Numbers Help under 1,000
Numbers 0-9 0 = zero 1 = one 2 = two 3 = three 4 = four 5 = five 6 = six 7 = seven 8 = eight 9 = nine
Numbers 10-19 10 = ten 11 = eleven 12 = twelve 13 = thirteen 14 = fourteen 15 = fifteen 16 = sixteen 17 = seventeen 18 = eighteen 19 = nineteen
Numbers 20-90 20 = twenty 30 = thirty 40 = forty 50 = fifty 60 = sixty 70 = seventy 80 = eighty 90 = ninety
Teens Examples: fourteen sixteen eighteen Instructions: Listen! When saying numbers 13-19, we stress (say strongly to show it is important) the teen part of the word. Examples: fourteen sixteen eighteen Instructions: Listen! Can you hear the stress on the teen?
Tens Examples: sixty seventy eighty ninety Instructions: Listen! When saying tens (e.g., 30, 40, 50) we stress (say strongly to show it is important) the first part of the word. Examples: sixty seventy eighty ninety Instructions: Listen! Can you hear the stress on the first part of the word?
Teens / Tens Instructions: Listen! Can you hear the difference between teens and tens? 13 / 30 14 / 40 15 / 50 16 / 60 17 / 70 18 / 80 19 / 90
Listening Practice 1 Instructions: Listen to each sentence. Choose the number you hear, then check your answer. 13 30 5) 17 70 14 40 6) 18 80 15 50 7) 19 90 16 60
Numbers 100-999 100 = one hundred 200 = two hundred 300 = three hundred …. 900 nine hundred Examples of how to say numbers: 453 = four hundred (and) fifty-three 510 = five hundred (and) ten 602 = six hundred (and) two 746 = seven hundred (and) forty-six 820 = eight hundred (and) twenty 999 = nine hundred (and) ninety-nine * Some people say ‘and’ with the number, but some people do not say ‘and’.
Listening Practice 2 Instructions: Listen to each sentence. Choose the number you hear, then check your answer. 405 504 102 120 336 363 911 912 213 230 1. There are five hundred and four graduate students in this department. 2. Please open to page one hundred and two in your history book. 3. There are three hundred thirty-six students in my high school. 4. There are nine hundred twelve members of the media club. 5. The university has two hundred and thirty different clubs.
Independent Study: Extra Listening Practice Instructions: Listen to the sentences. On a piece of paper, write the number you hear in each sentence. Then, check your answers. 1) 5) 2) 6) 3) 7) 4) 8) 1. I take bus number five hundred and six to go to work. 506 196 2. There are six hundred eighteen students living in my hostel. 3. There are eight hundred and one photographs in the museum. 618 740 4. The price of the mobile is nine hundred eighty-two dirhams. 5. There are one hundred ninety-six countries in the world. 801 219 6. Seven hundred and forty foreign students study at my university. 7. My family has about two hundred and nineteen camels on our farm. 982 365 8. There are three hundred sixty-five days in a year.
Do you understand?