1 I can u nderstand and say numbers 6)

1 one 11 eleven 21 twenty-one101 alone hundred and one

2 two 12 twelve 22 twenty-two140 alone hundred and forty
3 three 13 thirteen 30 thirty 200 two hundredNOT twehDR<keds
4 four 14 fourteen 40 forty 1, 000 alone thousand
5 five IS fifteen SO fifty 1,050 alone thousand and fifty
6 six 16 sixteen 60 sixty 1,250 alone thousand two hundred and fifty
7 seven 17 seventeen 70 seventy 2,000 two thousand
8 eight 18 eighteen 80 eighty 100,000 alone hundred thousand
9 nine 19 nineteen 90 ninety 1,000,000 alone million
10 ten 20 twenty 100 alone hundred 2,000,000 two million Nor W.tgmilli9BB

In large numbers (over 999), write a comma (,) between thousands and hundreds, e.g. 11,000, and
between millions and thousands, e.g, 3,000,000,

o Correct the mistakes.

.. thirty one th,rt�).
-""'Otl.. C!e.:.
!' ...
__

About means 'a bit more or a little less thaD'.

1 two hundreds _ _ _____
How many stt/dents are there? About 20.
--

2 three hundred forty _______

(= 18, 19, 20, 21 or 22)
3 twenty two _ __ ___
How muell is it? /t's about LIDO.
-

4 42500 _ _ ____

5 one thousand and two hundred _______

6 two thousand three hundred fifty _ __ _ __

0 Write the middle number In words.

.. 24 t.we.nt.�-£iv" 26 5 118 120
1 7 9 6 243 245
2 19 21 7 999 1,001
3 66 68 8 5,055 5,057
4 49 51 9 11,300 1 1 ,302

0 Write the number in words using about.

• sixty-eight people abo"t. se.ve.nt.� pe.Qf.Ie.
1 ninety-seven euros
2 nine students
3 thirty-one years
4 four hundred and ninety
5 one thousand nine hundred and ninety
6 seventy-eight people
7 two hundred and forty-nine thousand
8 nine hundred and eighty thousand

o • Test yourself. Cover the words in the table and say the numbers.

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 2 I can tell the time Do Unit 1 first

A Tel l i ng the time 0-. B Giving more information 0-.

( What's the time? ):" 9 a.m. nine o'clock in the morning
..£.. What time is it? ) 12.00 p.m. midday::
,If
O:
J ! ,
� �

(9 It's four o'clock. (DIt'S five past six. Sp.m. five o'clock in the afternoon

It's quarter past four. :'\ It's twenty past six.

G It's four fifteen.
r
WIt's six twenty.
7 p.m. seven o'clock in the evening

r:'\ It's half past four. r:'\ It's twenty to seven. 7.57 nearly/ahnost eight o'clock
W It's four thirty. I(::;l) It's six forty.
It's quarter to five.
8.02 just after eight
� It's three minutes
Q , It's four forty-five. VJto seven.
It's six fifty-seven.
11.30 p.m. eleven thirty at night

Use minutes with to and past when the number 1 2.00 a.m. midnight t!
of nllnutes is not five, ten, fifteen, twenty or
twenty-five, e.g. three minutes past six NOT #mle­
pilE!six.
o Same or different? Write 5 or D.
� 8.45 p.m. 8.45 in the evening S
o Write the times in words. � 3.00 p.m. nearly 3.00 D
� 3.10 .J.hce.e ten� ____ 1 12.00 at night midnight
9.15 ________________ __
2 4.00 a.m. 4.00 in the afternoon
2 10.25 _ . ______________ __ __
3 6.32 nearly 6.30
3 3.35 _________________
4 11.45 p.m. 11.45 at night
4 11.45 __
5 8.43 nearly quarter to nine
5 3.45 _________
6 2.17 quarter past two
6 no ______________.
7 12.03 p.m. just after midday
7 2.30 8 3.00 a.m. three o'clock
_
_____ _____

8 4.40 .________ _____ _

ABOUT YOUR COUNTRY Write your

8 Write the times in words. Use past and to. answers or ask another student.
� 12.30 J��p-ast twelve _____ _
When do banks open in your country?
7.15 ____._. _________ . _ _. . __ .. ___ .

