Topic: Months
Mode: Interpretive
Level: Novice
Students will write down the month that they hear in each sentence.
Components of this activity: Scripts, a fill-in-the-blank exercise, answer key.
Instructions to the teacher
- Record the scripts in the following exercise and save them as audio files.
- Play them in class and ask students to write down the month they hear in each sentence.
- Alternatively, read the scripts out loud in class.
Scripts
- My birthday is in January.
- In March, we will go on vacation.
- Maybe in October, we will visit some farms.
- In the middle of July, it is very hot.
- February is cold in Michigan.
- Generally, it is May before flowers bloom.
- It rains a lot in April.
- November Rain is a song by a rock band.
- In many places, school begins in September.
- The shortest day of the year is in December in the northern hemisphere.
- June is the best time to visit Montreal.
- The first harvest often takes place in August.
Instructions to students
Write down the month you hear in each sentence.
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Answer Key
- January
- March
- October
- July
- February
- May
- April
- November
- September
- December
- June
- August