1. Numbers
and Letters

2. At Work
You need to master the alphabet for many reasons. One is that you must take phone messages and spell names in English correctly.
Also, you must record numbers and cost estimates correctly. This means you should master numbers into the millions.

3. The Alphabet N- (en) A (ei) O- (ou) B- (bi) P- (pi) C- (si) Q- (kiu)
R- (ar)
S- (es)
T-(ti)
U- (iu)
V- (vi)
W- (dobliu)
X- (eks)
Y-(wai)
Z- (zi)
A (ei)
B- (bi)
C- (si)
D- (di)
E- (i)
F- (ef)
G- (lli)
H- (eich)
I- (ai)
J- (llei)
K- (kei)
L- (el)
M- (em)

4. Practice Exercise Listen and choose the correct sequence
A B C
1. gjy
jyg
jgy
2. aie
eia
iea
3. zcs
czs
scz
4. xsf
fxs
sfx
5. kqh
hkq
qhk
6. bvp
pvb
vbp

5. Practice Exercise Check your answers
1. gjy
jyg
jgy
2. aie
eia
iea
3. zcs
czs
scz
4. xsf
fxs
sfx
5. kqh
hkq
qhk
6. bvp
pvb
vbp

6. Numbers: Listen and Repeat
Twenty
Thirty
Forty
Fifty
Sixty
Seventy
Eighty
Ninety
One hundred
Thirteen- thirty
Fourteen- forty
Fifteen-fifty
Sixteen- sixty
Seventeen- seventy
Eighteen- eighty
Nineteen- ninety

7. Numbers Numbers are read in groups of one, two or three:
4, 67, 23, 876, 942.
Units, tens and hundreds.
In the thousands you still read in groups of three:
567,875

8. Into the Millions
Every comma has a name:
__ __ __ , __ __ __ , __ __ __ , __ __ __
Billion Million Thousand
Every first number in each trio is called hundred. The other two digits are read as normal:
435, , ,987,321

9. More Practice (Listen and choose the correct number)
A B C
445
545
330
303
677
676
830
803
980
908
218
208

10. More Practice (Check your answers)
445
545
330
303
677
676
830
803
980
908
218
208

11. Lots of Oral Practice: Listen and Repeat
no zeros
567,876,345
234,567,893
213,923,416
398,417,375
987,654,321
with zeros
506,806,305
34, 067,093
210,920,410
308,017,370
987,000,021

12. Dictation Practice
678
409
3,200
742,765
21,567,002 18 80 14 40
5,000,000,000
123,456,789
908,706,504
3,005,007
500,300,600
109,076,340
67,000
67,000,000
78,000,000,000

13. Assignment: Study for Test
Listen and choose letters
Dictation of letters
Listen and choose numbers
Dictation of numbers
Read numbers