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Facts and Figures. Using numbers in English. By Ruth Wickham, Training Fellow, IPGKDRI. Numbers we mis -hear. THIR- ty thir -TEEN FOR- ty four-TEEN FIF- ty fif -TEEN SIX- ty six-TEEN SEV-en- ty sev -en-TEEN EIGHT- ty eigh -TEEN NINE- ty nine-TEEN. Be careful of the STRESS!.
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Facts and Figures Using numbers in English By Ruth Wickham, Training Fellow, IPGKDRI
Numbers we mis-hear THIR-tythir-TEEN FOR-ty four-TEEN FIF-tyfif-TEEN SIX-tysix-TEEN SEV-en-tysev-en-TEEN EIGHT-tyeigh-TEEN NINE-ty nine-TEEN Be careful of the STRESS!
BIG numbers 1957 One nine five seven nineteen fifty-seven
Practise with these dates: 1996 1901 1940 1928 1908 1919 1990 1913
21st Century Dates 2001 2006 2010 2011 2012 2030 “Two thousand and …” or “Twenty –”
Other BIG numbers • Use ‘and’ 239 - two hundred AND thirty -nine 3045 – three thousand AND forty-five 204 – two hundred AND four 8006 - eight thousand AND six * Not in American English
Other BIG numbers • ‘Round’ numbers in thousands are often read as ‘hundreds’ 1100 - eleven hundred 3500 – thirty-five hundred 3246 – three thousand, two hundred and forty-six
Number ‘1’ The number ‘1’ is commonly pronounced as ‘a’ when it is the first digit. e.g. 150 would be read as ‘a hundred and fifty’.
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Do not write on your card Use sunflower seeds as markers
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