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Conversation Questions. Birthdays. A Part of Conversation Questions for the ESL Classroom. How are birthdays celebrated in your country? What are some birthday traditions you know of from other countries? How do you like to celebrate your birthday? What is your best birthday memory? What is your worst birthday memory? Have you ever had a ...
10 de jun. de 2011 · at an event. on a date. That's fine. They're all possible. But wedding alone is more general and refers to the entire affair. See: party vs wedding vs ceremony. So on my birthday= date, at my wedding/birthday party= event/place.
4 de ene. de 2012 · English - all over the USA. Feb 26, 2017. #6. On my birthday I went to a show. At my birthday party I drank wine for the first time. C.
20 de sept. de 2009 · USA (W. Pennsylvania) American English. Sep 20, 2009. #2. If someone asks, "When is your birthday?", the standard reply is "My birthday is Jan. 1." On the other hand, if someone asks about your birthday after the birthday is over, it is common to say, "My birthday was on Jan. 1."
13 de sept. de 2008 · Some people will tell him it's Peter's birthday today or simply answer "Peter". However, local English trainers consider this term a Filipinoism. They say that the correct term is celebrator because a celebrant is the officiating priest in a Eucharist or mass. But there is another English trainer who pointed out that the two are actually ...
28 de nov. de 2016 · British English. Oct 18, 2020. #8. Birth date / birthdate is a compound noun and is a relatively recent and rare word. I personally have hardly ever come across it in print or in speech in the UK. It also, to me personally, sounds almost like a word I would expect to hear only from a non-native speaker, or perhaps on something like an excel sheet.
6 de may. de 2012 · May 6, 2012. #3. He bought a book (in order) to give his younger brother ____ his birthday. The sentence works better without the "in order". You give somebody a present for their birthday. The "for" expresses purpose. However, many presents are, in fact, given on the day that the birthday occurs, so in that case they are given on the birthday.
10 de nov. de 2011 · As they are twins, I would wish them a happy birthday. They had one birth day. In a slightly more complicated situation, where there are several kids in the group who have birthdays in the week, we wish happy birthday (singular) to Brenda, Charlie, Deirdre and Ed - even if their birthdays are on separate days.
7 de jun. de 2014 · Someone's birthday is this month. (Their birthday is in May. It is May now.) Someone's birthday is on this month. Someone's birthday is in this month. (I can't think of many uses for this. Example: Good news for all those born in May! If your birthday is in this month, you are eligible for a special gift from our sponsors!)
1 de abr. de 2008 · I agree with the answers given above: "On my birthday" is natural, as one does things "on" particular days. However, one does not do something "on a celebration", whether the celebration is for a birthday or not. One does something at a celebration, or at a party, or at an event. In this case, though, I think the whole sentence my be rewritten ...
