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Numbers

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zero

Words in Context
Some cultures have special birthdays. In Mexico,
a girl's fifteenth birthday is special. She has a party cailed
the quinceafiera. In Japan, twenty is the beginning of
adulthood. In Japan, people celebrate their twentieth
birthday on January 15, the Day of Adults. In Thailand and
Korea, the sixtieth birthday is the most important one.

four
six

eight

nine

twelve

thirteen

30

70

1,000

thirty

seventy

one thousand

40

80

10,000

forty

eighty

ten thousand

50

90

100,000

fifty

ninety

one hundred thousand

60

100

1,000,000

sixty

one hundred

one million

fourteen

nineteen
fifteen

Word

five

sixteen
Partnership~s,"----_

an odd
an even

number

a lucky

number

Fractions
1/4 =

one-quarter / a quarter

1/2 =

one-half / a half

%= two-thirds

%= three-fourths / three quarters

Words in Action
1. Work In a group. Practice reading the
following:
25 minutes / 62 students / 98 pages
12th birthday / 16th floor / 21 sl of May

2. Work wtth a partner. Ask and answer

these questions:
What's your street address?
What's your phone number?

3-

Time
Words in Context
I usually get up at about eight o'clock. But sometimes lUke
to gel up before dawn. I love the quiet 01 the sunrtse. About
once a,month I sleep until noon. On tho8e days, there aren't
enough hours In the day. NIght comes much too soon,

Periods of time

a second

a minute

a day

a week

an hour

a month

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a year

a century

2001-2002

2001-2100

a decade

a millennium

2001- 2010

2001-3000

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9 o bumper

18 o glove

28 on emergency
brake

comportment

2 o jack

10 on air bag

3 o trunk /a boot

11 o rearview mirror

4 o tire

12 o seat belt

5 o taillight

13 on oil gauge

6 o brake light

14 a speedometer

7 o gas tonk

15 a gas gauge

8 o license plate

16 a dashboard

19 air conditioning

29 o windshield wiper

20 heater

30 o hood

21 o horn

31 o fender

22 an ignition

32 an engine I a motor

23 o gearshift

33 a battery

24 o steering wheel

34 jumper cables

25 o clutch

35 a radiator

26 o broke pedal

36 o turn signal

27 on accelerator I

37 o headlight

17 o rodio

o gas pedal

Word Partnerships
open

the hood

close

the trunk

check

the battery
the rearview mirror

a spare

tire

a flat

Words in Action
1. Study the word list for three minutes. Then
close your book. Wr~e down as many of the
words as you can remember. WrITe each word
under one of these categories: Inside the car,
Outside the car, and Under the hood.
Compare your lists w~h a partner.

2. Draw a car. Label as many parts of the car as

you can. without looking at the word list.

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