Can you write numbers in ielts listening?
Subscribe for free IELTS lessons IELTS grammar. Lesson 4: numbers.Numbers occur very often in IELTS. And if you're taking Academic IELTS test, you will have to write a lot of numbers in the 1st part of your Writing. Show Many qualified test-takers make simple mistakes with numbers, which could easily be avoided. For example, do you know which option is correct: four thousand or four thousands? Actually, it's the first option. And it's totally okay if you didn't know that! We have created this lesson to help you polish your grammar skills with numbers. Complete this lesson by reading the theory in green box and doing the exercises below. Hide theory When you write a specific large number, don't add s to its end:
The noun which follows the large number is always plural (there were four hundred guests on the wedding). Unspecific large number + of is used to show big quantities:
Always write percent without s (five percent, twenty-three percent) Write two-figure numbers with a dash (fifty-four, seventy-two, twenty-one). