Topic Listening For Numbers 3

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Listening for Numbers
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Lesson Summary
Skills and Strategies for Part 2 4 Topics

Listening for

Numbers
Another essential skill you need in Part 1 of the
QUESTION TYPES listening test is listening for and recognising numbers.
Introduction to Question Types In this part of the test, you are often required to fill in a
form and you may have to listen for numbers in the
Common Strategies for All Questions following forms:
Multiple Choice Questions 8 Topics times
dates
Matching Questions 8 Topics telephone numbers and credit cards
prices
decimals.
In the next activity, you will see questions which test
Distinguishing Between Speakers your knowledge on how to say numbers in English.
Spelling of People and Places

Activity
Lesson Summary Choose the correct answers for the following
questions. Please note that most questions
Skills and Strategies for Part 2 4 Topics have more than one correct answer.

4 How do you say the amount o money $10
Skills and Strategies for Part 4 6 Topics ten ty
QUESTION TYPES ten dollars and ty
ten dollars and ty cents

Introduction to Question Types
ten dollars ty
Common Strategies for All Questions

4/15
Multiple Choice Questions 8 Topics
Matching Questions 8 Topics

How did you go on with the questions in the previous
Listening for Numbers activity? If after you have answered the questions you
feel that you need additional help, complete the
Spelling of People and Places sections below which contain further practice on how
to say numbers.
Lesson Summary

General numbers
Skills and Strategies for Part 4 6 Topics Similar sounding numbers

QUESTION TYPES There are pairs of numbers that sound very similar in
English, especially when you listen to a recording or
Introduction to Question Types when you speak to someone on the phone. Even a
native speaker can have difficulties distinguishing
Common Strategies for All Questions between these numbers.
Multiple Choice Questions 8 Topics Look at the following pairs of numbers and listen to
how they are pronounced. Can you notice the
Matching Questions 8 Topics difference?
13 30
thirteen thirty
14 40
Listening for Numbers fourteen forty
Spelling of People and Places 15 fifteen 50 fifty
Recognising Street Suffixes 16 60
sixteen sixty
Lesson Summary
17 70
Skills and Strategies for Part 2 4 Topics seventeen seventy
Skills and Strategies for Part 3 4 Topics 18 80

0:00 / 0:29 eighteen eighty
Skills and Strategies for Part 4 6 Topics 19 these sets90of numbers is that
One difference between
nineteen ninety
QUESTION TYPES the sound “-teen” is longer than the sound “-ty“. The
other difference is that the syllable “-teen” is stressed
when pronounced, while “-ty” is not.

Activity
Now try if you can distinguish these pairs of
Listening for Numbers numbers ending in “-teen” and “-ty”.
Spelling of People and Places Listen to six short conversations and choose
the number you hear.
Lesson Summary

QUESTION TYPES

Hundreds and thousands
There are various ways of saying the same number in
English and it is important that you recognise these.
How would you say these two numbers? Listen to
Recognising Street Suffixes check your answers.
Lesson Summary 1,250 5,500

Skills and Strategies for Part 3 4 Topics 0:00 / 0:13

QUESTION TYPES  Check your answers

1,250 5,500

one thousand five thousand
two hundred and five hundred
fifty fifty-five
twelve hundred hundred
and fifty five and a half
Listening for Numbers thousand
Recognising Street Suffixes Note: It is possible to write these numbers

with or without commas. For example, 5,500
Lesson Summary or 5500. Both answers would be marked as
correct.
Skills and Strategies for Part 4 6 Topics Activity

QUESTION TYPES Listen to five short conversations and write
Introduction to Question Types the numbers you hear.

Lesson Summary

Times
QUESTION TYPES Times are common answers in the IELTS listening test.
There are two ways to tell time in English, and either
Introduction to Question Types way may be used in the test:
Common Strategies for All Questions Time hour + minutes minutes + hour

six twenty-five twenty-five past
Distinguishing Between Speakers 6:25 six

six thirty-five twenty-five to
6:35 seven
Lesson Summary

Notice the difference between the two times in the
Skills and Strategies for Part 3 4 Topics minutes + hour format. Before the thirty minute mark
(i.e. 6:30), we use the word ‘past’. For 6:25 we say
Skills and Strategies for Part 4 6 Topics ‘twenty-five past six because 25 minutes have passed
since 6 o’clock. However, after the thirty minute mark,
QUESTION TYPES we need to use the word ‘to’. This is because the time
is approaching the next hour, so in this case, we are
Introduction to Question Types approaching 7 o’clock. With the time 6:35, there are 25
minutes until we reach 7 o’clock; therefore, we say
Common Strategies for All Questions ‘twenty-five to seven’. For times involving 15 and 45
minutes, we can use ‘a quarter’, and 30 minutes ‘half’.
Multiple Choice Questions 8 Topics For example:
Time hour + minutes minutes + hour
seven fifteen a quarter past
Distinguishing Between Speakers 7:15 seven

ten forty-five a quarter to
10:45 eleven
Lesson Summary

two thirty half past two
Skills and Strategies for Part 4 6 Topics 2:30
QUESTION TYPES

Activity
Multiple Choice Questions 8 Topics You will hear four short conversations.

