Practise saying these numbers aloud:

98 100 102 156 274

1,000 2,004 3,711 9,486 13,831
15,005 27,053 85,492 524,912 999,999
1,753,287 4,612,855 77,613,007 665,321,789 945,001,243

Say the following sentences aloud, with any symbols that appear:
1. There was a 10% increase in prices last year.
2. He lived there 1923 – 31
3. The latest opinion poll gives Labour 39.4%
4. These rings are 5cm x 0.005cm
5. Schoolteachers often get “annoyed”
6. Dear Sir/Madam
7. Some people (particularly young people) think things should be changed.
8. It’s about ¾ mile from here.
9. She stayed for 2 ½ weeks.
10.The conference starts on 30.10.11
11.It costs exactly £3.25
12.Water freezes at 0°C
13.It was very cold yesterday, -3°
14.5 x 4 = 20
15.The speed limit on the motorways is 70 mph
16.My e-mail address is jerry.davidson@hotmail.com
17.The reference is 43-F9/66
18.Their web site address is www.FT.com/main
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This is how it is written: This is how it is said:

There was a 10% increase in prices last year ten per cent

He lived there 1923 – 31 from nineteen twenty-three to nineteen thirty-

one

The latest opinion poll gives Labour 39.4% thirty-nine point four per cent

These rings are 5cm x 0.005cm five centimetres by zero point zero zero five
centimeters

Schoolteachers often get “annoyed” in inverted commas annoyed

Dear Sir/Madam sir or madam

Some people (particularly young people) think in brackets

things should be changed.
It’s about ¾ mile from here. three-quarters of a mile

She stayed for 2 ½ weeks. two and a half weeks

The conference starts on 30.10.11 the thirtieth of October two thousand and eleven

It costs exactly £3.25 three (pounds) twenty-five (pence)

Water freezes at 0°C zero degrees Celsius

It was very cold yesterday, -3° minus three

5 x 4 = 20 five times four (equals/is) twenty

The speed limit on the motorways is 70 mph seventy miles per hour

My e-mail address is jerry.davidson@hotmail.com jerry small letters dot davidson at hotmail dot
com
The reference is 43-F9/66 forty-three dash/hyphen F 9 forward slash six six

Their web site address is www.FT.com/main double u, double u, double u, dot capital F capital
T dot com forward slash main