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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