Yosa A Alzuhdy English Department YosaUNY Practical Exercises

© Yosa A. Alzuhdy – English Department ©Yosa-UNY Practical Exercises: Listening LISTENING IELTS LISTENING © Yosa A. Alzuhdy, M. Hum. LPDP Affirmative Program in collaboration with P 2 B - LPPMP Yogyakarta State University

1. CARDINAL NUMBERS Practical Exercises: Listening 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12… 101 (one hundred and one) 20, 126 (twenty thousand, one hundred and twenty-six) 31, 698, 207, 354 31 billion 698 million 207 thousand 354 31 (billions) 698 (millions) 207 (thousand) 354 (ones) - The comma (not period) may be put between thousands. 12345 = 12, 345 67891011 = 67, 891, 011 - In pronunciation, the word and may be added between hundreds and tens/ones to make it easier to understand. ©Yosa-UNY one hundred and one = one hundred one a hundred and one = a hundred one thirty six thousand twenty eight two hundred and eleven thousand, five

CARDINAL NUMBERS are usually used for: Practical Exercises: Listening Telephone numbers, Years, Time, Money, Decimals, Percentages Telephone Numbers Say numbers separately 324756 Say three…two…four, seven…five…six Pause between groups Say 324… 756 or say 32… 47… 56 For 0: say oh (like the letter “o”), it is better than zero or naught. Say double for two same numbers in a row. For 66, say double six. For 666, say six double six. For 586168 Ext 354 Say: five-eight-six…one-six-eight, extension three-five-four. ©Yosa-UNY For 0274 -882141 Say: the area code is 0274, and the (phone) number is 882 141 Practice: (0274) 345678 081 578 871 438 (021) 557 199 98 ext. 313 0815 7887 1438

Saying the Years 4 Practical Exercises: Listening For the years, it is usually better to say them in pairs. ©Yosa-UNY thirteen hundred B. C. (before Christ) [A. D. ] fourteen ninety two (Anno Domini) sixteen hundred eighteen sixty seven nineteen oh two nineteen eighty five /ei/ nineteen ninety five /ai/ two thousand (and) six two thousand (and) fourteen the fourteenth century; 1300– 1399 (the decade of) the sixties; the nineteen sixties; 1960– 1969

Time 5 past Practical Exercises: Listening to ©Yosa-UNY

TELLING THE TIME Practical Exercises: Listening 1. Classical System (the minutes are said first before the hour) For the minutes: 15’ = a quarter, 30’ = a half For exact time (00’), use “o’clock” after the hour. Over 1 through 30 minutes use “past” after the hour. Over more than 30 minutes use “to” before the next hour. 8. 00 9. 15 ©Yosa-UNY It’s eight o’clock. It’s fifteen (minutes) past nine. It’s a quarter past nine. 11. 25 It’s twenty five (minutes) past eleven. 10. 40 It’s twenty (minutes) to eleven. 12. 45 It’s fifteen (minutes) to one. It’s a quarter to one.

TELLING THE TIME 7 Practical Exercises: Listening 2. Digital System Generally it is more practical, reading the numbers in the order indicating the time. It’s eight o’clock (sharp). It’s nine fifteen. It’s eleven twenty five. It’s ten forty. It’s twelve oh five. ©Yosa-UNY Say AM before 12 midday (12. 00) Say PM from 12 midday until midnight (00. 00) You can also use the other time expressions: in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening, at night.

8 Practical Exercises: Listening 1. a half past six. thirty minutes past six thirty 5. four fifteen a quarter past four fifteen (minutes) past four 2. twelve o’clock noon / midnight 6. nine fifty ten (minutes) to ten ©Yosa-UNY 4. ten twenty-three minutes past ten twenty-three past ten 3. a quarter to eight fifteen minutes to eight seven forty-five

MONEY: Price and Costs Practical Exercises: Listening British money has 100 pence (100 p) = 1 pound (£ 1) The word pence is often shortened to “p”, thus ‘ten pence’ is often said ‘ten p’. £ 17. 99 = seventeen pounds and ninety-nine pence = seventeen pounds ninety-nine p = seventeen pounds ninety-nine = seventeen ninety-nine American money has 100 cents (100¢) = 1 dollar ($1) $59. 25 £ 275. 14 ©Yosa-UNY $342. 50 € 23. 40 Y 5, 000 = fifty nine dollars and twenty five cents = fifty nine dollars twenty five = fifty nine twenty five = two hundred seventy five pounds fourteen = three hundred and forty two dollars fifty cents = twenty three euros forty = five thousand yen

2. ORDINAL Numbers 10 Practical Exercises: Listening 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 4 th 5 th 6 th 7 th 8 th 9 th 10 th 11 th 12 th 13 th 14 th first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth … 21 st 22 nd 23 rd 24 th 31 st 42 nd 53 rd 64 th 720 th 58, 273 rd twenty first, twenty second, twenty third, twenty fourth, thirty first, forty second, fifty third, sixty fourth, seven hundred and twentieth fifty eight thousand, two hundred and seventy third Ordinals are usually used for: Dates, Ranking items, Fractions There are two ways of saying dates: 26 Feb 1997 = (the) twenty sixth of February, nineteen ninety seven = February (the) twenty sixth, nineteen ninety seven ©Yosa-UNY Aug 23, 2010 = August (the) twenty third, two thousand (and) ten = (the) twenty third of August, twenty ten Practice: 20 -5 -2005 5 July 1984 April 13, 1973 30 March 2013

Numbers: TEENS and TENS 11 Practical Exercises: Listening teen stressed (emphasized), the sound is clear, sharp t ten unstressed ( not emphasized), the sound is weak t ©Yosa-UNY Check: thirteen – thirty fourteen – forty fifteen – fifty sixteen – sixty Ordinals: thirteenth – thirtieth fourteenth – fortieth fifteenth – fiftieth sixteenth – sixtieth seventeen – seventy eighteen – eighty nineteen – ninety twelve – twenty seventeenth – seventieth eighteenth – eightieth nineteenth – ninetieth twelfth – twentieth 11 th 12 th 13 th 14 th 15 th … 20 th 30 th 40 th 50 th … 21 st 22 nd 23 rd

Decimal and Percentages 12 Practical Exercises: Listening We say each number in decimals individually after the point: = six point three eight = seventy five point seven five three = four thousand three hundred and sixty eight point two three eight nine oh When a zero occurs before the point, we may say naught = zero point four six = naught point four six ©Yosa-UNY Percentages is said as basic numbers: = twenty five percent = one hundred and forty percent = twenty six point five percent = three hundred fourteen point three percent (not: double three)

Ranking and Fractions Practical Exercises: Listening Ranking Items Germany ranks first in the world competitiveness scoreboard. Paris is another expensive European city and comes in at seventh place in the world ranking. Berlin is in thirteenth place – a dramatic move from thirtieth last year. Stockholm is a bit cheaper and comes in at the fifteenth position. Dusseldorf and Lyon both come lower down at twenty-first position and Frankfurt is in twenty-sixth place. Fractions 1/ 9 3= a 2/ = 5 third / one third, 1/6 = a sixth, 1/8 = an eighth, 3/7 = three sevenths nine and two fifths ©Yosa-UNY But for the most common: ¼ = a quarter, ½ = a half, and ¾ = three-quarters / three-fourths We’ll arrive at home in about 3½ hours. [three and a half hours] [or: three hours and a half] [but not: three thirty hours] …