Numbers, Time, Prepositions, Adjectives, and Basic English

Posted on Jan 11, 2025 in Administration and Management

Numbers and Time in English

1. Writing Numbers:

3,987,432 – Three million, nine hundred eighty-seven thousand, four hundred and thirty-two.
2,145,689 – Two million, one hundred forty-five thousand, six hundred and eighty-nine.
21,918,745 – Twenty-one million, nine hundred eighteen thousand, seven hundred and forty-five.
130,927,416 – One hundred thirty million, nine hundred twenty-seven thousand, four hundred and sixteen.

2. Telling the Time:

(Read from back to front)

9:45 – It’s quarter to ten.
10:55 – It’s five to eleven.
1:05 – It’s five past one.
2:50 – It’s ten to three.
6:35 – It’s twenty-five to seven.
5:40 – It’s twenty to six.
4:00 – It’s four o’clock.
2:30 – It’s half past two.
1:15 – It’s quarter past one.
7:10 – It’s ten past seven.
8:25 – It’s twenty-five past eight.
1:10 – It’s ten past one.
2:20 – It’s twenty past two.
3:30 – It’s half past three.
6:45 – It’s quarter to seven.
7:50 – It’s ten to eight.
8:35 – It’s twenty-five to nine.
9:40 – It’s twenty to ten.
10:15 – It’s quarter past ten.
7:45 – It’s quarter to eight.
11:15 – It’s quarter past eleven.
12:25 – It’s twenty-five past twelve.
10:10 – It’s ten past ten.

Prepositions and Possessive Adjectives

3. Using At, In, On:

in June, in the morning, at 7 o’clock, in 2007, at breakfast, at Easter, at night, on Christmas Day, in the afternoon, at the weekend, on All Saints Day, at lunch time

4. Possessive Adjectives:

This is my sister. Her name is Alice.
Luis and Marta are friends. Their hobby is football.
Look, Marta! This is your new teacher.
I love Tom. His hair is beautiful!
My brothers and I spend our free time dancing.

Adjectives and Sentence Order

5. Opposites of Adjectives:

old – young
modern – old-fashioned
small – big
fast – slow
cheap – expensive
wide – narrow

6. Putting Sentences in Order:

I am afraid the line is engaged.
Please tell him to call me back.
Would you like to meet at 3 in my office?
Can you spell your first name for me, please?

Correcting Mistakes and Translations

7. Correcting Sentences:

Our holidays are in August.
Ana and I are good friends.
I like the new teacher. His name’s Alan.
This is Lisa, she’s Dutch.
What do you do?
Lucia is an accountant.
I always work at night.
My birthday is in November.
I have breakfast at 8 o’clock.
Christmas Day is on 25^th December.
I work in the morning.
I study at night.

8. Translations:

My colleague is single, but my boss is married and divorced. His wife is Irish. Her name’s Shirley and she’s forty-five years old. Her date of birth is 15^th December 1960.

My company is Russian. The main office is in Moscow, but we have branch offices in more than three hundred countries.

We are a reliable and dynamic company. We transport goods by plane, and our employees are very young.

The current manager is from Barcelona. He is the founder’s grandson. The company is a family business.

Questions and Conversations

9. Questions for the Answers:

-Hello, ABC Global. Can I help you?

-Yes, please, I would like to speak to the manager.

-I think he is out. Would you like to leave a message?

-Umm.. When will he be back?

-He will be back tomorrow at 7.

-Could you tell him to phone me back?

-Yes, sure. Can you give me your phone number?

-789545.

-Right. And what’s your name?

-Martin.

-OK, I’ll give him your message.

-Hello. Can I speak to..?

-Speaking.

-I’m the manager of RBT editors. I’m calling to arrange a meeting.

-Let me see. Would you like to meet on Monday?

-No, sorry. Monday is not possible.

–How about Friday?

-Friday is OK. What time can we meet?

-I think 12:30 would be fine. I’m free.

