Counting in English up to 10. English numbers: English numbers

Children first begin learning a foreign language in kindergarten. Learn simple words that are found in everyday life. Every first grader should know how to count within ten in English. This is a basic program that a child must master when entering school. Numbers in English can be learned not only easily, but also in a fun way. Today, many interesting ways and methods have been invented for this.

Learning numbers from 1 to 19

English numbers from 1 to 100 are easy to count and learn if you approach the learning process with ingenuity. To quickly master a new language, you need to understand the process of creating an invoice. At the initial stage, it is worth learning only 12 numbers, which will help you master the entire grammatical series. Every schoolchild and adult knows them. Therefore, any parent can teach their child with ease.

First, you need to memorize the numbers from 1 to 12. A special table will help you do this.

Number	Name in Russian	Name in English + how to spell the word
1	One	one	One
2	Two	twu	That
3	Three	three	Fries
4	Four	Four	Fo
5	Five	five	Fife
6	Six	six	Syks
7	Seven	seven	Sevn
8	Eight	eight	Eyt
9	Nine	nine	Nine
10	Ten	ten	Ten
11	Eleven	eleven	Elevn
12	Twelve	twelve	tuelv

The presented English number series is usually taught in poetic form, so it is easy to remember.

Counting from 13 to 19, knowing the previous numbers by heart will be easy. To do this, you need to learn how to compose a number series yourself using learned numbers.

To get 13, you need to add the suffix teen (teen) to the number 3, you get three (free) + teen (teen) = thirteen (fetin). The same rule applies to the numbers five and four:

four (fo) + teen (tin) = fourteen (photin) - 14;
five (fife) + teen (tin) = fifteen (fiftin) - 15.

This series can be continued until 19: 16 - sixteen, 17 - seventeen, 18 - eighteen, 19 - nineteen. If a child understands the process of forming numbers from 1 to 20, English will become the child’s favorite language, which is not at all difficult to learn on your own or with the help of your parents.

Making tens

Tens in English are just as interesting to learn as other numbers in counting. Because they are formed according to the same pattern as the previous numbers. Round numbers are obtained by adding the suffix ty. For example, to understand how to pronounce and write 20, 30, 40, 50, you need:

twu (tu) + ty (ti) = twenty (twenti) - 20;

three (free) + ty (ti) = thirty (hundreds) – 30;

four (fo) + ty (ti) = forty (foti) – 40;

five (fife) + ty (ti) = fifty (fifty) – 50.

This creates a table of round tens.

Number	Name in Russian	Approximate pronunciation in Russian	Title in English
20	Twenty	Twenty	Twenty
30	Thirty	Soti	Thirty
40	Fourty	Foti	Forty
50	Fifty	Fifty	Fifty
60	Sixty	Sixty	Sixty
70	Seventy	Seventy	Seventy
80	Eighty	Ayti	Eighty
90	Ninety	Ninety	Ninety

It is worth remembering how the numbers 50, 40, 30, 20 are written and pronounced. These are exception words. During their formation, the root is modified.

Getting the rest of the numbers from one to one hundred is also not difficult. Any schoolchild can do this if he understands the technology of their education. An example can be given using numbers 54 and 45:

54 consists of fifty and four, so in English it would sound like fifty (50) + four (4) = fifty-four (fifty-fo);
45 consists of forty (forty) and five (five), resulting in forty-five (forty five).

As shown above, the number is made up of tens and ones, which is closely related to the Russian language - 20 (twenty) + 5 (five) = 25 (twenty-five). In your native language, numbers are readable. This makes the learning process easier.

Any kid will be able to understand the pattern of creating the numbers four, five, ten, twenty-four, etc. up to 100 if his parents help him and guide him. Already in elementary school, he will have extensive acquaintance with English and British pronunciation and their differences. In the first grades, children are already learning how to write and pronounce numbers up to 100. Therefore, it is extremely important to help your child master a foreign language perfectly before entering school.

