing in the mountains with George
Yoga with Michelle
Orchestra concert with Heidi
Ice skating with Michael
Game night with Derek
Dinner with Tom
Dance class with Megan
Shopping with Mom

  1. Last Wednesday:

  2. Next Wednesday:

  3. Yesterday:

  4. Not this coming Monday, but the Monday after that:

  5. On Saturday:

  6. This past Sunday:

  7. This coming Monday:

  8. Sunday after next:

  9. Last Friday:

  10. Sunday before last:

  11. Tomorrow:

  12. Friday after next:

  13. Not this Saturday, but next Saturday:

  14. Two weeks from next Tuesday:

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