You can count on us to help you with your numbers. Whether doing business, shopping or just counting in class, we know that it is essential to understand when people use numbers in English.
My students and I are going to create some sound files that may help you work on your comprehension and reproduction of sounds in English. To listen to these files you will need to have a Real Audio Player. It can be downloaded for free at this address:www.real.com
Numbers
After the alphabet most students like to learn their numbers in their second language. Even in our maternal language the numbers are among the first words we learn to write and pronounce. Do you want to try?
Numbers 1-10
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Numbers 11-20
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Numbers 21-30
21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Numbers 31-40
31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Numbers 41-50
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
Numbers 10-100
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Numbers 100-1000
100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000
Be careful!!! When there is a number following the word "hundred", we have to say "and" before we say that number. Let me give you some examples. Try to pronounce the numbers yourself before you listen to the audio file.
Numbers using "and".
103 218 322 445 567 634 719 899 912 1,888
Okay, how about trying some of those real big numbers now? Here are some random "big numbers" that sometimes tie knots in our tongues. Good luck!
Random "big numbers".
1,384 12,462 55,915 90,050 113,707 418,008 945,222 1,302,302 25,297,401 330,999,106
Comprehension Exercise
Try to anticipate what you are going to hear. Look at the following numbers:
11 12 13 14 15
28 32 41 50 84
Now click on the word listen and try to rewrite the numbers in the order that you hear them. You can write the numbers on apiece of paper or in the space provided below.You can check your answer when you are finished.
For more comprehension activities like the one above, click here
Basic Mathematics
Try to read the following mathematical equations and then listen to the audio files to evaluate your performance.
Addition: 12 plus 24 = 36 113 plus 99 = 212
Subtraction: 108 minus 45 equals 63 555 minus 42 = 513
Multiplication: 19 times 2 equals 38 84 times 3 = 252
Division: 144 divided by 12 equals 12 360 divided by 6 = 60
More Listening Activities
The Alphabet
More Numbers
Letters and Numbers
Vocabulary
Pronouns
Verbs
Question Words
Interviews
Jokes
Stories
My students and I are going to create some sound files that may help you work on your comprehension and reproduction of sounds in English. To listen to these files you will need to have a Real Audio Player. It can be downloaded for free at this address:www.real.com
After the alphabet most students like to learn their numbers in their second language. Even in our maternal language the numbers are among the first words we learn to write and pronounce. Do you want to try?
Be careful!!! When there is a number following the word "hundred", we have to say "and" before we say that number. Let me give you some examples. Try to pronounce the numbers yourself before you listen to the audio file.
Okay, how about trying some of those real big numbers now? Here are some random "big numbers" that sometimes tie knots in our tongues. Good luck!
28 32 41 50 84
Now click on the word listen and try to rewrite the numbers in the order that you hear them. You can write the numbers on apiece of paper or in the space provided below.You can check your answer when you are finished.
For more comprehension activities like the one above, click here
Try to read the following mathematical equations and then listen to the audio files to evaluate your performance.
Addition: 12 plus 24 = 36 113 plus 99 = 212
Subtraction: 108 minus 45 equals 63 555 minus 42 = 513
Multiplication: 19 times 2 equals 38 84 times 3 = 252
Division: 144 divided by 12 equals 12 360 divided by 6 = 60
The Alphabet
More Numbers
Letters and Numbers
Vocabulary
Pronouns
Verbs
Question Words
Interviews
Jokes
Stories