Learn how to write English numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 20, 30, 50, 100, 1000, 1000000 in words and learn how to count in English.

The VoxBook audio course has many examples of using numbers and numerals. So in the novel “Treasure Island” by Robert Louis Stevenson from the famous song:

Fifteen men on the dead man's chest [fifteen men on a dead man's chest]
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum [yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum]!
Drink and the devil had done for the rest [drink and the devil will bring you to the end]
Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!

Below are the numbers in English with transcription and translation. Next, we discuss in detail the methods of forming cardinal numerals (Cardinal Numerals) and English counting.

Table: Numbers in English with transcription from 1 to 1000,000,000.

Number	Name in Russian	Title in English	Transcription
1	one	one
2	two	two	[ˈtuː]
3	three	three	[θriː]
4	four	four
5	five	five
6	six	six
7	seven	seven	[ˈsevn]
8	eight	eight
9	nine	nine
10	ten	ten
11	eleven	eleven	[ɪˈlevn̩]
12	twelve	twelve
20	twenty	twenty	[ˈtwenti]
30	thirty	thirty thirty	[ˈθɜːti]
40	fourty	forty	[ˈfɔːti]
50	fifty	fifty	[ˈfɪfti]
60	sixty	sixty	[ˈsɪksti]
70	seventy	seventy	[ˈsevnti]
80	eighty	eighty	[ˈeɪti]
90	ninety	ninety	[ˈnaɪnti]
100	one hundred	a (one) hundred	[ə wʌn ˈhʌndrəd]
1000	thousand	a (one) thousand	[ə wʌn ˈθaʊzn̩d]

1000000	million	million / a (one) million	[ə (wʌn) ˈmɪlɪən]
1000000000	billion	milliard / a (one) milliard (BrE) billion / a (one) billion (AmE)	[ə (wʌn) ˈmɪlɪɑːd] [ə (wʌn) ˈbɪlɪəŋ]
1000000000	billion

BrE-British English, AmE-American English

Numbers in English 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.

The numbers in English from 1 to 12 are i.e. indicate the number of objects and consist of one word (see table). The spelling of English numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 must be memorized. Based on their first ten, all other English numbers are formed.

Numbers in English from 13 to 19.

In English the numbers are 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19.
To form them, the suffix -teen is added to the English number from 1 to 10 from the third column of the table. The result is the figure needed to count from 13 to 19:

13 thirteen - thir teen[ˌθɜːˈtiːn]
14 fourteen - four teen[ˌfɔːˈtiːn]
15 fifteen - fif teen[ˌfɪfˈtiːn]
16 sixteen teen
17 seventeen - seven teen[ˌsevnˈtiːn]
18 eighteen - eigh teen[ˌeɪˈtiːn]
19 nineteen - nine teen[ˌnaɪnˈtiːn]

Please note that in English numerals 13 and 15, the root 3 three and 5 five are modified:
3 - 13 teen
5 - 15 teen

Stress of numerals with the suffix -teen.
In English, numerals ending in the suffix -teen have two stresses, on the first and second syllables (ˌ weak secondary stress and ˈ primary stress). Look at the transcription so as not to make mistakes in pronunciation:
13 - thirteen [ˌθɜːˈtiːn]
14 - fourteen [ˌfɔːˈtiːn]
15 - fifteen [ˌfɪfˈtiːn]

If a numeral with the suffix -teen is not followed by a noun, then during pronunciation the main emphasis falls on the suffix -teen:
fifteen
sixteen

When a numeral with the suffix -teen is a modifier of a noun (i.e. it is followed by a noun), then the stress does not fall on the suffix, but only on its first syllable:
fifteen pencils [ˈfɪftiːn ˈpensl̩z]
sixteen boxes [ˈsɪkstiːn ˈbɒksɪz]

In the VoxBook audio course in the fairy tale “The Fish and the Ring” from the collection English Fairy Tales, in which you can hear a similar emphasis (to do this, install the audio course on your computer and listen for yourself):

English numbers 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90.

