How to Write and Read Months in English

The months of the year are among the basics of learning any language, so we will be interested in mentioning the Gregorian months and phrases about them after we present a short overview of them.

Rules for writing and reading months in English

1. Some questions to ask about months:

• We are in any month?
• What day is today?
• What's today's date 
• What month is it? We are in what month?

2. The months of the year in English begin with a CAPITAL letter:

• Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday...
• January, February, March ...

 

3. The abbreviations or acronyms shown in the table below are most common, but other abbreviations are possible:

• Ja./Fe./Ma.
• J./F./M.

 

See: How to Write and Read Date in English

 

Examples of the months in English

 

Below we show the months of the year used in English-speaking countries. We display the list in order of months, starting with January (the first month):

 

Number	Month	Short form	Days	Season
1	January	Jan.	31 Days	winter
2	February	Feb.	28/29 Days
3	March	Mar.	31 Days	Spring
4	April	Apr.	30 Days
5	May	May	31 Days
6	June	Jun.	30 Days	Summer
7	July	Jul.	31 Days
8	August	Aug.	31 Days
9	September	Sep.	30 Days	Autumn
10	October	Oct.	31 Days
11	November	Nov.	30 Days
12	December	Dec.	31 Days	Winter

Useful phrases of using the months

 

Here are some phrases:

• February is the shortest month of the year.
• They spent two months touring round Mexico.
• November is a good time to hunt deer. 
• July is the seventh month of the year.
• I'm flying to the USA in August.
• December is the last month of the year.
• I was born in September.
• This is a marginal improvement on October.
• ​My birthday is on July 6th.
  

See: 300+ Business English Acronyms

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References

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