Learn English with Numbers 1-101. Numbers are short and easy to memorize without distracting explanations. You will start building the sounds of the language into your mouth muscles and brain.

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/1***, /2***, /3***, /4***, /5***, /6***, /7***, /8***, /9***,
/10***, /11*, /12*, /13*, /14*, /15*, /16*, /17*, /18*, /19*,
/20*, /21*, /22*, 23*, 24*, 25*, 26*, 27*, 28*, 29*,
/30*, 31*, 32*, 33*, 34*, 35*, 36*, 37*, 38*, 39*,
/40*, 41*, 42*, 43*, 44*, 45*, 46*, 47*, 48*, 49*,
/50*, 51*, 52*, 53*, 54*, 55*, 56*, 57*, 58*, 59*,
/60*, 61*, 62*, 63*, 64*, 65*, 66*, 67*, 68*, 69*,
/70*, 71*, 72*, 73*, 74*, 75*, 76*, 77*, 78*, 79*,
/80*, 81*, 82*, 83*, 84*, 85*, 86*, 87*, 88*, 89*,
/90*, 91*, 92*, 93*, 94*, 95*, 96*, 97*, 98*, 99*,
/100*, /101*, /111*, /200*, /300*, 400*, 500*, 600*, 700*, 800*, 900*, /901*,
/1000*, /1001*, /2000*, /2001*, /2012*, /2013*, /2014*, /2015*, /2016*

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/1*, /10*, /100*, /1,000*, 10,000*, 100,000*,
1 million*, 1,111,111*, 10 million*, 100 million*,
1 billion*, 2,222,222,222*, 10 billion*, 100 billion*
1 trillion*, 3,333,333,333,333*, 10 trillion*, 100 trillion*
1 quadrillion*, 10 quadrillion*, 100 quadrillion*

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Learn English:  Is, And, Are, Between, Middle, Quarter,  Half

The lesson teaches simple verbs and comparisons, after reminding learners how to count 1-4.

Half and quarter are introduced since they are very common in conversation and in telling time, which is taught next.

The lesson could be written with "plus... equals," instead of "and... are... is." However, "and... are... is" are more useful words, so the lesson teaches these words.

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/1*, /2*, /3*, /4*,
1 and 3 are 4,  and***, are***,  1 and 3 are 4*
1 and 2 are 3*
2 and 3 are 5*
3 and 4 are 6*

4 is 1 and 3,  is***,  4 is 1 and 3*
3 is 1 and 2*
5 is 2 and 3*
6 is 3 and 3*

3 is between 2 and 4,  between***,  3 is between 2 and 4*
3 is between 1 and 4*
3 is between 1 and 5*
3 is between 2 and 5*
2 is between 1 and 5*
3 is between 1 and 5*
4 is between 1 and 5*

3 is the middle of 2 and 4,  the middle of***,  3 is the middle of 2 and 4*
10 is the middle of 5 and 15*
6 is the middle of 5 and 7*

3 is 1 half of 6,  half of***,  3 is 1 half of 6*
2 is 1 half of 4*
6 is 1 half of 12*

2 is 1 quarter of 8,  quarter of***,  2 is 1 quarter of 8*
3 is 1 quarter of 12*
7 is 1 quarter of 28*
6 is 3 quarters of 8*
9 is 3 quarters of 12*
15 is 3 quarters of 20*
5 is 1 quarter of 20*

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3.1 - Learn English:  Year, Months, Before, After, Ordinals

Time and dates are important for beginners who need to make appointments and reservations.

They also help teach the past and future tenses of verbs, and common prepositions like before and after.

Students need to repeat the lesson until they know it well.

