Numbers
and Letters
At Work• You need to master the alphabet
for many reasons. One is that you must take phone messages and spell names in English correctly.
• Also, you must record numbers and cost estimates correctly. This means you should master numbers into the millions.
The Alphabet• A (ei)• B- (bi)• C- (si)• D- (di)• E- (i)• F- (ef)• G- (lli)• H- (eich)• I- (ai)• J- (llei)• K- (kei)• L- (el)• M- (em)
• N- (en)• O- (ou)• P- (pi)• Q- (kiu)• R- (ar)• S- (es)• T-(ti)• U- (iu)• V- (vi)• W- (dobliu)• X- (eks)• Y-(wai)• Z- (zi)
Practice ExerciseListen and choose the correct
sequence
1. gjy jyg jgy
2. aie eia iea
3. zcs czs scz
4. xsf fxs sfx
5. kqh hkq qhk
6. bvp pvb vbp
A B C
Practice ExerciseCheck your answers
1. gjy jyg jgy2. aie eia iea
3. zcs czs scz
4. xsf fxs sfx
5. kqh hkq qhk
6. bvp pvb vbp
Numbers: Listen and Repeat
• Ten• Twenty• Thirty• Forty• Fifty• Sixty• Seventy • Eighty • Ninety• One hundred
• Thirteen- thirty• Fourteen- forty• Fifteen-fifty• Sixteen- sixty• Seventeen-
seventy• Eighteen-
eighty• Nineteen-
ninety
Numbers• Numbers are read
in groups of one, two or three:
• 4, 67, 23, 876, 942.
• Units, tens and hundreds.
• In the thousands you still read in groups of three:
• 567,875
Into the Millions• Every comma has a name:• __ __ __ , __ __ __ , __ __ __ , __ __ __
• Billion Million Thousand•Every first number in each trio is
called hundred. The other two digits are read as normal:
•435, 765, 765,987,321
More Practice(Listen and choose the correct
number)
1. 455 445 545
2. 300 330 303
3. 667 677 676
4. 813 830 803
5. 918 980 908
6. 280 218 208
A B C
More Practice(Check your answers)
1. 455 445 5452. 300 330 303
3. 667 677 676
4. 813 830 803
5. 918 980 908
6. 280 218 208
Lots of Oral Practice: Listen and Repeat
•no zeros1.567,876,3452.234,567,8933.213,923,4164.398,417,3755.987,654,321
•with zeros1.506,806,3052. 34, 067,0933.210,920,4104.308,017,3705.987,000,021
Dictation Practice
• 678• 409• 3,200• 742,765• 21,567,002• 18• 80• 14• 40
• 5,000,000,000• 123,456,789• 908,706,504• 3,005,007• 500,300,600• 109,076,340• 67,000• 67,000,000• 78,000,000,000
Assignment: Study for Test
• Listen and choose letters
• Dictation of letters
• Listen and choose numbers
• Dictation of numbers
• Read numbers
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