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Numbers, dates and deadlines

by Friday, It’s due on…, 3 p.m. CET, Can we move it to…?

This topic has 15 questions at level A2 on key words and typical phrases. Each answer comes with a short explanation, and you get a review of your mistakes at the end. Module goal: talk about your tasks, write short work messages, understand dates, deadlines and tool names.

Sample questions with explanations

  1. The task is due ___ Friday.

    • at
    • by the
    • in
    • ✓ on

    Days → on: due on Friday.

  2. Please send the report ___ Wednesday — not later!

    • ✓ by
    • in
    • since
    • until

    “By” = not later than: by Wednesday.

  3. How do you say the date 15.03?

    • fifteen March of
    • March fifteen day
    • the fifteen of March
    • ✓ the fifteenth of March

    Dates use ordinal numbers: the fifteenth of March (or March 15th).

Words and phrases (8)
due date
the day when something must be ready
to reschedule
to change the time or date of something
time zone
an area of the world with the same time
EOD (end of day)
before the working day finishes
ASAP
as soon as possible
to postpone
to move something to a later time
quarter (Q1, Q2…)
three months of the year
overdue
late, after the due date