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/2014 is 1 year,  year***, 2014 is 1 year*
/2015 is 1 year*
/2016 is 1 year
/12 months are 1 year,  months***,  12 months are 1 year*

12 months are January*, February*, March*, April*, May*, June*, July*, August*, September*, October*, November*, December*

January is before March  before***, January is before March*
February is before June*
July is before August*

July is after March, after***
November is after August*
October is after September*

January is the 1st month, 1st***
February is the 2nd month, 2nd***
March is the 3rd month, 3rd***
April is the 4th month, 4th***
May is the 5th month, 5th***
6th*
7th*
8th*
9th*
10th*
11th*
December is the 12th month, 12th*
13th*
20th*
21st*
22nd*
23rd*
24th*
30th*
31st*
34th*
100th*
101st*
104th*
1000th*
2014th*
55 millionth*

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3.2 - Days, Week, Was, Will Be, Dates
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In the context of dates, students will recognize that 7 introduces a list of days.

If they do not know English, they will not know where the list starts, since some countries start with Saturday, Sunday, or Monday.

Giving dates in 2014 and 2016 removes ambiguity and introduces  past and future .

/2012 is 1 year*
/12 months are 1 year*
January is 1 month*
4 weeks are 1 month,  weeks***
/7 days are 1 week,  days***

7 days are Sunday*, Monday*, Tuesday*, Wednesday*, Thursday*, Friday*, Saturday*

The first day of January 2014 was Wednesday*  was***
January 1st, 2014 was Wednesday*
January 2nd, 2014 was Thursday*
The fifth day of January 2014 was Sunday*

January 1st, 2016 will be Friday  will be***
The 4th day of January 2016 will be Monday*
January 30th, 2016 will be Saturday*

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3.3 - Hours of the Day Male+pauses, or without pauses

English has different ways of saying the hours of the day, and this lesson teaches them all.

First, the lesson teaches the 24-hour clock used by the military, since it is easiest for learners who use a 24-hour clock in their own language, and for many foreigners, speaking to the US military is the most common use of English.

The 12-hour clock can be said as 11 A.M., 11 in the morning, or 11 o'clock.

The lesson starts with a review of middle (to define noon) and between (to define morning, afternoon, evening, night), which were taught in the Comparisons lesson.

Teaching is brief and the lesson needs to be repeated several times.

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3 is the middle of 2 and 4,  the middle of***
6 is the middle of 5 and 7*
March is between January and April,  between***
February is between January and April*

12 months are 1 year*
7 days are 1 week*
24 hours are 1 day,  hours***, 24 hours are 1 day*
/The middle of 1 day is 12 noon,  noon***,  The middle of 1 day is 12 noon*

12 noon is 12 hundred,  12 hundred***,  12 noon is 12 hundred*
12 noon is between 11 hundred and 13 hundred*
10 hundred is between  Oh 9 hundred and 11 hundred, Oh 9 hundred***
Oh 6 hundred is between  Oh 5 hundred and Oh 7 hundred*

Daytime is between Oh 6 hundred and 18 hundred   daytime***
Night time is between 18 hundred and Oh 6 hundred   night time***
Afternoon is between 12 hundred and 18 hundred   afternoon***
Afternoon is between 12 noon and 18 hundred*
Evening is between 18 hundred and 24 hundred,  evening***
Evening is between 18 hundred and midnight*  midnight***
24 hundred is midnight*
Morning is between 24 hundred and 12 hundred,  morning***
Morning is between midnight and 12 noon*

Oh 6 hundred is 6 in the morning,  in the morning*
10 hundred is 10 in the morning*
11 hundred is 11 in the morning*
12 hundred is 12 noon*
13 hundred is 1 in the afternoon,  in the afternoon***
14 hundred is 2 in the afternoon*
18 hundred is 6 in the evening, in the evening***
23 hundred is 11 in the evening*
24 hundred is 12 midnight*
Oh 1 hundred is 1 in the morning*

10 in the morning is 10 A.M.,  A.M.***
11 in the morning is 11 A.M.*
12 noon is 12 noon*
1 in the afternoon is 1 P.M.,  P.M.***
2 in the afternoon is 2 P.M.*
6 in the evening is 6 P.M.*
11 in the evening is 11 PM*
12 midnight is 12 midnight*
1 in the morning is 1 A.M.*

Oh 6 hundred is 6 o'clock in the morning,  o'clock***
18 hundred is 6 o'clock in the evening*

3.4 - Minutes of the Hour Male+pauses, or without pauses

After the lesson on different ways to say the hours, these are different ways to say the minutes.

