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Pronunciation of the alphabet

Figures and Numbers


		10	ten/ tenth	20	twenty
1	one / first	11	eleven	21	twenty-one
2	two / second	12	twelve	22	twenty-two	20	twenty / twentieth
3	three / third	13	thirteen	23	twenty-three	30	thirty / thirtieth
4	four / fourth	14	fourteen	24	twenty-four	40	forty / fortieth
5	five / fifth	15	fifteen	25	twenty-five	50	fifty / fiftieth
6	six / sixth	16	sixteen	26	twenty-six	60	sixty
7	seven / seventh	17	seventeen	27	twenty-seven	70	seventy
8	eight / eighth	18	eighteen	28	twenty-eight	80	eighty
9	nine / ninth	19	nineteen	29	twenty-nine	90	ninety

0.5	point five	1.9	one point nine	1%	one percent	1-10	one to ten

100	one hundred	101	one hundred and one	1000	one thousand
1,000,000 one million (m)				1,000,000,000 one billion (b, bn)

Days Months Seasons

1 Monday	1 January	Spring
2 Tuesday	2 February	Summer
3 Wednesday	3 March	Autumn (UK) / Fall (US)
4 Thursday	4 April	Winter
5 Friday	5 May
6 Saturday	6 June
7 Sunday	7 July
	8 August
	9 September
	10 October
	11 November
	12 December

What time is it?

24 hours	00:00	12:00	01:00	13:00
12 hours	12.00 a.m.	12.p.m.	1.00 a.m.	1.00 p.m.
written	midnight	midday / noon	one o'clock in the morning	one o'clock in the afternoon

or: one fifteen, one thirty, one forty-five, tne twenty-five, eleven twenty ...

Now tell the time!

Telephone and Internet addresses

01 0845 166 7111

O one / O eight four five / one double six / seven one double one

http://washington-post.com/index

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Common Units and abbreviations:

£ : (sterling) pound $ : dollar A$ : Australian dollar (AUD)

N : north E : east W : west S : south

17" screen : a seventeen inch screen

5' : five feet (about 1.5m)

£ 6.99 inc VAT/month : six pounds ninety-nine (cents) including value added tax per month