Numbers 0 to 20

Lesson 4

0, zero

Title: 0, zero

/ˈzɪə.rəʊ/

Synonyms: nothing

 

      Origin: zéro

Example

Our chances of success are zero

Example

1, one

Title: 1, one

/wʌn/

Synonyms: single, lone, only

Example

They had one daughter

Example

2, Two

Title: 2, Two

/tuː/

Example

I’ll be away for almost two weeks

Example

3, three

Title: 3, three

/θriː/

Origin: thrie, threo

Example

My little sister’s only three (=three years old)

Example

4, four

Title: 4, four

/fɔːr/

Example

They arrived just after four (=four o’clock)

Example

5, five

Title: 5, five

/faɪv/

     Origin: fif

Example

There is also a golf course five miles away

Example

6, six

Title: 6, six

/sɪks/

Example

six months ago

Example

7, seven

Title: 7, seven

/ˈsev.ən/

     Origin: seofon

Example

We close the store at seven (=seven o’clock)

Example

8, eight

Title: 8, eight

/eɪt/

Origin: eahta

the number 8

It’s only eight days till Christmas

the number 8

9, nine

Title: 9, nine

/naɪn/

     Origin: nigon

the number 9

He’s only been in this job for nine months

the number 9

10, ten

Title: 10, ten

/tɛn/

Origin: tien

the number 10

I need to be home by ten (=ten o’clock)

the number 10

11, eleven

Title: 11, eleven

/ɪˈlɛvn/

Origin: endleofan

the number 11

She was sent to jail for eleven months

the number 11

12, twelve

Title: 12, twelve

/twɛlv/

Origin: twelf

the number 12 ⇒ dozen

Come at twelve (=12 o’clock)

the number 12 ⇒ dozen

13, thirteen

Title: 13, thirteen

/θɜːˈtiːn/

Origin: threotiene

Example

They’ve only sold thirteen tickets so far

Example

14, fourteen

Title: 14, fourteen

/ˌfɔːˈtiːn/

Origin: feowertiene

the number 14

I started playing the guitar when I was fourteen (=14 years old)

the number 14

15, fifteen

Title: 15, fifteen

  /ˌfɪfˈtiːn/

               Origin: fifteen

the number 15

a coastal village fifteen miles south of Tourane

the number 15

16, sixteen

Title: 16, sixteen

/ˌsɪkˈstiːn/

Origin: sixtiene

The number 16

sixteen years later

The number 16

17, seventeen

Title: 17, seventeen

/ˌsev.ənˈtiːn/

Origin: seofontiene

the number 17

a group of seventeen American military officers

the number 17

18, eighteen

Title: 18, eighteen

/ˌeɪˈtiːn/

Origin: eahtatiene

the number 18

At least eighteen bullets were fired

the number 18

19, nineteen

Title: 19, nineteen

/ˌnaɪnˈtiːn/

Origin: nigontiene

the number 19

It was nineteen minutes past seven

the number 19

20, Twenty

Title: 20, Twenty

/ˈtwen.ti/

Origin: twentig

the number 20

I’m nearly twenty (=20 years old)

the number 20