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English in everyday situations

Reviews practise both sides: wherever Lukas and Lena would say something differently, you do it once as each.

eleven, twelve, thirty

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FormExampleMeaning
Complete the counting sequence.
Complete the counting sequence.
Name twenty plus two.
Use the plural for six separate number symbols.
Complete a sequence of single telephone digits.
Explain the value of thirty.

Count digits individually in a telephone number. British speakers often say for zero, but is clear and works everywhere. Use only after you are comfortable with individual digits.

Numbers and are irregular. Most from thirteen to nineteen end in -teen: , . Distinguish from : stress and the final sound matter.

Compound numbers put the tens first: , . In normal writing use a hyphen from twenty-one to ninety-nine.

some bread, two eggs

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FormExampleMeaning
Order two eggs.
Ask for bread as an amount.
Name a container of water.
Ask for an available amount of milk.
Ask for one portion of bread.
Order one egg.

You can count eggs and rolls: , , , . , , , and are normally uncountable and do not take just to mean an amount.

Use for an unspecified positive amount: , . Make a unit countable with a container or portion: , .

In an offer or request, is natural because you expect it is available: , These polite question phrases can be learned whole.

two pounds thirty, how much

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FormExampleMeaning
State a price in pounds.
State a price in the normal monetary unit.
Ask for the price of coffee.
Ask the price using does.
State the cost of one coffee.
State how many pence make one pound.

British currency is the pound, divided into one hundred pence. Say , , , . can mean individual penny coins; is the usual price unit.

A price such as £2.30 can be or the fuller . and ask for a price.

Use with and with : . In a question after , use base .

how many, how much, a lot of

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FormExampleMeaning
Ask the number of apples.
Ask the amount of milk.
Name a bottle containing milk.
Order a kilo of potatoes.
Ask for a small number of apples.
Ask for a small amount of water.

Ask with plural countable nouns: Ask with an uncountable amount: A price question also uses .

Use with either type: , . Containers and measures take : , , .

goes with plural countable nouns; goes with uncountable amounts. Both mean a small positive amount: , .

some, any, no

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FormExampleMeaning
Say you have an unspecified positive number of eggs.
Ask neutrally whether eggs are available.
Say no eggs are available.
Say milk is absent, with a positive verb.
Say one cup is all you have.
Finish your order with that is.

Use in ordinary positive statements: . Use in many ordinary questions and negatives: , .

Use before a noun with a positive verb: , . Do not combine with another negative in standard English: , not two negative words.

limits an amount: , . and help you finish an order.

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