American English · A1 · Unit 3
Numbers and my age
Numbers and age
By the end you can
- Say how old you are
- Give your phone number
- Understand numbers in a short text
Words and phrases
| American English | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| one | one, 1 | I have one cat. |
| two | two, 2 | Two coffees, please. |
| three | three, 3 | There are three of us. |
| four | four, 4 | We have four chairs. |
| five | five, 5 | It takes five minutes. |
| ten | ten, 10 | The movie starts in ten minutes. |
| twenty | twenty, 20 | He's twenty. |
| thirty | thirty, 30 | I'm thirty. |
| years old | years old (for age: I'm 40 years old) | I'm forty years old. |
| how old are you? | how old are you? (asking someone's age) | How old are you? |
| my phone number is | my telephone number is | My phone number is 555-0142. |
| zero | zero, 0 (in phone numbers people often say 'oh') | Press zero to talk to a person. |
Write about yourself
Fill in the gaps with something true about you.
- I'm years old.
- My phone number is .
- I live at number .
Then talk it through
Joining a gym: the person at the desk asks your age and phone number. In the app you have this conversation out loud or typed, with the unit's goals to tick off and corrections at the end.