English numbers denoting whole tens 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 are derived cardinal numerals. To form them, the suffix -ty is added to the tens digit from the third column of the table. The result is the required number of tens:

20 twenty - twen ty[ˈtwenti]
30 thirty - thir ty[ˈθɜːti]
40 forty - for ty[ˈfɔːti]
50 fifty - fif ty[ˈfɪfti]
60 sixty - six ty[ˈsɪksti]
70 seventy - seven ty[ˈsevnti]
80 eighty - eigh ty[ˈeɪti]
90 ninety - nine ty[ˈnaɪnti]

Please note that in the English numbers 20, 30, 40 and 50, the root of 2 two, 3 three, 4 four and 5 five are modified, and in the number 80 the repetition of the letter t disappears:

2 two - 20 ty [ˈtwenti]
3 three - 30 ty [ˈθɜːti]
4 four - 40 ty [ˈfɔːti]
5 five - 50 ty [ˈfɪfti]
8 eight - 80 ty [ˈeɪti]

Stress of numerals with the suffix -ty.
In English numerals ending in the suffix -ty, the stress falls only on the first syllable. Check out the transcription and pronunciation:
40 - forty [ˈfɔːti]
50 - fifty [ˈfɪfti]
60 - sixty [ˈsɪksti]

English numbers 100, 1000, 1000000.

English numbers from 100 to 1000 and 1000000 are presented at the end of the table (see above).

In English, before 100 hundred, 1000 thousand, 1000000 million, either the indefinite article a (which has the meaning one) or the word one is placed:

100 hundred - a(one) hundred [ə wʌn ˈhʌndrəd] (i.e. a hundred or one hundred)
1000 thousand - a(one) thousand

Please note that the article is not used with other cardinal numbers:
Three pencils. Three pencils.
Two girls. Two girls.

100 hundred, 1000 thousand and 1000000 million do not have the ending -s, including when they are preceded by another number other than one, for example:

100 hundred (one hundred) - one hundred or a hundred
200 two hundred - two hundred
300 three hundred - three hundred
400 four hundred - four hundred
500 five hundred - five hundred
600 six hundred - six hundred
700 seven hundred - seven hundred
800 eight hundred - eight hundred
900 nine hundred - nine hundred
Further
1000 thousand (one thousand) - one thousand or a thousand
2000 two thousand - two thousand
3000 three thousand - three thousand
4000 four thousand - four thousand
5000 five thousand - five thousand
etc.
1000000 million (one million) - one million or a million
2000000 two million - two million
3000000 three million - three million
4000000 four million - four million
5000000 five million - five million
6000000 six million - six million
etc.

Thus, the numeral is never given the ending -s, however...

However: the word meaning number can refer not only to a numeral (which does not need to end with -s), but also to a noun, which may already have an ending -s. For example, 100 hundred, 1000 thousand and 1000000 million end with -s when they express an indefinite number of hundreds, thousands or millions. In this case, they are nouns, and the noun that follows them (if there is one) is used with the preposition of:
Three millions of tons of coal. Three million tons of coal.
Hundred ideas for learning. Hundreds of teaching ideas.
Some birds can fly thousand kilometers. Some birds fly thousands of kilometers.
Four or five millions of specie had been lately thrown into circulation. Four or five million specie have recently been thrown into circulation.

Everything said above also applies to other English numbers from 2 and above, which act as a noun:
Magnificent seven. The Magnificent Seven. (singular)
How many seven do you have? How many sevens do you have? (plural)

In the VoxBook audio course on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island, with this example:

Here it is about gentlemen of fortune [this is always the case with gentlemen of fortune = pirates]. They lives rough and they risk swinging [they live without comforts and risk the gallows], but they eat and drink like fighting cocks [but they eat and drink like kings: “fighting cocks” = show off], and when a cruise is done, why, it’s hundreds of pounds instead of hundreds of farthings in their pockets [and when the voyage is over = after sailing, well, they have hundreds of pounds in their pockets instead of hundreds of farthings = pennies].
(R.L. Stevenson - "TREASURE ISLAND")

Note. In addition, the ending -s can be added to million when it is preceded by two, three, etc. provided there is no other number after it. In this case, million is followed by a noun with the preposition of:
Two millions of books. - Two million books.

