The numbers and time

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UNIT 5

2. *
FORM:
* 10 ten 13 thirteen 15 fifteen 20 twenty 30 thirty 40 forty 50 fifty 60
sixty 70 seventy 80 eighty 90 ninety.
* 100 a hundred one hundred.
* 201 two hundred AND one.
* 354 three hundred AND fifty-four.
* 1,000 a thousand/ one thousand.
* 8,006 eight thousand AND six.
* 9,999 nine thousand, nine hundred AND ninety-nine.
USE:
Numbers are adjectives and adjectives do not change form in
English. We say hundred and thousand not hundreds and thousands.
In English we use a comma (,) and not a full stop (.) to show the
thousands.

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FORM:
* 642 331209. six-four-two-double three-one-two-oh-nine.
six-four-two-three-three-one-two-zero-nine.
* 656 146713. six-five-six-one-four-six-seven-one-three.
USE:
 In English we usually say the numbers one at time. We can use
the word double if two consecutive numbers are the same.
We usually say OH FOR 0 in telephone numbers. Sometimes
people say ZERO.

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FORM:
* 1st First 2nd Second 3rd Third 4th Fourth 5th Fifth 8th Eighth
9th Ninth 12th Twelfth 13th thirteenth 20th Twentieth.
<<ALL THE NUMBERS TAKE –TH, EXCEPT FOR FIRST, SECOND AND
THIRD.>>
USE:
 We use these numbers when we talk about dates.
We write: 2nd June We say: the second of June.
“ : 29th December “: the twenty-ninth of December.
 We use these numbers when we want to show the order of
things.

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FORM:
WE SAY OR
7.00 It’s seven o’clock. Seven five/ seven oh five
7.10 It’s ten past seven. Seven ten
7.15 It’s (a) quarter past seven. Seven fifteen.
7.30 It’s half past seven. Seven thirty.
7.35 It’s twenty-five to eight. Seven thirty-five.
7.45 It’s (a) quarter to eight. Seven forty-five.
USE:
In formal situations we sayam for times between midnight and
noon. We say pm for times between noon and midnight.
 For 12.00 in the day we usually say (twelve) noon or midday.
 For 12.00 at night we usually say midnight.

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* For reading the dates, we say the year two by two. (You can think
that there is a point in the middle of the year.) Example: 1856
(18.56) eighteen fifty-six.
* 1600: sixteen hundred.
* 1818: eighteen eighteen.
* 1903: nineteen oh three.
* 2001: two thousand and one.
WE WRITE WE SAY
15th January,1992 the fifteenth of January, nineteen ninety-two.
20th May, 1988 the twentieth of May, nineteen eighty-eight.
29.02.12 the twenty-ninth of February, two thousand twelve.