How to say English numbers review
1. Listen to eight numbers and choose what kind of number is being said each time from this list:
a. A date b. A (hotel) room number
c. A fraction (e.g. 3/4) d. A decimal (e.g. 0.165)
e. A telephone or fax number f. A sports score
g. A price h. A temperature
1 ______________ 2 ______________ 3 ______________ 4 _______________
5 ______________ 6 ______________ 7 ______________ 8 _______________
2. Listen again and write each number above.
3. Listen and choose the correct option:
- 0039 766 222
- 0039 776 622
- 15
- 50
- 13 + 15 = 28
- 30 – 15 = 15
- 2,000,000,000
- 2,000,000,000,000
- 1,005
- 1.005
- £7.95
- £795
- In the year 1903
- In the year 1930
- 1/ 1/ 02
- 3/ 7/ 02
4. Complete these phrases
- Can I just check that ______?
- I didn’t quite _______ the last part?
- Was ______ one five or five oh?
- _______ you mean two billion?
6. In pairs, take turns saying numbers from above. If you are not sure which one your partner is saying, using the phrases above to check.
Numbers pairwork
Student A
Work in pairs with one Student A and one Student B, without showing your worksheets to each other.
1.Working together, say these numbers
12,520,000 people 07:35
Thurs. 31/7/1970 ¾ of 1 percent
0.0035% (0044) 01323 645342
It’s on the 7th floor
2. Dictate these phrases to your partner, and write down the phrases they dictate to you in the gaps given.
a) 1250 people
b) ____________________________________________________________________
c) since 1990
d) ___________________________________________________________________
e) when I’m 62 or 63
f) ___________________________________________________________________
g) about 15,000 miles a year
h)____________________________________________________________________
i) -5 degrees C
j) _____________________________________________________________________
k) about 1 ½ hours
Check by looking at your partner’s sheet, then work together to pronounce all of them.
3. What questions could be asked to obtain the numbers you have just dictated (“How many people work in your company/ live in your village?”, etc). In the same pairs, write one question down for each number.
4. Change pairs, ask the questions you just wrote to your new partner, and write down their answers.
Student B
Work in pairs with one Student A and one Student B, without showing your worksheets to each other.
1.Working together, say these numbers
12,520,000 people 07:35
Thurs. 31/7/1970 ¾ of 1 percent
0.0035% (0044) 01323 645342
It’s on the 7th floor
2. Dictate these phrases to your partner, and write down the phrases they dictate to you in the gaps given.
a) _________________________________________________________________
b) 3 people
c)__________________________________________________________________
d) by 2.53%
e)__________________________________________________________________
f) 120 kph
g) __________________________________________________________________
h) 3-0 against Manchester United
i) _____________________________________________________________________
j) on the 6th floor, in room 209
k)____________________________________________________________________
Check by looking at your partner’s sheet, then work together to pronounce all of them.
3. What questions could be asked to obtain the numbers you have just dictated (“How many people work in your company/ live in your village?”, etc). In the same pairs, write one question down for each number.
4. Change pairs, ask the questions you just wrote to your new partner, and write down their answers.
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