EXERCISE: Writing dates in English
Write the date in full. Then press CHECK.
New Year's Day is on 1/1.
Halloween includes dressing up, trick-or-treating and is celebrated on 31/10.
In 1605 Guy Fawkes was arrested in London while guarding explosives which were placed beneath Parliament. Since then Guy Fawkes Day is celebrated on 5/11.
Martin Luther King Day is held on the third Monday of January in the United States. In 2014 it was on 20/1.
In the United States Groundhog Day is the day that centers on the idea of the groundhog coming out of its home to “predict” the weather. It falls on 2/2.
The American Independence Day is celebrated on 4/7. The Declaration of Independence from Great Britain was first published on this date in 1776.