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We plan our work. We use a calendar. The calendar shows time. We see days and months. We see seasons too. This lesson is about project time. We finish the project on time.
Monday
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Sunday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Saturday
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Weekend
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Date
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January
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December
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Winter
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Summer
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Q1
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Q2
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Project
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Finish
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| Category | Word | Listen |
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| Days | Monday | |
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| Months | January | |
| February | ||
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| May | ||
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| September | ||
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| November | ||
| December | ||
| Seasons | Winter | |
| Spring | ||
| Summer | ||
| Autumn | ||
| Quarters | Q1 (Jan–Mar) | |
| Q2 (Apr–Jun) | ||
| Q3 (Jul–Sep) | ||
| Q4 (Oct–Dec) |
The kickoff meeting is on the th of May at ten o'clock.
The team has a budget of thousand dollars for the new tools.
The deadline is in a week — by Wednesday afternoon.
We start the standup at ten thirty, also known as ten.
The team meeting is at nine forty-five, or ten.
Phone numbers ending in 22 or 33 use the word for emphasis.
Big numbers in business plans
A company's annual sales are often a big number. A small company might earn one or two million dollars a year. A very large company can earn one billion dollars or more — that is one thousand millions. When the team writes the project calendar, the team lead checks the budget in millions. The biggest projects are tracked in billions.
Our small office in this city earned about two dollars last year.
The biggest tech companies earn over one dollars a year.
Practice
The first workday of the week is .
Q1 is January, February, and .
What is the date today?
Saturday and Sunday are the .
Which day is after Tuesday?
We have a team call every ,
Match each month to its quarter.
Which preposition is correct? "The deadline is ___ Monday."
The manager offers to explain the plan. You want to hear it. You say:
Someone offers you coffee before the meeting. You do not want it. You say:
Many to the design team for the quick turnaround on the calendar.