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NAME: ________________________
DATE: ________________________
LISTENING PRACTICE
DATES
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Listen and circle the 16 dates that you hear.
(The first one is done for you.)
JANUARY
Su
M
Tu
W
4
11
18
25
5
12
19
26
6
13
20
27
7
14
21
28
FEBRUARY
Th
1
8
15
22
29
F
2
9
16
23
30
S
3
10
17
24
31
APRIL
Su
M
Tu
5
12
19
26
6
13
20
27
7
14
21
28
Su
1
8
15
22
M
2
9
16
23
Tu
3
10
17
24
W
4
11
18
25
Th
5
12
19
26
MARCH
F
6
13
20
27
S
7
14
21
28
MAY
W
1
8
15
22
29
Th
2
9
16
23
30
F
3
10
17
24
S
4
11
18
25
JULY
M
Tu
5
12
19
26
6
13
20
27
7
14
21
28
W
1
8
15
22
29
Th
2
9
16
23
30
F
3
10
17
24
31
S
4
11
18
25
OCTOBER
Su
M
Tu
W
Th
3
10
17
24
31
4
11
18
25
5
12
19
26
6
13
20
27
7
14
21
28
F
1
8
15
22
29
S
2
9
16
23
30
F
2
9
16
23
30
S
3
10
17
24
31
Su
M
Tu
W
Th
F
2
9
16
23
30
3
10
17
24
31
4
11
18
25
5
12
19
26
6
13
20
27
7
14
21
28
Su
1
8
15
22
29
M
2
9
16
23
30
Tu
3
10
17
24
31
W
4
11
18
25
Th
5
12
19
26
F
6
13
20
27
S
7
14
21
28
Tu
3
10
17
24
W
4
11
18
25
Su
7
14
21
28
M
1
8
15
22
29
Tu
2
9
16
23
30
W
3
10
17
24
Th
4
11
18
25
F
5
12
19
26
S
6
13
20
27
F
4
11
18
25
S
5
12
19
26
F
4
11
18
25
S
5
12
19
26
SEPTEMBER
S
1
8
15
22
29
NOVEMBER
Th
1
8
15
22
29
M
2
9
16
23
30
JUNE
AUGUST
Su
Su
1
8
15
22
29
Su
M
Tu
W
Th
5
12
19
26
4
11
18
25
5
12
19
26
6
13
20
27
7
14
21
28

Discuss these questions with a classmate:
Su
M
6
13
20
27
7
14
21
28
Tu
1
8
15
22
29
W
2
9
16
23
30
Th
3
10
17
24
DECEMBER
F
6
13
20
27
S
7
14
21
28
Su
M
6
13
20
27
7
14
21
28
1. When is your birthday?
2. Can you think of three dates that are important in your country?
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Tu
1
8
15
22
29
W
2
9
16
23
30
Th
3
10
17
24
31
LISTENING PRACTICE
Focus Dates
Level Intermediate
READ ALOUD
(ANSWERS)
1. Earth Day is celebrated by almost 200 countries around the world on April 22
(twenty-second).
2. Children’s Day in Japan is celebrated on May 5 (fifth).
3. People in India celebrate Republic Day on January 26 (twenty-sixth).
4. Every year in Mexico, people celebrate Mother’s Day on May 10 (tenth).
5. The National Day of Sweden is celebrated on June 6 (sixth).
6. Teacher’s Day in Thailand is celebrated on January 16 (sixteenth).
7. Father’s Day in Taiwan is celebrated every year on August 8 (eighth).
8. In the United States, Halloween is celebrated on October 31 (thirty-first).
9. In Argentina, the Day of Tradition is celebrated on November 10 (tenth).
10. Women’s Day in Poland is celebrated every year on March 8 (eighth).
11. Bastille Day, the national day of France, is celebrated on July 14 (fourteenth).
12. In Egypt, Revolution Day is celebrated on July 23 (twenty-third).
13. The last day of Christmas is celebrated in Iceland on January 6 (sixth).
14. Hispanic Day is celebrated every year in Spain on October 12 (twelfth).
15. Canada celebrates its birthday on July 1 (first).
16. New Zealand’s national day, Waitangi Day, is celebrated on February 6 (sixth).
CHECK ANSWERS
Have a volunteer (or several volunteers) come to the board with their papers and write
down the dates they heard. For example: (1) April 22 / (2) May 5 / etc. Answers will likely
not be written in the same order that they were read aloud – focus instead on whether or
not the correct dates are written on the board.
LISTEN AGAIN (Country Names)
Optional Activity: Consider reading aloud the above sentences (or playing the audio
file) a second time. Your learners should listen and write the names of the countries they
hear (starting with the second sentence).
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