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The figure “0” has several different names.

“o” is used to talk about bank accounts, telephone number, etc.

Nought is used in British English to talk about a number, age, etc.

Nil is used to talk about the score in a team game or to mean “nothing at all”

Zero is used in precise scientific, economic, etc. contexts and to talk about temperature.

NB! In American English “zero” is used in all contexts.

one third

two thirds

four sevenths

3 three and a quarter

0.2 nought point two

(zero) point two

0.75 nought point seven five

25.34 twenty-five point three four

1% one percent

78% seventy eight percent

90% ninety percent

2. Read aloud the following numbers.

13 30 307 69 145 90 850 615 1,520 5,000 100,000 5,000,000

When do we say and?

3. Practise the following dates:

1995		nineteen ninety-five
2000		(the year) two thousand
2007		(BrE) two thousand and seven (twenty hundred and seven) (NAmE) two thousand seven
2025		twenty twenty-five
Use ordinal numbers for dates
15th December 2010 December 5th, 2010	(BrE) the fifth of May 2010 or 15/12/10 (NAmE) May the fifth 2010 or 12/15/10

How do you say these dates?

December 12, 1987 26^th August 2001 11/23/11 (USA)

9^th February 1900 31^st September 2000 June 14, 1846 March 3, 1966 11/09/06 (UK) 01/01/01

4. There are different ways of saying the time.

Words past (or in American English after) and to (or in American English of) are used in spoken English:

7:05	-	five past seven	7:15	-	quarter past seven
7:30	-	half past seven	7:45	-	quarter to eight
7:55	-	five to eight	8:00	-	eight o’clock

Sometimes you can use the figures in order you see them:

7:05	-	seven oh five	7:15	-	seven fifteen
7:30	-	seven thirty	7:45	-	seven forty-five
7:55	-	seven fifty-five	8:00	-	eight a.m./p.m.

To talk about travel timetables the 24-hour clock is used:

19:15

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nineteen fifteen

22:35

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twenty-two thirty-five

How do you say the time?

14:45 8:15 23:10 12:30 18:55 21:00

Unit 2. Progress Monitoring In this unit you have worked on the vocabulary related to the topic “Higher education”: to make a career in science to specialize in natural/social sciences current interest in something to have a particular career in mind research scientist to study/understand/examine natural phenomena a combined science course barriers/ combinations between sciences a hands-on science a coursework/laboratory work/project work an applied science area to provide relevant experience to decide on something to have an inquisitive mind to suit somebody’s needs lab procedures/equipment Tick (V) the words and phrases you are confident about and cross (X) the ones you need to revise.