Listen and write down the time you hear. Use
' : ' to separate hours from minutes (e.g.
6:35).
Lesson Summary

QUESTION TYPES
Dates
Common Strategies for All Questions There are three different ways in which dates can be
said in English. For example, 17 August can be:

1. August 2. August the 3. The
seventeenth seventeenth seventeenth of
August
Spelling of People and Places 0:00 / 0:12

As you can see, dates can be formed by a specific
Lesson Summary date and a month, and they can also include a year.
Let’s have a look at these three elements in more
Skills and Strategies for Part 2 4 Topics detail separately.
Skills and Strategies for Part 4 6 Topics Dates

QUESTION TYPES The date is often said using ordinal numbers. Below is
a list of the possible dates in their ordinal number form
Introduction to Question Types which you may hear in the IELTS test.

1st first 11th 21st twenty-
2nd second eleventh first
3rd third 12th twelfth 22nd twenty-
4th fourth 13th second
5th fifth thirteenth 23rd twenty-
Listening for Numbers 6th sixth 14th third
7th seventh fourteenth 24th twenty-
Spelling of People and Places 8th eighth 15th fourth
9th ninth fifteenth 25th twenty-
Recognising Street Suffixes 10th tenth 16th fifth
sixteenth 26th twenty-
Lesson Summary 17th sixth
seventeenth 27th twenty-
18th seventh
Skills and Strategies for Part 2 4 Topics eighteenth 28th twenty-
19th eighth
Skills and Strategies for Part 3 4 Topics nineteenth 29th twenty-
20th ninth
twentieth 30th thirtieth
Skills and Strategies for Part 4 6 Topics 31st thirty-
first
QUESTION TYPES
Introduction to Question Types 0:00 / 1:10

If your answer includes a date and it is said in its
ordinal form, you can write it without ‘th’. This means
Multiple Choice Questions 8 Topics that, for example, 17 August or 17th August would
both be marked correct.
Months
For answers that include a month, you may write it in
full, its abbreviation or corresponding number.
Full word Abbreviation Number
Lesson Summary

QUESTION TYPES

January Jan 01
Distinguishing Between Speakers February Feb 02

March Mar 03
April Apr 04
May May 05
June Jun 06
Lesson Summary
July Jul 07
August Aug 08
September Sep 09
Skills and Strategies for Part 4 6 Topics October Oct 10
QUESTION TYPES November Nov 11
December Dec 12
Multiple Choice Questions 8 Topics This means that if the answer is 17 August, you can
also write 17/08 or 08/17.
If you decide to write the full word for the month,
remember that it must be written in Capitals letters
(i.e. August and not august).
Spelling of People and Places Years

Recognising Street Suffixes Listen to how the following years are said in English:
Lesson Summary 1975 1999 2000 2001 2002 2010

Skills and Strategies for Part 2 4 Topics 0:00 / 0:14

Up to 1999, the year is said as a pair of two-digit
Skills and Strategies for Part 4 6 Topics numbers. For example:
QUESTION TYPES 1910 – nineteen ten
1985 – nineteen eighty-five
If above 2000, the year can be said as follows (e.g.
Common Strategies for All Questions 2018):
Multiple Choice Questions 8 Topics two thousand and eighteen
two thousand eighteen
Matching Questions 8 Topics twenty eighteen
Activity
Listening for Numbers You will hear different short conversations
which include a date.
Listen and write down the dates using the
Recognising Street Suffixes following format: 31 October (full word for the
month).
Lesson Summary

QUESTION TYPES

Telephone numbers
You often listen for telephone numbers in Part 1 of the
Listening for Numbers IELTS test when you complete forms.
Spelling of People and Places Telephones numbers may contain 6 to 10 digits and
may include an area code. For example: (312) 956
Recognising Street Suffixes 2399.
Lesson Summary How would you say these two phone numbers? Listen
to check your answers.
9854 6018 9947 3677

0:00 / 0:22
QUESTION TYPES

 Check your answers
9854 nine eight five four, six oh
Listening for Numbers 6018 one eight
nine eight five four,
Spelling of People and Places six zero one eight
Recognising Street Suffixes Notice the two different ways to
say the number ‘0’.
Lesson Summary
Skills and Strategies for Part 2 4 Topics 9947 nine nine four seven, three
3677 six seven seven
double nine four seven,
Skills and Strategies for Part 3 4 Topics three six double seven
Skills and Strategies for Part 4 6 Topics Notice the two different ways to
say a double number.
QUESTION TYPES

Activity
Listen to three short conversations and write
Listening for Numbers down the telephone number you hear.
Lesson Summary