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24 hours are 1 day*
60 minutes are 1 hour, minutes***, 60 minutes are 1 hour*

6 P.M. and 1 minute is 6:01 P.M.*
6 A.M. and 1 minute is 6:01 A.M.*
6:01 A.M. is 1 minute past 6 in the morning,  past***
6 A.M. and 50 minutes is 6:50 A.M.*
6:50 A.M. is 10 minutes before 7 A.M.,  before***
6:50 A.M. is 10 of 7 in the morning,  10 of***
6:45 A.M. is a quarter of 7 in the morning,  quarter of***
6:15 A.M. is a quarter past 6 in the morning*
12:15 P.M. is a quarter past noon*
12:20 P.M. is 20 past noon
3:20 P.M. is 20 past 3 in the afternoon*
11:40 P.M. is 20 minutes before midnight
12:30 A.M. is half past midnight*

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3.5 - Time Units
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/2013 is 1 year* year***
/2015 is 1 year*
/12 months are 1 year*
4 weeks are 1 month*  week***
/7 days are 1 week*  days***
24 hours are 1 day*  hours***
/60 minutes are 1 hour*
60 seconds are 1 minute*  seconds***
1000 milliseconds are 1 second,  milliseconds***
1000 microseconds are 1 millisecond*  microsecond***
1000 nanoseconds are 1 microsecond*  nanoseconds***
1 billion nanoseconds are 1 second*
60 seconds are 1 minute*
60 minutes are 1 hour*
24 hours are 1 day*
7 days are 1 week*
2 weeks are 1 fortnight*  fortnight***
4 weeks are 1 month*
12 months are 1 year*
10 years are one decade*  decade***
100 years are one century*  century***
1000 years are one millennium*  millennium***

In 1 day the sun goes around the earth, sun*** goes around*** earth***
In 1 month the moon goes around the earth, moon***
In 1 year the earth goes around the sun*

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Learn English:

ASIA* without pauses
China is north of India*
China is west of Japan*
China is south of Russia*
Beijing is the capital of China*

India is south of China*
India is west of Bangladesh*
India is east of Pakistan*
India is north of Sri Lanka*
New Delhi is the capital of India*

Thailand is southeast of Myanmar*
Thailand is north of Malaysia*
Thailand is west of Laos and Cambodia*
Bangkok is the capital of Thailand*

Indonesia is south of Malaysia and the Philippines*
Indonesia is east, west and south of Singapore*
Indonesia is west of Papua New Guinea*
Indonesia is north of Timor Leste, Australia, and New Zealand*
Djakarta is the capital of Indonesia*

EUROPE*   without pauses
Britain is north of France*
Britain is east of Ireland*
Britain is southeast of Iceland*
Britain is west of Norway*
Britain is west of Denmark*
London is the capital of Britain*

Spain is south of France*
Spain is east of Portugal*
Spain is west of Italy*
Madrid is the capital of Spain*

Germany is east of France*
Germany is north of Switzerland*
Germany is west of Poland*
Germany is south of Denmark*
Berlin is the capital of Germany*

Greece is south of Bulgaria*
Greece is west of Turkey*
Greece is east of Italy*
Athens is the capital of Greece*

MIDDLE EAST  without pauses
Saudi Arabia is north of Yemen and Oman*
Saudi Arabia is west of the United Arab Emirates*
Saudi Arabia is south of Jordan, Iraq and Kuwait*
Riyadh is the capital of Saudi Arabia*

