Numbers

When do we use numbers?

Es Tick the situations in which we use numbers.

Marca las situaciones en las que usas números.

Choosing exercise
To give telephone numbers
To fill in a form (for a job, school, etc.)
To say your age
To tell the time
To talk about your abilities
To say how many you are in your family, classroom, work etc.
To talk about your preferences
To say when your birthday is

Numbers are very important in our life to say our phone numbers, our age, the time, etc.

Watch the video and see some examples.

Listening practice
1 one [wʌn] 11 eleven [ɪˈlɛv(ə)n] 20 twenty [ˈtwɛnti]
2 two [tuː] 12 twelve [twɛlv] 30 thirty [ˈθəːti]
3 three [θriː] 13 thirteen [ˈθəːtiːn] 40 forty [ˈfɔːti]
4 four [fɔː] 14 fourteen [ˈfɔːtiːn] 50 fifty [ˈfɪfti]
5 five [fʌɪv] 15 fifteen [ˈfɪftiːn] 60 sixty [ˈsɪksti]
6 six [sɪks] 16 sixteen [ˈsɪkstiːn] 70 seventy [ˈsɛv(ə)nti]
7 seven [ˈsɛv(ə)n] 17 seventeen [ˈsɛv(ə)ntiːn] 80 eighty [ˈeɪtiː]
8 eight [eɪt] 18 eighteen [ˈeɪtiːn] 90 ninety [ˈnʌɪnti]
9 nine [nʌɪn] 19 nineteen [ˈnʌɪntiːn] 100 hundred [ˈhʌndrəd]
10 ten [tɛn]
Listening and writing exercise

Es Listen and write the ten numbers you hear.

Escucha el siguiente audio y escribe en las líneas los 10 números que escuchaste.

1. 17

2. 80

3. 11

4. 90

5. 14

6. 16

7. 70

8. 50

9. 12

10. 60

What is your phone number?

How do you say telephone numbers in English? Is it the same in English and in your own language? Let’s have a look. Watch the video and notice how people quote telephone numbers in English.

Listening and writing exercise

Es Listen to some people’s telephone numbers and complete the information.

Escucha los números telefónicos de algunas personas y completa la información.

1.

564 7854 876

2.

543 8967 323

3.

986 6341 975

4.

764 2289 004

5.

378 5905 223

6.

895 4564 779

Cultural Clip

If you were to write out every number in order as words (e.g. one, two, three, four…) you wouldn’t use the letter ‘b’ until you reached one billion!