monday
part of speech
noun (Monday, Mondays)
meaning for a pupil
1) Monday is the day of the week after Sunday and before Tuesday; for many children it is the first school day of the week. tree →
2) «On Mondays» means every Monday. tree →
sense in the lessons
one day in a story with things on several days («6 cards on Monday and 5 on Tuesday» = add the days the question names); in maths a week has 7 days, so the next Monday is 7 days later; in everyday life school timetables and clubs on Mondays
examples
- Ben bought 6 cards on Monday and 5 cards on Tuesday. How many cards did Ben buy in total? tree →
- On Monday Ella read 8 pages. tree →
- Tim had 12 stamps on Monday and gave 4 away on Friday. tree →
- We have swimming on Mondays. tree →
- Monday comes after Sunday. tree →
- The library is closed on Monday. tree →
- See you on Monday! tree →
- From Monday to Friday is 5 school days. tree →
- The little daisy was as happy as if the day had been a great holiday, but it was only Monday. tree →
note
Always written with a capital M: Monday. A week has 7 days; Monday to Friday is 5 days. Different days mark parts to join: add the amounts for the days the question asks about. Trap: only add the days the question names. Short form «Mon».
In the corpora
- Lucas, who tries to learn twenty in one night, may pass on Friday and forget most of them by Monday.
- Jake turned up on Monday with a purple bruise on his cheek.
- By Monday half of Year 5 wanted to come round, and her mum had to stick a list on the fridge.
- On Monday he stood on a chair at nursery and bellowed «FINISH HIM!» at a boy holding a toy dinosaur.
- By Monday Lily is saying «howay» at home and her mum is baffled.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «monday» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.