Sunday, May 20, 2007

VOCABULARY

PHONE NUMBERS


Each figure is said separately.
24 - two four


The figure 'O' is called oh.
105 - one oh five


Pause after groups of 3 or 4 figures (last group).
376 4705 - three seven six, four seven oh five


If two successive figures are the same, in British English you would usually use the word double (in American English you would just say the figure twice)
376 4775 - BE: three seven six, four double seven five376 4775 - AE: three seven six, four seven seven five

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Dear teacher,
How to say on the phone with some special phone number below:
000 1111, 111 0000.
Thanks.