Lesson introduction

The aim of this lesson is to be able to speak about own birthday and activities we like to do when celebrating alone or with friends and family.

Learning Objectives
By the end of the lesson, you will be able to:

• Use dates in verbal and written communications using the Bitish format.
• Ask and answer about your birthday (when is your birthday?).
• Speak about activities you like to do on your birthday.

Recap from previous lesson

Let's recap from the previous lesson. Click the link below and check the material from our last lesson.

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Warmer

Let's review the ordinal numbers and the monthsusing the WordWall activity here below (lesson preparation activity).

Vocabulary

Let's review the months of the year. 

1. January
2. February
3. March
4. April
5. May
6. June
7. July
8. August
9. September
10. October
11. November
12. December

Now let's review the ordinal numbers.

1st – First
2nd – Second
3rd – Third
4th – Fourth
5th – Fifth
6th – Sixth
7th – Seventh
8th – Eighth
9th – Ninth
10th – Tenth
11th – Eleventh
12th – Twelfth
13th – Thirteenth
14th – Fourteenth
15th – Fifteenth
16th – Sixteenth
17th – Seventeenth
18th – Eighteenth
19th – Nineteenth
20th – Twentieth
21st – Twenty-first
22nd – Twenty-second
23rd – Twenty-third
24th – Twenty-fourth
25th – Twenty-fifth
26th – Twenty-sixth
27th – Twenty-seventh
28th – Twenty-eighth
29th – Twenty-ninth
30th – Thirtieth
31st – Thirty-first

Grammar presentation

To get ready for the activities, click on the link below and read the grammar presentation. 

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Using dates in the UK
In the UK, we say the day first, then the month, then the year.

Format:
🔹 Day + Month + Year

Example:
When is your birthday?
My birthday is on the 1st of January.

What day is today?
Today is the 12th of May 2025.

Activities you like to do on your birthday
Let's speak about activities you like to do on your birthday.

What do you like to do on your birthday?
On my birthday I like to __________

Activity 3

Write your birthday in a paper and working in pairs, in turns ask and answer the question:

• When is your birthday?

Activity 2

Now, working in pairs, show the paper with your birthday, and in turns ask and answer the question:

• When is my birthday?

Activity 3

Working alone or in groups, write 10 activities you like to do on your birthday. Do not write "I like to" but only the activity.

Activity 4: Controlled practice

Firstly, let's write down our keywords and circle them.

Then, let's think about the questions.
At last, let's think about the sentences.
Practice the dialogue in pairs.

Activity 5: Roleplay (Freer activity)

As freer activity, you will complete a role play.
You meet a new friend and speak about birthdays.
Write down the 7 keywords on a paper, to be used as guidance,
Do not write any sentences or questions, as you should not read during the activity. Repeat the activity until you are happy with the outcome.