Count to one hundred. The seven days. The twelve months. How to say what time it is.
“Numbers and time are everywhere. The bus comes at 7. Your birthday is in May. You are 32 years old. Today we make sure you can say all of this.”
My day starts at 6 in the morning. On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, I teach at the school. On Friday I teach at the community centre. On Saturday I rest. On Sunday I go to church and visit my brother.
Today is Tuesday, the fifteenth of October. The class is at 9 o'clock. There are 24 students. Three of them are 15 years old. Eight are 16. The rest are 17 or 18. By the time you are done with this lesson, you will be able to say every part of that paragraph in English without thinking.
One (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), five (5), six (6), seven (7), eight (8), nine (9), ten (10).
Eleven (11), twelve (12), thirteen (13), fourteen (14), fifteen (15), sixteen (16), seventeen (17), eighteen (18), nineteen (19), twenty (20).
Notice the pattern from 13: three+teen = thirteen, four+teen = fourteen, and so on. Eleven and twelve are special.
Twenty (20), thirty (30), forty (40), fifty (50), sixty (60), seventy (70), eighty (80), ninety (90), one hundred (100).
For numbers in between, combine them: 21 is twenty-one, 35 is thirty-five, 99 is ninety-nine. Use a hyphen between the tens and the ones.
The seven days, in order: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
The twelve months: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.
Always start with a capital letter: 'Monday' not 'monday'. 'June' not 'june'. This is one of the few capitalisation rules English is strict about.
Seven o'clock. Half past seven (7:30). Quarter past seven (7:15). Quarter to eight (7:45).
Or simply: seven fifteen, seven thirty, seven forty-five.
When asking the time: 'What time is it?' or 'Do you have the time?' The second one is more polite.
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The number 1.
I have one brother.
The number 10.
Ten students are absent.
The number 20.
I am twenty years old.
The number 100.
There are one hundred chairs.
First day of the work week.
I work on Monday.
Last day of the week.
Sunday is for rest.
First month of the year.
It is cold in January.
Last month of the year.
Christmas is in December.
Used to say the hour on the clock.
It is three o'clock.
The early part of the day.
Good morning!
The end of the day, before night.
We meet in the evening.
Date order is different across languages. UK English uses day/month/year (15 October 2024). US English uses month/day/year (October 15, 2024). Choose one and be consistent.
Try these on paper or out loud. Mr. Gee's rule: practice today, do not save it for tomorrow.
Numbers: learn 1 to 20, then tens. Days and months always start with a CAPITAL letter. Time uses 'o'clock' for the hour, 'half past', 'quarter past', 'quarter to'.
Read aloud every day. Even if it sounds funny. Your tongue needs practice.
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