Let’s learn some idioms about the different time frames we have in English.
month idioms
The first time frame is month. A month consists of between 28 and 31 days, there are 12 months in a year.
Just to refresh your memory (although I’m sure you English pro’s know them already!) They are:
- January
- February
- March
- April
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
- December
FUN FACT – April, May and June are often used as women’s names.
season idioms
There are 4 seasons per year and many idioms spring from them. They are:
- Spring
- Summer
- Autumn (silent n)
- Winter
If you have been learning American English, you will have heard the word ‘fall’ instead of autumn.
week idioms
A week consists of 7 days and there are 52 of them per year. Do you know the days of the week? Here they are incase you’ve forgotten them.
- Monday
- Tuesday (pronounced Chewsday)
- Wednesday (silent d)
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
- Sunday
Saturday and Sunday are known as the weekend. Hands up who loves the weekend.
FUN FACT – If you want to describe two weeks, we use the word ‘fortnight’.
year idioms
A year is 365 days or 366 in a leap year. A year consists of the 12 months mentioned above.
