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Number Pronunciation and Spelling

Click on the audio symbol below. Read and listen to the correct pronunciation of the numbers below. Once you have listened try to repeat the numbers by yourself.

1 - one
2 - two
3 - three
4 - four
5 - five
6 - six
7 - seven
8 - eight
9 - nine
10 - ten
11 - eleven
12 - twelve
13 - thirteen
14 - fourteen
15 - fifteen
16 - sixteen
17 - seventeen
18 - eighteen
19 - nineteen
20 - twenty
21 - twenty-one
22 - twenty-two
23 - twenty-three
24 - twenty-four
25 - twenty-five
26 - twenty-six
27 - twenty-seven
28 - twenty-eight
29 - twenty-nine
30 - thirty
40 - forty
50 - fifty
60 - sixty
70 - seventy
80 - eighty
90 - ninety
100 - one hundred

Notice how the accent on 14, 15, 16, etc. is on "-teen" and 40, 50, 60, etc. is on the beginning "four-"

Click on the audio symbol below. Read and listen to the correct pronunciation of the numbers below. Once you have listened try to repeat the numbers by yourself.

  • 17
  • 70
  • 33
  • 98
  • 189
  • 376
  • 7
  • 450
  • 23
  • 49

In British English use "and" when saying numbers in the hundreds. Example: seven hundred AND twenty seven.In American English do NOT use "and" when saying numbers in the hundreds. Example: seven hundred twenty seven.

Practice reading other numbers!

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