CONVERSATION: TALKING ABOUT NUMBERS

Teacher: Good morning, class! Today, we will learn about numbers from 0 to 100.
Students: Good morning, teacher!

Teacher: Can anyone tell me what number comes after nine?
Amina: Ten!
Teacher: Very good, Amina. And what comes after ten?
Ali: Eleven!

Teacher: Great! Now, who can count from one to ten?
Students: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten!

Teacher: Excellent! Now, Ali, how old are you?
Ali: I am twelve years old.
Teacher: Good. And Amina, how many brothers do you have?
Amina: I have three brothers.

Teacher: Wonderful! Let’s learn some bigger numbers. What number is this — 25?
Amina: Twenty-five.
Teacher: Yes! And 70?
Ali: Seventy.

Teacher: Very nice. Numbers are very important in English. We use them to talk about time, age, money, and counting things.
Students: Thank you, teacher!

 

Vocabulary from the Conversation
Word	Meaning
Number	a symbol used for counting or measuring
Count	to say numbers in order
Age	how old someone is
Brothers	male siblings
Important	very useful or necessary

 

New Vocabulary: Numbers
Figures	Words	Figures	Words
0	zero	50	fifty
1	one	60	sixty
2	two	70	seventy
3	three	80	eighty
4	four	90	ninety
5	five	100	one hundred
6	six	200	two hundred
7	seven	1,000	one thousand
8	eight	10,000	ten thousand
9	nine	1,000,000	one million
10	ten
11	eleven
12	twelve
13–19	thirteen, fourteen, fifteen...
20–29	twenty, twenty-one, twenty-two...
30–39	thirty, thirty-one, thirty-two...
40–49	forty, forty-one, forty-two...

 

Word Families
No.	Base Word	Noun	Verb	Adjective	Adverb
1	count	count	count	countable/countless	—
2	number	number	number	numerical / numbered	numerically
3	learn	learning	learn	learned	—
4	write	writing	write	written	—
5	say	saying	say	—	—
6	use	use/usage	use	useful	usefully
7	age	age	age	aged	—
8	teach	teacher/teaching	teach	teachable	—
9	read	reading	read	readable	—
10	count	counting	count	countable	—
11	speak	speech	speak	spoken	—
12	know	knowledge	know	known	—

 

Exercise 1: True or False

Read each sentence and write T (True) or F (False).

1.      The number after nine is ten. ( ___ )

2.      Fifty comes before forty. ( ___ )

3.      One hundred is written as 100. ( ___ )

4.      The number 0 is called zero. ( ___ )

5.      Seventy-five is smaller than sixty. ( ___ )

 

✅ Key Answers:

1.      5. F 4. T 3. T 2. F T

 

Exercise 2: Circle the Correct Answer

Circle the correct number or word.

1.      What number comes after 19?
c) 21 b) 20 a) 18 

2.      Which is bigger?
c) 40 b) 54 a) 45 

3.      What is 100 in words?
c) ten b) one thousand a) one hundred 

4.      What comes before thirty?
c) twenty-nine b) forty a) twenty 

5.      Which number is between seven and nine?
c) six b) ten a) eight 

 

✅ Key Answers:

1.      5. a 4. c 3. a 2. b b

 

Exercise 3: Cross-Matching

Match the numbers with their words by drawing lines or writing the correct letter.

Numbers	Words
1. 12	a) twenty
2. 30	b) fifty
3. 7	c) twelve
4. 50	d) ninety
5. 90	e) seven

 

✅ Key Answers:
5 → d 4 → b 3 → e 2 → a 1 → c

 

Exercise 4: Fill in the Blanks

Write the correct number in each blank.

1.      I am __________ years old. (Example: 10)

2.      There are __________ students in my class.

3.      My mother is __________ years old.

4.      I have __________ brothers and __________ sisters.

5.      My school starts at __________ o’clock.

 

✅ Sample Answers (will vary):

1.      5. 8 4. 2 and 3 3. 40 2. 25 10