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# monday

«monday» in Mova's school dictionary: **the day of the week after Sunday and before Tuesday; for…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monday/#m1)

2) «On Mondays» means every Monday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monday/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monday/#x1)
- On Monday Ella read 8 pages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monday/#x2)
- Tim had 12 stamps on Monday and gave 4 away on Friday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monday/#x3)
- We have swimming on Mondays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monday/#x4)
- Monday comes after Sunday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monday/#x5)
- The library is closed on Monday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monday/#x6)
- See you on Monday! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monday/#x7)
- From Monday to Friday is 5 school days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monday/#x8)
- The little daisy was as happy as if the day had been a great holiday, but it was only Monday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monday/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/15-how-to-learn-spellings-that-stick/5/)
- [Jake turned up on Monday with a purple bruise on his cheek.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/372-jake-always-in-bruises/0/)
- [By Monday half of Year 5 wanted to come round, and her mum had to stick a list on the fridge.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/396-mia-gets-the-newest-console/1/)
- [On Monday he stood on a chair at nursery and bellowed «FINISH HIM!» at a boy holding a toy dinosaur.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/403-copying-moves-on-a-little-brother/6/)
- [By Monday Lily is saying «howay» at home and her mum is baffled.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/462-sleepovers-and-inside-jokes/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «monday» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/monday/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.