2 9.30. _ _ . ___________. _ _ _ _ _
2 Do they close at midday?
3 11.35 __________________

4 3.50 ____________________
3 What time do shops close?
5 8. 25 _________ .____________ _

6 1.03 ____ _________

4 What time do bars open?
7 2.45 ___ .___ . _________ __

8 4.17. _______________
5 What time do they close?

8 • Test yourself. Look at the clocks. 6 When do post offices open and close?
Cover the words and say the times.

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3 I ca n say days and dates Do Unit 1 first

A Days, months, a nd seasons 0)

days of t he week Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

months of the January February March April

year May June July August September
October November December

seasons (in spring (March - May)

Britain) summer (June - August)
autumn (September - November)
winter (December - February)

special days Christmas Day (25 December)

New Year's Day (1 January)
your birthday (the day you were born)

Capital letters Autumn

Days and months have a capital letter.

Monday NOT momlay January NOT janl:1ary
Winter
o Put the words in the correct order. Write the number in the box.

Wednesday 0 Saturday 0 Monday OJ Friday 0 Tuesday 0 Sunday 0 Thursday 0

2 autumn 0 spring 0 winter 0 summer 0

3 December 0 March 0 June 0 February 0 November 0 January 0 October 0

April 0 July 0 September 0 May 0 August 0

o Write the next day, month or season.

� May June. ___ . 5 Friday

� Sunday Monda� .. _
_
_ .
6 March
1 Monday ...__ . . ..____

2 August ___._ . autumn

8
3 spring__ Wednesday_
9

4 November .... . 10 July . . _____

e ABOUT YOU AND YOUR COUNTRY Write your answers or ask another student.

Which month is your birthday? _______

2 Which season do you like best? Why? . __ __

3 Which day of the week do you like best? Why? _

4 What do you do on New Year's Day?

5 What are two other special days in the year, and when are they?

o • Test yourself. Cover the days, months and seasons, and say or write them.

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B Ord i nal n u mbers and dates 6)
1" h h
first 6t sixth 11t eleventh 16'" sixteenth 21" twenty-first
2nd second 7'h seventh 1 2th twelfth 1 7''
' seventeenth 22"" twenty-second
h thirteenth h
3'" third 8" eighth 1 3t 1 8t eighteenth 23 '" twenty-third
4th fourth 9th ninth 14th fourteenth ]9th nineteenth 30 th thirtieth
h
5th fifth 10 t tenth 1 5th fifteenth 20th twentieth 31" thirty-first

0 Complete the words. Saying and writing dates

� ni!lth 5 ei9- .th
We can write the date like this:
1 th... rd 6 sUeenth 10 March OR 10th March OR 3.10.08 OR 3110/08
2 twenL eth 7 fo-11: eenth We say the date like this:
3 fU h 8 thJteenth What's the date today? -It's Marcil the tenth.
- It's ti,e tenth ofMarch.
4 L rst 9 s-cond
Say the year like this:
1980 nineteen eighty 1995 nineteen ninety-live
0 Look at the calendar. 2006 two thousand and six 2020 twenty twenty
Answer the questions.
Write the dates as we say them.

March April

5 M T W T F 5 5 M T W T F 5

1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 15 16 17 18 19 20 21
18 19 20 21 22 23 24 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
25 26 27 28 29 30 31 29 30

When's ...
� the first Saturday in March? --'�'-a.r:<j1 t.he "'hid. O R The "'hid of Mo.r'ch.
1 the second Tuesday in April? .
_ _
_ ______ _ _ ______ _ _

2 the second Wednesday in April? _ ______ ______ . ____ .

3 the first S unday in March? ____

4 the first F riday in April? -----_._------

5 the third Tuesday in April? _ ____________ _

6 the fifth Saturday in March? ________

7 the third Wednesday in March? ___ _____ __ ___ ___

8 the fourth Monday in April? _____

o Write the dates or years as we say them.

� 6.9 ihe siA.h of S'1'teW16e.-o_ 9!'_�cl"W\6e.- the sixth.
1 3.2 7 21.5 __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ ______

2 4.7 ___
_ ________ _ 8 30.11
3 10.12 ____ _______ 9 22.4 ___

4 12.8 _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 10 2015
5 15.1 ___ ______ ___ 11 Today's date ____

6 1989 ___ __ _ _ ____ 1 2 The date next Tuesday

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