facts and figures
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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!. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Facts and Figures
Using numbers in English
By Ruth Wickham, Training Fellow, IPGKDRI
Numbers we mis-hearTHIR-ty thir-TEENFOR-ty four-TEENFIF-ty fif-TEENSIX-ty six-TEENSEV-en-ty sev-en-TEENEIGHT-ty eigh-TEENNINE-ty nine-TEEN
Be careful of the STRESS!
BIG numbers
1957 One nine five seven
nineteen fifty-seven
Practise with these dates:
1996
1940
1908
1990 1913
1919
1928
1901
21st Century Dates
“Two thousand and …” or “Twenty –”
2001
2010
2012 2030
2011
2006
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’.
LET’S PLAY BINGO!
Do not write on your card
Use sunflower seeds as markers
FIVE-IN-A-ROW = BINGO!
