Warm-Up

We write dates and numbers constantly, yet some of them are sneakily hard to spell. "Wednesday" buries a "d" you never pronounce. "February" has an "r" right after "Feb" that most people skip when they say it. And is it "forty" or "fourty"? It's "forty," with no "u," even though it comes from "four." This warm-up rounds up the trickiest days, numbers, and date words and helps you get them right. You'll hear each word and choose the correct spelling, building easy confidence with vocabulary you use on calendars, invitations, and forms all the time.

The set covers everyday numbers, days, and dates: Wednesday, February, ninth, ninety, twelfth, forty, fourth, eighth, anniversary, and minute. Some come with neat little contrasts worth remembering, like how "ninth" drops the "e" from "nine" while "ninety" keeps it, or how "fourth" holds onto its "u" but "forty" lets it go. The explanations lay these out clearly, so the pairs stop blurring together. These are words you'll use writing dates, planning events, scheduling, and counting things out, which makes them surprisingly high-value to spell well. Getting them right keeps your invitations, notes, and forms looking sharp. Take the quiz and find out which dates and numbers you've quietly been spelling wrong all along. Dates and numbers feel like they should be the easy part of writing, which is exactly why these slip-ups sting. A quick tip as you work through them: many come from a base word that shifts a little when it grows, like "nine" becoming "ninth," so noticing what changes is half the battle. Get them down and your invitations, deadlines, and dates will look as careful as everything else you write.