English account. Compound cardinal numbers in English.

When counting in English in composite numbers from 20 to 99 (i.e., consisting of two numbers - tenths and units), a hyphen (dash) is placed between the tens and the following units:
20 - twenty [ˈtwenti]
21 - twenty-one [ˈtwenti wʌn]
22 - twenty-two [ˈtwenti ˈtuː]
etc.
30 - thirty [ˈθɜːti]
31 - thirty-one [ˈθɜːti wʌn]
32 - thirty-two [ˈθɜːti ˈtuː]
etc.

In English counting with composite numbers over 100, within every three digits, the conjunction and is placed before the tens (and if there are none, then before the units):
235 - two hundred thirty-five
407 - four hundred seven
2034 - two thousand thirty-four
2004 - two thousand four
5236 - five thousand two hundred thirty-six
250129 - two hundred fifty thousand, one hundred twenty-nine
4221589 - four million two hundred twenty-one thousand five hundred eighty-nine
203000000 - two hundred three million

In American English, the conjunction and is omitted, for example: 235 - two hundred hidden-five.

Some rules for translating numerals into English:

1. Russian genitive case of nouns after cardinal numbers do not do it translate into English with a noun with the preposition of (a common mistake):

In the VoxBook audio course in the fairy tale "JACK THE GIANT-KILLER" from the collection English Fairy Tales, in which this exact incident occurs:

...he is a huge and monstrous giant [he is a huge and monstrous giant] with three heads [with three heads]; he"ll fight five hundred men in armor [he will defeat/fight five hundred people in armor], and make them fly before him [and “will”= make them run away in front of him]."
(English Fairy Tales - "JACK THE GIANT-KILLER")

2. A Russian noun in the singular after compound numerals ending in one (one, one) should be translated into English as a plural noun:
twenty one day - twenty one day
three hundred fifty-one books - three hundred and fifty-one book

3. Cardinal numbers can appear as a definition after the word being defined. This especially applies to cases of designating page numbers, paragraphs, chapters and parts of books, house numbers, rooms, clothing and shoe sizes, bus numbers and has the meaning of an ordinal number, although it is replaced by a cardinal number:
part two - second part
chapter seven - chapter seven
Read lesson three. - Read the third lesson.
Open your book on page nineteen.- Open your books to page nineteen.
He lives in apartment 12 (twelve).- He lives in apartment 12.

4. Combinations of two of my sisters, five of your books, two of his friends, etc. two of my sisters, five of your books, two of his friends are translated into English (and not: two my brothers, five your books, two his friends - a common mistake).

For example, in the VoxBook audio course in the novel Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, with exactly this example:

There were six of the Buccaneers, all told [there were six pirates there, "all counted" = in total]; not another man was left alive [no one else survived]. Five of them were on their feet, flushed and swollen [five of them were on their feet, with red and swollen /faces/],
(R.L. Stevenson - "TREASURE ISLAND")

What can’t a person starting to learn English do without? What should your child learn for school? Without which you can't even tell what time it is? Of course, without numbers. Learning numbers in English is quite easy. You can learn them with the help of interesting color pictures, you can sing them like a song, you can memorize them like a tongue twister - there is room for imagination and creativity!

How to say numbers in English

Let's list the main numbers in English:

0 – zero – zero;
1 – one – one;
2 – two – two;
3 – three – three;
4 – four – four;
5 – five – five;
6 – six – six;
7 – seven – seven;
8 – eight – eight;
9 – nine – nine.

The following numbers do not lend themselves to general rules of formation:

10 – ten – ten;
11 – eleven – eleven;
12 – twelve – twelve;
100 – hundred – one hundred;
1000 – thousand – thousand.

