25/2/2016 Viv Quarry's intermediate + vocabulary practice Viv Quarry's upperintermediate vocabulary practice (www.vivquarry.com) Numbers, time, dates and prices Student's name _ Date _ Ordinal numbers Ordinal numbers are usually preceded by the definite article (the) unless a possessive adjective is used The eighteenth floor Her eighteenth birthday For many language students the most difficult thing about ordinal numbers is the pronunciation. the 'th' sound at the end of most ordinal numbers does not exist in many Latin based languages. Don't forget that this sound must be pronounced with air escaping between your tongue and upper teeth! Apart from the first three ordinal numbers: 1st = the first 2nd = the second 3rd = the third 103rd = the hundred and third Most other ordinals are formed by adding 'th' to the cardinal number 500th = the five hundredth However, there are some difficult cases. 'V' changes to 'F' and the final 'E' is dropped from '5' and '12' 5th = the fifth 12th = the twelfth (in both cases the 'F' is silent and the numbers are pronounced /FIθ/ & /TWELθ/) With multiples of ten the final 'Y' changes to 'IETH' 30th = the thirtieth Don't forget that the final 'E' is also dropped from the number 9 9th = the ninth /NAINTH/ Cardinal numbers Compound numbers should be written with a hyphen 22 = twentytwo The word stress for 'tens' is on the first syllable, and for 'teens' it is on the second syllable 13 /θERTEEN/ 30 /θERTEE/ Spoken English usually uses the indefinite article (a) with numbers between 100 and 199 139 = a hundred and thirtynine In more formal English, 'one' can be used 139 = one hundred and thirtynine Either 'a' or 'one' can also be used with 1000; 100,000 ; 1,000,000 ; 1 billion ; 1 trillion etc 100,000 = a hundred thousand (informal) or one hundred thousand (formal) Only 'one' can be used if a number above 99 follows thousand, million etc 1,100 = one thousand, one hundred Or if '100' is preceded by other numbers 10,100 = ten thousand, one hundred In British English, when saying cardinal numbers, 'and' comes after the word 'hundred' 4,150 four thousand, one hundred and fifty. (in US English this 'and' is sometimes dropped) If a number between 1 and 99 follows thousand, million etc, 'and' is also used 123,099 = a/one hundred and twentythree thousand and ninetynine 5,001 = five thousand and one In informal English (both UK and US), it is possible to pronounce numbers between 1,099 and 1,901 which end in two zeros in the following way: 1,200 = twelve hundred feet 1,800 = eighteen hundred people In formal English these numbers would be 'one thousand, two hundred' and 'one thousand eight hundred' Don't forget that there is no 'U' in the number 40! (forty) Percentages are written like this: 26% = twentysix per cent http://www.vivquarry.com/wkshts/numbers.html 1/4 25/2/2016 Viv Quarry's intermediate + vocabulary practice Brazilian students: Don't forget that in English a COMMA is used to separate billions, millions and thousands! Decimals and lists of numbers In decimal numbers (less than one), '0' is pronounced 'nought' /NORT/ in British English, and 'zero' /ZEEROW/ in USA English if it comes before the decimal point 0.3 = nought point three (UK) and zero point three (US) If '0' appears to the right of the decimal point it is pronounced 'zero' in both Britain and the USA 1.03 = one point zero three (UK&US) After the decimal point, each number must be spoken individually 7.3661 = seven point three, six, six, one When numbers appear in lists, for example bank account, room and flight numbers, '0' is pronounced like the letter 'O' /OW/ '0' is also pronounced /OW/ in telephone numbers. When saying telephone numbers in English you can't use any number above '9'. However, if the same number is repeated you can use the word 'double' /DUBL/. 6641044 = double six, four, one, oh, double four. There is an exception to the 'no number above 9' rule with some prefixes eg. 0800 = oh, eight hundred In football scores '0' is 'nil' /NIL/, and in tennis it is 'love' /LUV/ Brazilian students: don't forget that a COMMA is NOT used to separate decimals from whole numbers! Fractions Fractions combine both cardinal and ordinal numbers, with three exceptions (½, ⅓ & ¼) The indefinite article (a/an) is used when the upper number is 1 ½ = a half, ⅓ = a third, ¼ = a quarter, ⅛ = an eighth In fractions starting with a number above 1, cardinal numbers combine with plural ordinal numbers (see exceptions above) ¾ = three quarters, ⅜ = three eighths When fractions combine with whole