This document provides examples of writing dates in both British (day/month/year) and American (month/day/year) styles and lists the birthdays of various famous people using those date styles. It demonstrates how the date 10/8/20 would be interpreted as October 8th in the US but as August 10th in the UK due to their different conventions for writing dates. It then lists the birthdays of public figures like the Queen, various celebrities, and fictional characters in both date styles.

1. SPEC 2 Unit 10
When’s your birthday?

2. So much ‘th’!

3. 13th thirteenth

4. 14th fourteenth

5. 15th fifteenth

6. 16th sixteenth

7. 17th seventeenth

8. 18th eighteenth

9. 19th nineteenth

10. 20th twentieth

11. 21st twenty-first

12. 22nd twenty-second

13. 23rd twenty-third

14. 24th twenty-fourth

15. 25th twenty-fifth

16. 26th twenty-sixth

17. 27th twenty-seventh

18. 28th twenty-eighth

19. 29th twenty-ninth

20. 30th thirtieth

21. 31st thirty-first

23. When’s your birthday?
It’s on...

24. British style
The 10th of August.
10/8/20

25. British style
The 10th of August.
10/8/20
This looks like
October the 8th
to me, I’m an
American!
Yee-haaa!

26. USA style
August the 10th.
8/10/20

27. USA style
August the 10th.
8/10/20
This looks like
the 8th of
October to me,
I’m English!

28. When’s your birthday?
It’s on the ___ of
_____.
date
month

29. When’s your birthday?
It’s on ___ the
_____.
date
month

30. When’s the queen’s birthday?
● 21st
● April

31. When’s the king’s birthday?
● 28th
● June

32. When’s Boris’ birthday?
● 19th
● June

33. When’s Michael’s birthday?
● 17th
● February

34. When is Mr. Bean’s birthday?
● 6th
● January

35. When’s Billie’s birthday?
● 18th
● December

36. When is David’s birthday?
● 2nd
● May

37. When’s Buzz’s birthday?
● 20th
● January

38. When’s Harry’s birthday?
● 23rd
● July

39. When’s Lewis’ birthday?
● 7th
● January

40. When is Pikachu’s birthday?
● 30th
● October

41. When’s Paul’s birthday?
● 12th
● September

42. When’s Donald’s birthday?
● 1st
● March

43. When’s Shirley’s birthday?
● 26th
● August

44. When’s Lola’s birthday?
● 27th
● November