This lesson contains 19 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Items in this lesson
Numbers in English
Slide 1 - Slide
1. The numbers in English
1.1. Cardinal numbers
Cardinal numbers say how many people or things there are.
Examples: There are five books on the desk. Ron is ten years old.
Slide 2 - Slide
1.1.1. Numbers bigger than 20
21 = twenty-one 55 = fifty-five
99 = ninety-nine
What is the rule?
Slide 3 - Slide
1.1.2. Numbers bigger than 100
121 a/one hundred and twenty-one 356 three hundred and fifty-six 999 nine hundred and ninety-nine
Slide 4 - Slide
256? (British)
A
two hundred fifty-six
B
two hundred and fiftysix
C
two hundred and
fifty-six
Slide 5 - Quiz
1.1.3.Numbers bigger than 1,000
1,121 a/one thousand and one hundred and twenty-one
2,356 two thousand and three hundred and fifty-six
Rule?
Slide 6 - Slide
Rule:
Use a hyphen between compound numbers and the word and. Use either the definite article a or one for 1,000. Separate three digits with a comma (,) → 50,000.
Slide 7 - Slide
Slide 8 - Slide
Ordinal Numbers?
representing position or rank in a sequential order