In this section you will practise greetings, spelling, saying numbers, and dates.

1. Greetings.

doctor

Note: A greeting is when you welcome someone and say "hello".

Complete the dialogue with the words in the box.

Now listen to the dialogue.

2. Greetings.

Can you remember? Put the lines of the dialogue in the correct order. 

Now listen to the dialogue.

3. The alphabet.

Doctor:   How do you spell that, please?

To spell words and names you need to know how to say the letters of the alphabet.

Listen and repeat the letters of the alphabet.

a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, p, q, r, s, t, u, v, w, x, y, z

Listen to the spelling of these names and words. Choose the correct options.

4. Spelling short words.

Listen and repeat the vowels.

a e i o u

Listen and write the words.

Now listen and repeat the words.

5. Spelling long words.

Listen and write the words.

Now listen and repeat the words.

6. Numbers.

Look at the examples.

How old are you?
I'm 34.

How much do you weigh?
I weigh 65 kilos.

What's your mobile number?
It's 710 441 567.

Listen and match the numbers.

See numbers 1 to 100.

7. Numbers.

Listen. Which number do you hear?

8. Days.

Put the days of the week in the correct order.

9. Write the days.

Write the days in the correct order.

Remember to start the word with a CAPITAL letter.

Listen and repeat the days.

10. Months.

Put the months in the correct order.

Listen and repeat the months.

11. Ordinal numbers for dates.

To say dates in English, we use ordinal numbers.
For example: Thursday, 21 December = "Thursday, the twenty-first of December"

twenty-first (21st) is an ordinal number, twenty-one (21) is a cardinal number

Look at the picture. on the card to see and hear the word or phrase.

12. Dates.

Listen to this date.

Thursday, 21 December

Now listen and choose the correct dates.

Practise saying the dates. Listen and repeat.