Numbers in English- The Same or Different

Numbers in English the same or different

 

Part One: The meaning of numbers the same or different

Without looking below for now, listen to your teacher and raise the cards that you have been given depending on what you think about their meaning. If there are more than two, they are all the same or all different (i.e. there is not just one odd one out).

Label the lines below with S for the same meanings or D for different.

 

Simple numbers the same or different

• zero/ oh/ nought/ nil/ love
• thirteen/ thirty
• thirteenth/ thirtieth
• six/ sixth
• around twenty percent/ nearly twenty percent/ just over twenty percent
• nearly twenty percent/ almost twenty percent/ just under twenty percent
• around twenty percent/ about twenty percent/ more or less twenty percent/ approximately twenty percent
• exactly twenty percent/ precisely twenty percent
• just twenty percent/ exactly twenty percent
• just twenty percent/ only twenty percent

 

Large numbers the same or different

• a hundred/ one hundred
• a hundred/ hundreds
• several hundred/ hundreds
• three hundred twenty three/ three hundred and twenty three
• thirteen hundred/ one thousand three hundred
• one hundred thousand/ a million
• a hundred thousand/ one thousand one hundred
• a hundred and twenty three thousand/ one hundred thousand and twenty three
• half a million/ five hundred thousand
• one point seven million/ one million seven hundred thousand
• two point nine billion/ two billion nine hundred million
• a thousand million/ a billion
• a thousand billion/ a trillion
• two point six trillion dollars/ twenty six trillion dollars

 

Decimals and fractions the same or different

• nought point five/ zero point five/ a half/ one half
• one point five/ one and a half
• one point two five/ one and a quarter
• a half/ one and a half
• a half/ a second
• third/ a third
• twenty five percent/ a quarter/ a fourth/ one quarter/ one fourth
• two fifths/ four tenths/ forty percent/ nought point four
• six sevenths/ six and a seventh
• zero point zero two/ nought point oh two

 

Dates the same or different

• the first of December/ December the first
• two thousand and ten/ two thousand ten/ twenty ten
• two thousand two/ two thousand and two
• two thousand and one/ twenty one

 

Times the same or different

• two am/ two o’clock in the morning
• midnight/ twelve pm
• midday/ noon/ twelve pm
• five past four in the afternoon/ four oh five pm
• five past ten/ ten past five
• seven oh six am/ six minutes past seven in the morning
• four fifty pm/ ten to five in the afternoon
• seven fifteen pm/ ten to eight in the evening
• quarter past six in the morning/ a quarter past six in the morning/ six fifteen am

 

Lengths of time the same or different

• ninety second/ ninety seconds
• ninety seconds/ one and a half minutes
• ninety minutes/ half an hour
• twenty four hours/ a day/ one day
• seventy two hours/ three days
• a decade/ two years
• a hundred years/ a century

 

Frequencies the same or different

• once a day/ once per day
• four times a year/ once every three months
• semi-annual/ biannual
• semi-annual/ twice a year/ once every six months

 

Check your answers as a class.

Write the numbers above as figures (all the numbers or just the different ones, as your teacher tells you).

Play the holding up cards game in pairs or small groups.

Play Different Ways of Saying Numbers Tennis. Say a word that can be said another way and see if your partner can “return” within five seconds with another correct pronunciation of the same number.

 

Cards to hold up

The same	Different
The same	Different
The same	Different
The same	Different
The same	Different
The same	Different
The same	Different

 

Different pronunciations of numbers presentation

Pronounce the numbers below in at least two ways. Put a question mark (?) next to any which you aren’t sure about.

 

Simple numbers

0

~20%

<20% (19.99%)

20.0000000000%

 

Large numbers

100

323

1,300

500,000

1,700,000

2,900,000,000

1,000,000,000

 

Decimals and fractions

0.5

1.5

1.25

0.25

2/5

0.02

 

Dates

1 Dec

2010

2002

 

Times

02:00

12:00

16:05

07:06

16:50

06:15

 

Lengths of time

90 sec

24h

72h

100 years

 

Numbers with similar pronunciations presentation

Pronounce the numbers below, making sure that the ones are the same line are different from each other.

Simple numbers

• 13 30
• 13^th 30^th
• 6 6^th
• ~20% <20% (19.99%)

 

Large numbers

• 100,000 1,000,000
• 100,000 100,100
• 123,000 100,023
• 2,600,000,000,000 26,000,000,000,000

 

Decimals and fractions

• 1/2 1 1/2
• 1/3 3^rd
• 6/7 6 1/7

 

Dates

• 2001 21

 

Times

• 00:00 12:00
• 19:15 19:50

 

Lengths of time

• 1 sec 1/2
• 92^nd 90 sec

 

Homework

Write the figures above as words, then check with the first worksheet.

 

Part Two: Pronouncing numbers the same or different

Listen to your teacher without looking below and raise the “The same” or “Different” cards depending on what you think about the pronunciation that you hear.

Mark the lines below with “S” for “the same” for the same sounds or “D” for “Different” for different sounds, not worrying about meaning this time.

 

note/ nought

oh/ O

one/ won

two/ too

three/ free

four/ fore

four/ foe

fibre/ fiver

six/ sixth

ate/ eight

thirteen/ thirty

hundred/ hundreds

 

fast/ first

third/ thirds

force/ fourth

forth/ fourth

fifth/ fifths

six/ sixths

sevens/ seventh

eights/ eighths

thirteenth/ thirtieth

 

quarter/ quota

a hundred/ a hundredth

 

ten to two/ ten two two

for months/ four months

ninety second/ ninety seconds

minute (= adjective)/ minute (= noun)

days/ daze

 

once/ ones

 

Check your answers as a class.

Work together with your partner to pronunciation the things on the same line the same or to pronounce the things on the same line differently.