LESSON NOTES

Basic Bootcamp S2 #5
Counting from 100 to 10,000

CONTENTS
2 British English
2 Vocabulary
3 Sample Sentences
3 Vocabulary Phrase Usage
4 Grammar
5 Cultural Insight

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1. A: Have you bought a new car yet?

2. B: No, but I viewed a few today. I have a price range of under £15,000
and it's difficult to find a new car for that price.

3. A: Did you see any you liked?

4. B: Yes, but it was £18,999 on the road. Then I'd have to pay for tax
and insurance too.

5. A: That's expensive. I bought my car for £12,350 second hand but it

has very low mileage.

6. B: How much was the insurance?

7. A: £450 for the year.

8. B: Hmm, maybe I'll try the second hand garage.

VOCABULARY

V oc abular y English C lass

to look at or inspect
to view something verb

to give money in order to

to buy own an item verb

something that is hard to

difficult do, the opposite of easy adjective

price how much something costs noun

a length of time equal to 52

weeks or 365 days. The
year length of time taken for the noun
earth to orbit the sun

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 expensive to cost a lot of money adjective

something that isn’t new

second hand and has a previous owner noun

garage where cars are sold noun

SAMPLE SENTENCES

He went to view a house. I want to buy some new clothes.

My homework is very difficult. The shop is having a sale and has cut the
prices.

This year has been very busy. The shirt was expensive so I didn’t buy it.

I bought it second hand but it was in very He works at the garage.

good condition.

VOCABULARY PHRASE USAGE

"t o view"

Although this means to see, it is not interchangeable with "to see." It implies that there is a
purpose or a level of inspection to how you are looking at the item. If you are looking for a
new house, you would use the verb "view" to describe going to see it.

"second hand"

"Second hand" can be used for anything that was owned by somebody else before it came
to you. If you buy clothes brand new from a shop then they are first hand but if you buy from a
charity shop that sells only donated and used clothes, then they are second hand. This can
also be used to describe information. If you hear about an event from someone who wasn't
there personally, then you are hearing second hand information.

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"gar age"

"Garage" can mean many things. In the conversation it refers to a place where cars are sold.
It can also mean a place where cars are repaired, or a place where cars are stored overnight.

GRAMMAR

T he Focus of t his Lesson is Lar ge English Number s

"Yes, but it was £ 18 ,9 9 9 on t he r oad."

In the last lesson we learned about cardinal and ordinal English numbers up until 100. In this
lesson, we will learn from 100 to 1,000,000!

Number Car dinal

100 one hundred

1000 one thousand

10,000 ten thousand

100,000 one hundred thousand

250,000 two hundred and fifty thousand

500,000 five hundred thousand

1,000,000 a million

There are alternate ways of saying 100, 1000, 100,000, 250,000 and 500,000.

100 - a hundred

1,000 - a thousand

100,000 - a hundred thousand

250,000 - a quarter of a million

500,000 - half a million

When writing large numbers, commas are used after every third number in order to break
them down and make them easier to read and understand. When you say them out loud,
start from the left and work across.

For example:

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12,375 - twelve thousand, three hundred and seventy-five (sometimes the "and" after
hundred may not be said but in British English it usually is)

423, 865 - four hundred and twenty-three thousand, eight hundred and sixty-five

With large numbers such as these, there are also shorter ways of saying them, especially
when numbers are in the thousands but under 100,000.

12,375 - twelve, three, seven, five

In this case, the thousands are still said together (twelve) but the rest of the numbers are said
individually.

For example:

1. "48,500 - forty-eight thousand, five hundred"

2. "175,399 - a hundred and seventy-five thousand, three hundred and ninety-nine"

3. "7,549 - seven, five, four, nine"

Examples fr om t his dialogue:

1. "I have a price range of under £15,000 and it's difficult to find a new car for that
price."

2. "I bought my car for £12,350 second hand but it has very low mileage."

3. "£450 for the year."

Sample Sent ences

1. "The attendance at the football match was forty-one thousand, six hundred and
seven."

2. "The book has sold ninety-nine thousand, four hundred and twelve copies."

3. "The motorbike costs seven, nine, nine, nine."

4. "He spent over twenty-thousand pounds shopping today!"

CULTURAL INSIGHT

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As shown in some of the examples, when talking about prices and money it isn't always
necessary to use the word "pound." This is true of all counters—you don't have to say that
you have "four thousand books" if it is obvious you are talking about books. You can just say
"four thousand." When shopping, it is very common for just the number to be said when
cashiers are totalling your bill and when people talk about their purchases later, they may
round the figure up or down instead of using the exact figure. "Three thousand, nine hundred
and ninety five" could be said as "around four thousand." There are many short cuts to be
taken with large numbers as they take so long to say!

It is very common to see prices in the UK that end with ninety nine pence, instead of being a
full pound. Prices such as £9.99 (nine pounds, ninety nine pence) or £39.99 (thirty nine,
ninety nine) are seen everywhere. Although there is only a penny difference, £9.99 sounds a
lot cheaper than £10 does so shops take advantage of this when they set prices!

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