-OK, Friday at 12:30. Shall we meet in your office?

-My office is fine, if you don’t have any problems.

-Fine, see you then.

/Conversation/

–Hello, Good morning Despatch department. Can I help you?

-This is ….from….

–Can I speak to..?

–Who’s calling, please?

-I would like to…speak to../make an order../arrange a meeting..

–I’ll put you through (right away). I’m sorry/ I’m afraid. The line is engaged.

–He’s out/away/not in the office.

–Would you like to leave a message/Can I take a message?

–When will he be back?/He won’t be back until/at

–Tell him/her to phone me-Can you tell him to phone me?-Tell him I will phone back tomorrow.-Can I leave a message?-I’m free on Monday at 7

–When would you prefer..? I would prefer…-Shall we/I meet for lunch?

–I’ll give him your message.-Thank you.-You’re welcome.

–Can you put me through to…?

-No problem. I call back later. It’s all right; I’ll hold. Yes please, tell him I called. Of course. Just a moment, please.

Adjectives and Basic Phrases

Complete the sentences with one of the adjectives from the box.

We are a traditional family business.
Our head office is a large building with more than 500 employees.
We use the latest technology.
The Spanish AVE is a fast train.
We import and export a wide variety of goods.
A Rolex is a very expensive watch.
Simon is a reliable employee; he’s always on time.
The streets in the old centre are very narrow.
The current economic situation is not very good.
Our sales representatives are very energetic and dynamic.

Basic Phrases:

I’m Allan, my name’s Hattie. Pleased to meet you, Allan; How are you?
Fine thanks, and you? Very well, thanks! Nice to meet you.
What is your name?
What is his name? This is Steve.
What are your names?
Is he from?
Where are you from?

Verb ‘to be’:

I am / You are / He/she/It is / We /You /They are

Am I? / Are you? / Is he/she/it? / Are We /You /They?

I am not / You are not / He/she/it is not / We/you/they aren’t

Am I? / Are you? / Is he/she/it? / Are we/you/they?

Yes you are / Yes I am / Yes He/she/It is / Yes We /You /They are

No you aren’t / No I’m not / No He/she/It isn’t / No we/you/they aren’t

What is your name? My name’s Hattie.

Where are you from?

What is his/her name?

His name’s David.

Where‘s his/her from?

Singular: My/your/his/her/its

Plural: our/your/their

Did You Know? Do you remember where Gita’s from?

What is mesa in English? Can you repeat please? Can you spell it please? I don’t understand.

It’s seven o’clock (am) In the morning

It’s nine o’clock (pm) in the evening

It’s two o’clock (pm) in the afternoon

Numbers in Detail

1-One / 2-Two / 3-Three / 4-Four / 5-Five / 6 -Six / 7-Seven / 8-Eight / 9-Nine / 10-Ten / 11-Eleven / 12-Twelve / 13-Thirteen / 14-Fourteen / 15-Fifteen / 16-Sixteen / 17-Seventeen / 18-Eighteen / 19-Nineteen / 20-Twenty / 21-Twenty-one / 30-Thirty / 32-Thirty-two / 40-Forty / 43-Forty-three / 50-Fifty / 54-Fifty-four / 60-Sixty / 66-Sixty-six / 70-Seventy / 80-Eighty / 88-Eighty-eight / 90-Ninety / 99-Ninety-nine / 100-One hundred / 200-Two hundred / 300-Three hundred / 400-Four hundred / 1,000-One thousand / 2,000-Two thousand / 3,000-Three thousand / 4,000-Four thousand

Millions: 1,000,000 – One million / 2,000,000 – Two million / 3,000,000 – Three million / 4,000,000 – Four million

314 – Three hundred and fourteen / 845 – Eight hundred and forty-five / 7,293 – Seven thousand two hundred and ninety-three / 950,610 – Nine hundred and fifty thousand six hundred and ten / 10,000,071 – Ten million and seventy-one