Reading out numbers (figures) in English cardinal numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, … (odd : 1, 3, 5, … even: 2, 4, 6, 8…) ordinal numbers: 1st , 2nd, 3rd, 4th,… and In British English, we use and between the hundreds and the tens 310 - three hundred and ten (US three hundred ten) 5,642 - five thousand, six hundred and forty-two 786,450 – seven hundred and eighty-six thousand four hundred and fifty 234,700,000 – two hundred and thirty-four million seven hundred thousand Fractions 5½ = five and a half ¼ = a quarter 4/5 = four fifths 2/3 = two thirds ⅛ = one eighth ⅓ = a third ⅜ = three eighths ¾ = three quarters 6/7 = six sevenths 1⅔ = one and two thirds We use a singular verb after fractions: Three quarters of a ton is too much Decimals 0.125 3.7 0.1 1.25 2.1368 1.057 4.0098 (nought) point one two five three point seven (nought) point one/ (zero) point one one point two five two point one three six eight one point oh five seven four point zero zero nine eight nought, zero, nil, oh, love is usually called nought in British English, and zero in American English When we say numbers one figure at a time, is often called oh • My account number is four one three oh six In measurements of temperature, is called zero • Zero degrees Centigrade is thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit Zero scores in team games are called nil (American zero) Zero in tennis and similar games is called love Telephone numbers We say each figure separately When the same figure comes twice, we usually say double (British English only) • 307 4922 three oh seven four nine double two Kings and Queens • Henry VIII (Henry the Eighth) • Louis XIV (Louis the Fourteenth) Floors The ground floor of a British house is the first floor of an American house; the British first floor is the American second floor, etc a and one We can say a hundred or one hundred, a thousand or one thousand One is more formal • I want to live for a hundred years • Pay Mr J Baron one thousand pounds (on a cheque) We only use a at the beginning of a number Compare: • a hundred vs three thousand one hundred We can use a with other measurement words • a pint a foot a mile Plurals without -s After a number or determiner, hundred, thousand, million and dozen have no final -s Compare: • five hundred pounds vs hundreds of pounds • several thousand times vs It cost thousands 10 Money • 1p • 5p • £3.75 • € 4.85 one penny or a penny five pence three pounds seventy-five four euros eighty-five 11 Adjectives When expressions of measurement, amount and quantity are used as adjectives, they are normally singular a five-pound note a ten-mile walk six two-hour lessons a three-month-old baby We can use possessives in expressions of time a week’s holiday four days‘ journey 12 there are When we count the number of people in a group, we often use the structure there are + number + of+ pronoun • There are only seven of us here today • There were twelve of us in my family 13 Spoken calculations Common ways of calculating are: • + 2=4 two and two is/are four (informal) two plus two equals four (formal) • - 4=3 four from seven is three (informal) seven minus four equals three (formal) • 3×4 = 12 three times four are twelve (informal) three multiplied by four equals twelve (formal) • / 3=3 nine divided by three equals three 14 Dates 30 March 1993 March the thirtieth, nineteen ninety-three the thirtieth of March, nineteen ninety-three 1200 twelve hundred 1305 thirteen hundred and five thirteen O five 1910 nineteen ten 2005 two thousand and five 55 BC fifty-five BC (before Christ) AD53/ 53 AD AD fifty-three/ fifty-three AD(Anno Domini) 15 Others 4² = four squared 7³ = seven cubed 10m * 12 m = ten metres by twelve meters 60% = sixty per cent Speed 100 mph (miles per hour) Weight 80 kg (kilograms) OR 42 lbs (pounds) temperature 28° C (celsius) OR 72° F (fahrenheit) height m 89 cm one and a half l They left one and a half hours ago a dozen = (12) dozen roses One out of ten pupils Every tenth pupil They welcomed the new couple one by one The people were stnading in the queue in twos The miners descended into the pit in groups of three Read them out 56% _ ₤2.3 0.258 _ 3076549880 (telephone) 5+7 = 12 2-0 (match) ⅞ ⅓ 50p _ 450,670 _ James I 65 mph 6² _ 1500 AD _ 18/6 = 15-0 (tennis) _ € 1.85 5³ ⅔ 9-2 = 2.8906 289,906 _ 100% _ 1603 BC _ 4*5 = 20 _ 25 lbs _ Elisabeth II _ $ 5.50 _ 8½ 0.9 567,120,238 _ 2010 (date) a boy who’s years old: a _ 25.5 % _ the second floor in the UK = floor in the USA three dozen eggs = _ (how many?) eggs George IV