day _noun

1-) a period of 24 hours

ADJECTIVES & NOUNS

every, each
・The museum is open to visitors every day.

same
・Similar protests took place on the same day in other towns.

next, following  
・The story was in the newspaper the following day.

previous 
・I had been to the doctor the previous day.

big
・The team was training hard to prepare for the big day.

historic 
・The moon landing was a historic day.

school, working, trading, etc. 
・She has to get up at 7 a.m. on school days.

election, market, etc.
・Election day is on May 2nd.
・Wednesday is market day in Oxford.

holy
・Friday is the Muslim holy day.

Christmas, Easter, Independence, etc.
・What day of the week is Christmas Day this year?

wedding 
・She wanted everything to be perfect for her wedding day.

VERBS

come
・The war will end and, when that day comes, everyone will be happy.

pass, go by 
・The day passed uneventfully.
・Another day went by, and he still hadn’t called.

PREPOSITIONS

on 
・On days when I have to work, I leave the house at 8 a.m.
・On the day she was due to arrive, there was a rail strike.

of 
・They all looked forward to the day of the wedding.

for
・It rained heavily for three days.

PHRASES

the day before yesterday
・We arrived in France the day before yesterday.

the day after tomorrow
・They have agreed to meet for lunch the day after tomorrow.

the other day
・Mark called the other day.

day by day, by the day 
・She gets more beautiful day by day.

24 hours a day 
・In Cairo, the streets are busy 24 hours a day.

one/some day
・They knew they would see each other again some day.

in ... days, in ... days’ time 
・In six days’ time they will be in San Francisco.

2-) the time during the day when it is light

ADJECTIVES

beautiful, lovely, glorious
・It was a beautiful day for a wedding.

sunny, rainy, cloudy
・They hoped for a sunny day for the picnic.

nice, lovely, happy
・The family enjoyed a lovely day at the beach.

good
・She had another good day at work.

bad 
・You look as if you’ve had a bad day.

hard 
・A hot bath is nice after a hard day.

long
・They’ve been working since 6 a.m., so it’s been a long day.

VERBS

have 
・Simon had had a difficult day at the office.

spend 
・I spent the day shopping with my friends.
・She plans to spend the day with her boyfriend.

start 
・You should start the day with a good breakfast.

end 
・We ended the day at a little restaurant by the beach.

go
・Although they had expected problems, the day went very well.

PREPOSITIONS

by
・This shy creature sleeps by day and feeds at night.

per 
・Workers on the farm are paid about £45 per day.

PHRASES

all day (long)
・The sun continued to shine all day.

Have a nice/good day!
・Bye Sam! Have a good day!

one of those days 
・I’m sorry I’m late. I’ve had one of those days.

day and night 
・They would have to work day and night to get the project finished.