Practice saying and spelling the months of the year with your teacher.

January 

February

March 

April

Practice saying and spelling the calendar numbers with your teacher.

first 

second

third 

fourth

fifth 

sixth 

seventh 

eighth 

ninth 

tenth 

eleventh 

twelfth 

thirteenth 

fourteenth 

fifteenth 

sixteenth 

seventeenth 

eighteenth 

nineteenth 

twentieth 

twenty-first 

twenty-second 

twenty-third 

twenty-fourth 

twenty-fifth 

twenty-sixth 

twenty-seventh 

twenty-eighth 

twenty-ninth 

thirtieth 

thirty-first

May 

June 

July 

August

September 

October 

November 

December 

Dates 

N-400 Vocabulary to Study

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Dates in the United States

We say and write the dates in this order: month/day/year. On many forms, you will read mm/dd/yyyy. 

That means you need to fill all the spaces. 

 We say dates in long form: May 9, 2010

We write dates in short form: 05/09/2010

February 3, 1945 02/03/1945

January 9, 1986

September 25, 2013

November 8, 1960

June 19, 2005

Answer these questions in the long form for dates.

What date is New Year’s Day? . 

What’s the date today? Today is .

What was the date yesterday? Yesterday was .

What’s the date tomorrow? Tomorrow is .

What’s your birthdate? My birthdate is .

Practice Writing Dates

Write the month, day, and year in the short form – mm/dd/yyyy.

12/02/1973 December 2, 1973

10/30/2009

05/15/1958

08/05/2014

07/04/1776

Write the month, day, and year in the long form.

New Year’s Day is January 1

Answer Key for Practice Writing Dates

 01/09/1986; 09/25/2013; 11/08/1960; 06/19/2005 Short Form:

 October 30, 2009; May 15, 1958; August 5, 2014; July 4, 1776 Long Form:

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Dates on Your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization

What are some important dates or events in your life? For example, it might be the date you got married or the date you got your green card. Practice writing that information here. Write what happened on that date. Write the dates in the short form. Talk with your classmates about some of these events.

Important date in my life What happened on this date? 

Make a timeline of important dates in your life.

My birthday

Present

I was born. 

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More Practice with Dates

Read these civics test items and write the answers. Practice them out loud with 

your teacher. 

1. What month do we elect the President? 

2. When is the last day you can send in federal income tax forms?

3. When was the Declaration of Independence adopted? 

4. When was the Constitution written? 

5. What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

6. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.

7. Name one war fought by the United States in the 1900s. 

8. What major event happened in the United States on September 11, 2001?

Answer Key for More Practice with Dates

1) NOVEMBER; 2) APRIL 15; 3) JULY 4, 1776; 4) 1787; 5) THE LOUISIANA TERRITORY OR LOUISIANA; 6) WAR OF 1812, MEXICAN-AMERICAN 

WAR, CIVIL WAR, OR SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR; 7) WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II, KOREAN WAR, VIETNAM WAR, OR (PERSIAN) GULF WAR; 

8) TERRORISTS ATTACKED THE UNITED STATES

November

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Month

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Dates to remember this month:

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