How to pronounce them correctly in English?

You can pronounce numbers correctly, and all other words of the English language, only by knowing the transcription. Transcription is a special recording of a word as it is pronounced (for example, the Russian word “to draw” can be transcribed as [risavatsa]). And learning English numbers with transcription is much easier than without it.

Here's how the English numbers are read:

0 – 🔊 Listen zero – [‘ziərəu];
1 – 🔊 Listen one – ;
2 – 🔊 Listen two – ;
3 – 🔊 Listen three – [θri:];
4 – 🔊 Listen four – ;
5 – 🔊 Listen five –;
6 – 🔊 Listen to six. – ;
7 – 🔊 Listen seven – [‘sev(ə)n];
8 – 🔊 Listen eight – ;
9 – 🔊 Listen to nine –;
10 – 🔊 Listen ten – ;
11 – 🔊 Listen eleven – ;
12 – 🔊 Listen to twelve – ;
100 – 🔊 Listen hundred – ;
1000 – 🔊 Listen to thousand – [θʌuzend].

But what if you don’t know how the transcription is read? For those who are just about to learn English from scratch, numbers with Russian transcription will be very useful:

0 – zero – [zero];
1 – one – [one];
2 – two – [that];
3 – three – [sri];
4 – four – [fo];
5 – five – [five];
6 – six – [six];
7 – seven – [seven];
8 – eight – [ate];
9 – nine – [nain];
10 – ten – [ten];
11 – eleven – [ileven];
12 – twelve – [tvelv];
100 – hundred – [handred];
1000 – thousand – [southend].

All possible numbers, the largest numbers imaginable, are just combinations of nine digits, from zero to nine. Numbers are formed according to special rules.

Rules for forming numbers in English

In general, numbers in English can be divided into:
simple;
derivatives;
compound.

Understanding which number is which is very simple. Simple consist of one word (for example: five, nine, thousand). Derivatives consist of one word, but at the same time have the suffixes –teen (from 13 to 19) or –ty (tens from 20 to 90). Composite but, as their name suggests, they consist of several numerals.

How to form derivative numerals?

To form derivatives of the numbers 13 to 19, take a number from 3 to 9 and add the suffix –teen. Some letters may change! Be careful!

13 – three + teen = thirteen;
14 – four + teen = fourteen;
15 – five + teen = fifteen;
16 – six + teen = sixteen;
17 – seven + teen = seventeen;
18 – eight + teen = eighteen;
19 – nine + teen = nineteen.

The stress in these numerals will fall on the suffix. The numerals are read in accordance with the transcription of the first parts (for example: fifteen - [fiftin], eighteen - [eitin]).

To form derivatives of numbers from 20 to 90, take the number from 2 to 9 and add the suffix –ty.

20 – two + ty = twenty;
30 – three + ty = thirty;
40 – four + ty = forty;
50 – five + ty = fifty;
60 – six + ty = sixty;
70 – seven + ty = seventy;
80 – eight + ty = eighty;
90 –nine + ty = ninety.

The stress in these numerals will fall on the root. They are read in the same way as the first parts: (for example: sixty - [sixty], forty - [foti]).

How to form compound numbers?

Compound numerals are formed using tens + ones (if the number is less than a hundred), hundreds + tens + ones (if the number is less than a thousand), etc.

For example, let's say you want to form the number "twenty-one". You need to write two words: “twenty” and “one”. Thus, twenty-one is twenty-one! In this case, two-digit numbers are written with a hyphen.
Similarly, you can form any numbers up to a hundred:

Fifty-three – fifty + three = fifty-three.
Forty-nine – forty + nine = forty-nine.
Seventy two – seventy + two = seventy-two.
Thirty-six – thirty + six = thirty-six.
Ninety-nine – ninety + nine = ninety-nine.

