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​​What about writing dates?

The format for writing dates varies between the US, Canada, and other English-speaking countries.

Remember, this is an international test, so all accepted formats are correct. This means that the month and the day can be written in either order, and you can either write it in words or in numbers.

In the test, if you need to write a date, all of the possible variations are seen as ‘ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER’: June 23rd; 23rd June; 23 June; June 23; 23/6; 6/23. The most important piece of advice about numbers is to write them as figures not words (i.e. write ‘23’ not ‘twenty-three’).

Writing numbers as words takes longer, and if you make a spelling mistake, then your answer will be marked wrong.

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