Numbers, Time, Prepositions, Adjectives, and Basic English

Numbers and Time in English

1. Writing Numbers:

  • 3,987,432 – Three million, nine hundred eighty-seven thousand, four hundred and thirty-two.
  • 2,145,689 – Two million, one hundred forty-five thousand, six hundred and eighty-nine.
  • 21,918,745 – Twenty-one million, nine hundred eighteen thousand, seven hundred and forty-five.
  • 130,927,416 – One hundred thirty million, nine hundred twenty-seven thousand, four hundred and sixteen.

2. Telling the Time:

(Read from back to front)

  • 9:45 – It’s quarter to ten.
  • 10:55
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Business English: Vocabulary, Listening, and Grammar

Essential Business Vocabulary

  • Deal: Agreement
  • Sales pitch: Presentation for a sale
  • Retailer: Business that sells goods to the public
  • Wholesaler: Business that sells goods to retailers
  • Sales forecast: Prediction of future sales
  • On behalf of: In the name of, representing
  • To weigh: To measure the weight of something
  • Chipped: Having a small piece broken off
  • Loss: The state of no longer having something
  • Empty: Containing nothing
  • Full: Containing as much as possible
  • Soft: Not hard or firm
  • Wheel: A circular object
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