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1. The document provides examples of how to say numbers, dates, percentages, and other symbols aloud. 2. Key includes how each example from the document should be spoken, such as "thirty-nine point four per cent" instead of "39.4%" and "minus three" instead of "-3°". 3. Examples cover a range of contexts including prices, dates, opinion polls, measurements, temperatures, math equations, addresses, and more.

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Symbols Numbers

1. The document provides examples of how to say numbers, dates, percentages, and other symbols aloud. 2. Key includes how each example from the document should be spoken, such as "thirty-nine point four per cent" instead of "39.4%" and "minus three" instead of "-3°". 3. Examples cover a range of contexts including prices, dates, opinion polls, measurements, temperatures, math equations, addresses, and more.

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Practise saying these numbers aloud:

98 100 102 156 274


1,000 2,004 3,711 9,486 13,831
15,005 27,053 85,492 524,912 999,999
1,753,287 4,612,855 77,613,007 665,321,789 945,001,243

Say the following sentences aloud, with any symbols that appear:
1. There was a 10% increase in prices last year.
2. He lived there 1923 – 31
3. The latest opinion poll gives Labour 39.4%
4. These rings are 5cm x 0.005cm
5. Schoolteachers often get “annoyed”
6. Dear Sir/Madam
7. Some people (particularly young people) think things should be changed.
8. It’s about ¾ mile from here.
9. She stayed for 2 ½ weeks.
10.The conference starts on 30.10.11
11.It costs exactly £3.25
12.Water freezes at 0°C
13.It was very cold yesterday, -3°
14.5 x 4 = 20
15.The speed limit on the motorways is 70 mph
16.My e-mail address is [email protected]
17.The reference is 43-F9/66
18.Their web site address is www.FT.com/main
KEY

This is how it is written: This is how it is said:


There was a 10% increase in prices last year ten per cent

He lived there 1923 – 31 from nineteen twenty-three to nineteen thirty-


one

The latest opinion poll gives Labour 39.4% thirty-nine point four per cent

These rings are 5cm x 0.005cm five centimetres by zero point zero zero five
centimeters

Schoolteachers often get “annoyed” in inverted commas annoyed

Dear Sir/Madam sir or madam

Some people (particularly young people) think in brackets


things should be changed.
It’s about ¾ mile from here. three-quarters of a mile

She stayed for 2 ½ weeks. two and a half weeks

The conference starts on 30.10.11 the thirtieth of October two thousand and eleven

It costs exactly £3.25 three (pounds) twenty-five (pence)

Water freezes at 0°C zero degrees Celsius

It was very cold yesterday, -3° minus three

5 x 4 = 20 five times four (equals/is) twenty

The speed limit on the motorways is 70 mph seventy miles per hour

My e-mail address is [email protected] jerry small letters dot davidson at hotmail dot
com
The reference is 43-F9/66 forty-three dash/hyphen F 9 forward slash six six

Their web site address is www.FT.com/main double u, double u, double u, dot capital F capital
T dot com forward slash main

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