august
part of speech
noun (August — the month); adjective (august — grand, rare)
meaning for a pupil
1) August is the eighth month of the year, with 31 days, coming after July and before September. tree →
2) Written with a small a, august means grand, important and respected. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life August is summer in the USA, UK, Canada and Ireland, usually the school summer holidays, but winter in Australia and New Zealand. In maths, pupils count days in months and work out calendar problems. Phrases: in August, at the end of August, the August holidays.
examples
- August is the eighth month of the year. tree →
- We go camping in August. tree →
- August has 31 days. tree →
- In Australia, August is a cold winter month. tree →
- School starts again at the end of August in many American states. tree →
- July comes before August. tree →
- The weather in August was very hot. tree →
- The august old professor spoke to the whole school. tree →
- Ryn Jin forgave his subject at once at the request of his august guest. tree →
note
The month always has a capital A: August. August has 31 days, like July, so two 31-day months come in a row. Rhyme: Thirty days has September, April, June and November. The adjective august (said aw-GUST) is rare and means grand.
In the corpora
- By August Sam has grown a huge red tomato from Mr Grimshaw's seeds.
- Meteor showers happen when the Earth passes through trails of dust left by comets, such as the Perseids every August.
- From 20 August to 20 October is 2 months, not a year.
- July is named after Julius Caesar, and August after Augustus, the first Roman emperor.
- Ukraine declared independence on 24 August 1991, 35 years before 2026.
Trees and pragmatics
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