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Some English basics

Alphabet

A /ei/ N /en/
B /bi/ O /ou/
C /si/ P /pi/
D /di/ Q /chiu/
E /i/ R /ar/
F /ef/ S /es/
G /gi/ T /ti/
H /eic/ U /iu/
I /ai/ V /vi/
J /giei/ W /daboliu/
K /chei/ X /ex/
L /el/ Y /uai/
M /em/ Z /zed/

Can you spell....................... ?

How do you spell .................. ?

Numbers

1 one 11 eleven 30 thirty

2 two 12 twelve 40 forty
3 three 13 thirteen 50 fifty
4 four 14 fourteen 60 sixty
5 five 15 fifteen 70 seventy
6 six 16 sixteen 80 eighty
7 seven 17 seventeen 90 ninety
8 eight 18 eighteen 100 one hundred
9 nine 19 nineteen
10 ten 20 twenty

167 one hundred AND sixty seven

1,667 one thousand, six hundred AND sixty seven
10,084 ten thousand AND eighty four
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1,000,000 one million

Days Months Seasons

Monday January Spring

Tuesday February Summer
Wednesday March Autumn
Thursday April Winter
Friday May
Saturday June
Sunday July
August
September
October
November
December

Writing/Saying Dates

Use ordinal numbers:

1st first 11th eleventh 21st twenty-first

2nd second 12th twelfth 22nd twenty-second
3rd third 13th thirteenth 23rd twenty-third
4th fourth 14th fourteenth 24th twenty-fourth
5th fifth 15th fifteenth etc..........................
6th sixth 16th sixteenth
7th seventh 17th seventeenth
8th eighth 18th eighteenth
9th ninth 19th nineteenth
10th tenth 20th twentieth

Write like this: Tuesday, 3rd October

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Speak like this: “Tuesday THE third OF October”

To say the year divide in 2, e.g 1999 19/99 nineteen ninety nine
1821 18/21 eighteen twenty one

BUT 2000 two thousand 2006 two thousand and six

The Time

English uses the twelve-hour clock, not twenty-four hour clock

08.00 eight o’clock a.m/in the morning

20.00 eight o’clock p.m/in the evening

08.15 eight fifteen / a quarter past eight

08.30 eight thirty / half past eight
08.45 eight forty-five / a quarter to nine

14.10 two ten / ten (minutes) past two

14.50 two fifty / ten (minutes) to three

What’s the time / What time is it? It’s three o’clock

Useful Questions

Social Situations
What’s your name? My name is Sarah
Where are you from? I’m from Leeds, England
How old are you? I’m 28 (years old)
What’s your job? I’m a teacher
Where do you live? I live in Argenta
What are your hobbies/interests? My hobbies are swimming and reading

In the classroom
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How do you spell pencil? P-E-N-C-I-L

What does chair mean? It means sedia
I don’t understand
Can you repeat
Can you speak slowly

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