{"id":14966,"date":"2020-10-13T12:45:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-13T12:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lingobest.com\/free-online-english-course\/?p=14966"},"modified":"2022-12-19T07:40:42","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T07:40:42","slug":"learn-days-week-english","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lingobest.com\/free-online-english-course\/learn-days-week-english\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn All the Days of the Week in English"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you ever wondered why we have a seven-day week? Or where did the names Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc come from? Today we will teach you the days of the week in English as well as some curious facts about this topic. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Say, write, and ask questions about dates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Learning the days of the week in English<\/strong> and words such as ‘today’ and ‘tomorrow’ is important for you to be able to talk about your schedule, for instance. Besides learning the names of the days of the week in English, we will teach you how to ask questions about time, how to use ordinal numbers to talk about dates, and how to use prepositions and articles correctly with the days of the week. But first, let’s check some history about the names of the seven days of the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The solar system and time <\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We <\/span>measure a day<\/span><\/b> by counting the time it takes for the Earth to completely spin around. The year is measured by the revolution of the Earth around the sun. It usually takes 365 and \u00bc days. Every four years we add an extra day in February and that\u2019s what we call a <\/span>leap year<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/b> <\/a>\u2014 in fact, 2020 is a leap year.  <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seven <\/span>days of the week<\/span><\/b> were named after the sun, the moon and five other planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

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Did you know Monday was named after the moon?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n