QUESTION TYPES

Prices
Listening for Numbers In the IELTS Listening test, prices are most often given
in British pounds (£) or dollars ($). Dollar currencies
Spelling of People and Places that are most commonly used in the Listening test are:
U.S. dollars (US$), Canadian dollars (C$), Australian
Recognising Street Suffixes dollars (A$), New Zealand dollars (NZ$), Singapore
dollars (S$), and Hong Kong dollars (HK$). However, in
Lesson Summary your answers, you do not need to write the specific
currency; you only need to write the dollar sign ($).
Similar to numbers, times and dates, there are
Skills and Strategies for Part 3 4 Topics different ways to say prices. Listen to the following
price examples and how they can said:
QUESTION TYPES Price
Example

1 two dollars forty
$2.40 two forty
two dollars and forty
cents

2 one hundred dollars
$100.80 eighty
one hundred dollars
Recognising Street Suffixes and eighty cents
Lesson Summary
3 five pounds forty-five
Skills and Strategies for Part 2 4 Topics £5.45 five pounds and forty-
five pence
Skills and Strategies for Part 4 6 Topics 4 seventy-eight pounds

£78.80 eighty
QUESTION TYPES seventy-eight pounds
and eighty pence
Common Strategies for All Questions 0:00 / 0:32

Activity
Listen to the four short conversations and
Listening for Numbers type in the prices you hear. Please note that
you only need to write the number as the
Spelling of People and Places currency is already provided.
Lesson Summary

QUESTION TYPES

Decimals
Distinguishing Between Speakers Numbers with decimals are used throughout the
listening test, not just in Part 1. They are often used
Listening for Numbers with percentages (e.g. 7.5% of the population does
regular exercise) or in larger numbers (e.g. 4.9 million
Spelling of People and Places people live in Sydney).
Recognising Street Suffixes Let’s look at how decimal numbers are said.
Lesson Summary
three point five
Skills and Strategies for Part 2 4 Topics 3.5% percent or
three and a
half percent
Skills and Strategies for Part 4 6 Topics three point oh five

3.05% percent or
QUESTION TYPES three point zero five
percent
Common Strategies for All Questions 53.76

0:00 / 0:19 fifty three point seven
million six million

Activity
Listen to five short conversations and write
Listening for Numbers the decimal numbers you hear. Please note
that you should only write the decimal
Spelling of People and Places number (e.g. 7.5 thousand).
Lesson Summary

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shubash-sah…

Distinguishing Between Speakers

Skills and Strategies for Part 2 4 Topics

Skills and Strategies for Part 4 6 Topics

Spelling of People and Places

Recognising Street Suffixes

Skills and Strategies for Part 3 4 Topics

Skills and Strategies for Part 4 6 Topics ten ty

QUESTION TYPES ten dollars and ty

ten dollars and ty cents

Common Strategies for All Questions

Matching Questions 8 Topics

Skills and Strategies for Part 2 4 Topics

Skills and Strategies for Part 4 6 Topics Similar sounding numbers

Skills and Strategies for Part 3 4 Topics 18 80

Multiple Choice Questions 8 Topics

Matching Questions 8 Topics

Skills and Strategies for Part 2 4 Topics

Skills and Strategies for Part 3 4 Topics

Skills and Strategies for Part 4 6 Topics

Common Strategies for All Questions

Multiple Choice Questions 8 Topics

Matching Questions 8 Topics

Lesson Summary 1,250 5,500

Skills and Strategies for Part 3 4 Topics 0:00 / 0:13

Skills and Strategies for Part 4 6 Topics

Common Strategies for All Questions

Multiple Choice Questions 8 Topics

Matching Questions 8 Topics

Recognising Street Suffixes Note: It is possible to write these numbers

Skills and Strategies for Part 3 4 Topics

Skills and Strategies for Part 4 6 Topics Activity

Multiple Choice Questions 8 Topics

Matching Questions 8 Topics

Listening for Numbers

Spelling of People and Places

Recognising Street Suffixes

Skills and Strategies for Part 2 4 Topics

Skills and Strategies for Part 3 4 Topics

Matching Questions 8 Topics

Spelling of People and Places

Recognising Street Suffixes

Skills and Strategies for Part 2 4 Topics

Spelling of People and Places

Recognising Street Suffixes

Skills and Strategies for Part 2 4 Topics

Skills and Strategies for Part 3 4 Topics

Common Strategies for All Questions

Matching Questions 8 Topics

Listening for Numbers

Spelling of People and Places

Recognising Street Suffixes

Skills and Strategies for Part 2 4 Topics

Skills and Strategies for Part 3 4 Topics

Skills and Strategies for Part 4 6 Topics

Matching Questions 8 Topics

Listening for Numbers

Spelling of People and Places 0:00 / 0:12

Recognising Street Suffixes

Skills and Strategies for Part 3 4 Topics

Skills and Strategies for Part 4 6 Topics Dates

Multiple Choice Questions 8 Topics

Matching Questions 8 Topics