Syria is south of Turkey*
Syria is west of Iraq*
Syria is east of Lebanon*
Syria is north of Israel and Jordan*
Damascus is the capital of Syria*

Iran is east of Iraq*
Iran is west of Afghanistan*
Tehran is the capital of Iran*

AMERICA* without pauses
Canada is north of the United States*
Canada is north of Mexico *
Ottawa is the capital of Canada*

The United States is south of Canada*
The United States is north of Mexico *
The United States is north of Cuba*
Washington is the capital of the United States*

Mexico is south of the United States*
Mexico is west of Cuba*
Mexico City is the capital of Mexico*

Colombia is west of Venezuela*
Colombia is north of Ecuador*
Bogota is the capital of Colombia*

Venezuela is east of Colombia*
Venezuela is north of Brazil*
Caracas is the capital of Venezuela*

Brazil is south of Venezuela
Brazil is east of Peru*
Brazil is north of Argentina*
Brasilia is the capital of Brazil*

Argentina is south of Brazil*
Argentina is east of Chile*
Buenos Aires is the capital of Argentina*

Chile is west of Argentina*
Chile is south of Peru*
Chile is north of Antarctica*
Santiago is the capital of Chile*

AFRICA* without pauses
Algeria is east of Morocco*
Algeria is west of Tunisia and Libya*
Algeria is north of Mauritania and Mali and Niger*
Algiers is the capital of Algeria*

Egypt is east of Libya*
Egypt is north of Sudan*
Cairo is the capital of Egypt*

Ethiopia is east of Sudan and South Sudan*
Ethiopia is south of Eritrea*
Ethiopia is west of Somalia and Djibouti*
Ethiopia is north of Kenya*
Addis Ababa is the capital of Ethiopia*

Congo is south of South Sudan and the Central African Republic*
Congo is west of Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania*
Congo is north of Zambia and Angola*
Congo is east of Gabon*
Kinshasa is the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo*
Brazzaville is the capital of Congo*

South Africa is south of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe*
South Africa is west of Mozambique, Swaziland and Madagascar*
South Africa surrounds Lesotho*
South Africa is north of Antarctica*
Pretoria, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town are the capitals of South Africa*

Nigeria is west of Chad and Cameroon*
Nigeria is south of Niger*
Nigeria is east of Benin*
Abuja is the capital of Nigeria*

Ghana is west of Togo*
Ghana is east of Ivory Coast*
Ghana is south of Burkina Faso*
Accra is the capital of Ghana*

Guinea is west of Ivory Coast*
Guinea is north of Sierra Leone and Liberia*
Guinea is south of Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and Mali*
Conakry is the capital of Guinea*

Senegal is north, south, and east of The Gambia*
Senegal is south of Mauritania*
Dakar is the capital of Senegal*

Learn English:  When people spell a name or email, they often need to say "A as in Afghanistan, B as in Brazil." When someone does not speak English well, use examples which are the same in many languages, like the lesson here. A list shows why we chose these names. Z is spoken both Zee (US) and Zed (other countries).

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A as in Afghanistan
B as in Brazil
C as in Calgary
D as in Denmark
E as in Ecuador
F as in Fiji
G as in Ghana
H as in Hong Kong
I as in Iran
J as in Jamaica
K as in Kenya
L as in Liberia
M as in Mexico
N as in Nigeria
O as in Ottawa
P as in Pakistan
Q as in Quebec
R as in Romania
S as in Sudan
T as in Tanzania
U as in Ukraine
V as in Virginia
W as in Washington
X as in XYZ
Y as in Yokohama
Z as in Zurich

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Names of these letters have a long Aa sound: A, H, J, K.
These have a long Ee sound: B, C, D, E, G, P, T, V, Zee (in US).
These have a short Ee sound: F, L, M, N, S, X, Zed (outside US).
These have other sounds: I, Y,
O,
Q, U, W,
R

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