Numbers 0 to 1,000
Count from 0 to 1,000, and say ages, phone numbers and prices.
In this lesson you will
- Say numbers from 0 to 1,000
- Hear the difference between 13 and 30, 14 and 40…
- Say phone numbers, ages and prices
Learn
0–12: zero (or “oh” in phone numbers), one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.
13–19 end in -teen (stress on -TEEN): thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen. Tens end in -ty (stress on the first syllable): twenty, thirty, forty (no u!), fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety.
Put tens and ones together with a hyphen: twenty-one, forty-five, ninety-nine.
Hundreds: a hundred / one hundred, two hundred (no -s). In British English we say and after hundred: a hundred and five, three hundred and twenty. American English often leaves it out. 1,000 = a thousand / one thousand.
Phone numbers: say each digit: 07 945 312 = “oh seven, nine four five, three one two”. For two digits the same, British speakers often say “double”: 44 = “double four”.
Age: I’m 24 or I’m 24 years old (not “I have 24 years”). Prices: £3.50 = “three pounds fifty”, $12.99 = “twelve dollars ninety-nine”, €5 = “five euros”.
| -teen (stress on TEEN) | -ty (stress on first syllable) |
|---|---|
| thirteen 13 | thirty 30 |
| fourteen 14 | forty 40 |
| fifteen 15 | fifty 50 |
| sixteen 16 | sixty 60 |
| seventeen 17 | seventy 70 |
| eighteen 18 | eighty 80 |
| nineteen 19 | ninety 90 |
Examples
- I’m thirty-two.age
- My number is oh-seven-nine-double-four…
- It costs four pounds fifty.£4.50
- There are a hundred and twenty students.
- Room fourteen, not forty.
Vocabulary
number
1, 2, 3 …
“What’s your phone number?”
hundred
100
“a hundred people”
thousand
1,000
“two thousand euros”
price
how much something costs
“What’s the price?”
cost
have a price of
“It costs ten dollars.”
old
used to say age
“She’s six years old.”
In real life
Swapping phone numbers.
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Ben: What’s your phone number?
Lara: It’s oh seven seven, four three eight, double five two.
Ben: 077 438 552?
Lara: That’s right.
Ben: And how old is your brother?
Lara: He’s nineteen.
Practice
How do you write 40?
Listening: At the market
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Customer: How much are the apples?
Seller: They’re two pounds forty a kilo.
Customer: And the strawberries?
Seller: Three fifty a box.
Customer: Two boxes, please. That’s seven pounds?
Seller: That’s right, seven pounds.
1.How much are the apples?
2.How much is one box of strawberries?
3.How much does the customer pay in total? (number of pounds)
Speaking
Say your age, your phone number (or a pretend one), the price of a coffee where you live, and how many people live in your city.
Model answer
I’m twenty-eight. My number is oh-six-one, two-double-four, nine-five-three. A coffee costs about three euros. My city has about two hundred thousand people.
Writing
Write five sentences with numbers about you: your age, your house number, the number of people in your family, and two prices.
Lesson quiz
Which is correct?
Review
Key points
- 13–19: -TEEN; 20–90: -ty with stress at the start.
- Forty has no u; tens + ones use a hyphen: forty-two.
- British English: a hundred and five.
- Age: I’m 24 (years old). Phone numbers: digit by digit, “oh” for 0.
What you learned
- ✓ I can say numbers to 1,000.
- ✓ I can give my age and phone number.
- ✓ I can understand prices.