It is very important to teach children the basics of arithmetic from an early age, in particular, to show the difference between numbers and numbers. Here, parents are faced with the task of making learning interesting and colorful in order to help the child remember, at a minimum, counting to 10 in English for children. You can consolidate your knowledge using various methods: through video and audio lessons, short cartoons, associative games, homemade signs, special counting sticks, funny rhymes or songs.

All numbers and figures in a foreign language, by analogy with Russian, are a separate part of speech - a numeral (numeral), which answers the questions “how much?” - how many? or howmuch? . Any number in English can be composed using numbers:

0 – zero – zero,
1 -one – one,
2 – two – two,
3 – three [θriː] – three,
4 – four – four,
5 – five - five,
6 – six six,
7 – seven [‘sev(ə)n] seven,
8 – eight - eight,
9 – nine – nine,
Combining the numbers 1 and 0 produces the number 10 – ten – ten.

The child is usually given the task of starting a special dictionary notebook. In it, each sheet is divided into 3 columns: the word is written on the left, the transcription is left in the center, and the translation into the native language is indicated on the right. You can ask them to make small signs or cards, each with a different number on it.

To memorize, we use the method of drawings - we give the task to draw an auxiliary drawing that would suggest the quantity of this object in nature:

for One – sun (sun),
for Two – eyes (eyes),
for Three – trigon (triangle with 3 sides and 3 angles),
for Four – square (square),
for Five – one hand one hand (5 fingers),
for Ten – two hands (10 fingers).

Playing rhymes and learning to count to 10 in English for children

An interesting approach to teaching would be to play rhymes. This not only teaches children to count, but also expands children’s vocabulary and develops imagination:

zero– hero [ˈhɪərəʊ] (hero)
one– sun (sun), gun (gun), fun (fun)
two – do (to do), shoe [ʃuː] (shoes)
three – agree [əˈgriː] (agree), tree (tree)
four -your (your);flour [ˈflaʊə] (gender)
five – knife (knife), life (life)
six – Mix (mix), fix (connect)
seven – heaven
eight – fate (fate), late (late), plate (plate)
nine – fine (good), line (line), shine [ʃaɪn] (shine)
ten – pen (pen), man (person), can (be able)

In addition, you can arrange a competition between the children by giving them the following homework: choose as many rhymes as possible for each number.
One of the good ways to learn to count is to make pieces of paper on which to write numbers from 1 to 10, without writing their pronunciation in a foreign language. Then invite the guys to draw one of them. As soon as the last number is taken, ask the guys to line up from the smallest number to the largest, and then everyone takes turns to name themselves in English. Students will find this a fun game.
Next, when a small part of the information is stored in their heads, suggest that they practice making simple sentences using these numbers. For example: I have two best friends. (I have two very best friends). All cats in the world have four paws. (All cats in the world have four legs).

Learning to count to 10 in English and singing songs

In classes for kids at Englishgood, we make the learning process fun and interesting. Here is an example of how we teach our students to count.

The learning process can be effective if you listen to dialogues or texts that use counting to 10 in English for children.

Let's play crocodile and learn how to count to 10 in English

The game of crocodile will be no less interesting. The presenter guesses a number and tells one of the participants. He must show this number in such a way as not to resort to a quantitative image of the object (i.e. it is forbidden to use his fingers).
In this case, various counting rhymes will also come in handy. The guys stand in a circle, and the teacher is in the center. He stands with his eyes closed and holds his finger while the circle walks around him. At the end of the counting, the children stop, and the one pointed out in the game takes the place of the teacher. Here are the counting rhymes you can use:

I like to count the seasons. (I like to count the seasons).
This is the big reason. (This is my reason).
One – winter has come. (One - winter has come).
Two – spring has begun. (Two - spring has come).
Three – summer time. (Three is already summer).
Four – Autumn, fine. (Four – autumn, good).

So, teaching kids to count in English is an important step in learning the language. As you can see, the result largely depends on the form in which the material is presented. Hence, there is no need to make the process intrusive, but it is better to captivate little philologists with games.