numbers, use 'and' between the two types of number 16⅞ = sixteen and seven eighths Time There are three conventions for telling the time in English. They depend on the level of formality 1 informal spoken English 2 Neutral (can be used in most situations) 3 Formal (used for public transport and by the military) Here are examples of the spoken forms of these three conventions: Time Informal Neutral Formal 1am One o'clock in the morning* One 'A' 'M' Oh one hundred (hours***) 1pm One o'clock in the afternoon* One 'P' 'M' Thirteen hundred (hours) 2.05am Five past two Two, oh, five Oh, two, zero, five 3.06pm Six minutes past three** Three, oh, six Fifteen, oh, six 4.15am Quarter past four Four, fifteen Oh, four, fifteen 5.25pm Twentyfive past five Five, twentyfive Seventeen, twentyfive 6.30am Half past six Six, thirty Oh, six, thirty 7.31pm Twentynine minutes to eight Seven, thirtyone Nineteen, thirtyone (hours) 8.40am Twenty to nine Eight, forty Oh, eight, forty 9.45pm Quarter to ten Nine, fortyfive Twentyone, fortyfive 10.48am Twelve minutes to eleven Ten, fortyeight Ten, fortyeight 11.55pm Five to twelve Eleven, fiftyfive Twentythree, fiftyfive 12am Midnight Twelve 'A' 'M' Twentyfour hundred hours 12pm Midday Twelve 'P' 'M' Twelve hundred hours *'in the morning', 'in the afternoon', 'in the evening' and 'at night' will be added if there is any possibility that the time of day may be misunderstood http://www.vivquarry.com/wkshts/numbers.html 2/4 25/2/2016 Viv Quarry's intermediate + vocabulary practice ** Note that if the number of minutes is not a multiple of 5 then the word 'minutes' is added when saying the time *** The word 'hours' is usually added in military time, but not necessarily in other areas What comes before the time depends on the question: What's the time? It's When did it happen? At Dates The way the date is written and spoken is different: Written in the UK Written in the USA Spoken in the UK Spoken in the USA 13/2/05 2/13/05 The thirteenth of February February the thirteenth two thousand and five two thousand three Note that ordinal numbers are used for the day What comes before the date depends on the type of question asked: What's the date today? It's the fifth of August two thousand and four When did it happen? On the thirtieth of March nineteen eighty Years Look at these examples: 15BC = Fifteen before Christ 1902 = Nineteen oh two 10AD = Ten after Christ (AD = Latin for 'Anno Domini') 1999 = Nineteen ninetynine 1500 = Fifteen hundred 2000 = (The year) two thousand 1900 = Nineteen hundred 2002 = Two thousand and two Ordinal numbers are also used for centuries: 1900 1999 = The twentieth century 2000 + = The twentyfirst century Prices This worksheet will focus on prices in England, Europe and the USA. Don't forget that the name of the currencies in other countries may be different in both spelling and pronunciation than it is pronounced by the native speakers of the country. When two counties use the same name for their currencies, it's common to put the adjective for the country before the less known country eg. Cypriot Pound, Australian Dollar. The abbreviations will also be different (CYP or CY£, AU$ or AUD). In informal English, people do not usually write 'GB' before a pound sign, or 'US' before a Dollar sign As with dates, prices are usually spoken differently than they are written. Look at these examples: The UK. (if there's no pound sign on your computer, press CTRL+Shift+Alt+$) Written Spoken neutral Spoken informal 23p Twentythree pence Twentythree p (pronounced /PEE/) £1.89 One pound eightynine One, eightynine £33.02 Thirtythree pounds and two pence* Thirtythree pounds and tuppence * For pounds + less than ten pence, the words 'and pence' are added, but not pounds + more than 9p Eg. £10.09 = Ten pounds and nine pence £10.10 = Ten pounds ten The European Union, The United States, Australian and Canada (for the USA, Australia and Canada, replace the Euro sign with a '$' sign and replace the word 'Euro/s' with 'Dollar/s') Written Spoken neutral Spoken informal €0.23 Twentythree cents Twentythree cents €1.89 One Euro and eightynine cents One Euro eightynine €33.02 Thirtythree euros and two cents Thirtythree euros, two cents http://www.vivquarry.com/wkshts/numbers.html 3/4 25/2/2016 Viv Quarry's intermediate + vocabulary practice In the USA, some coins have informal names: 1¢ = a penny 5¢= a nickel 10¢ = a dime 25¢ = a quarter 50¢ = half dollar Exchange rates What's the exchange rate for the Dollar? 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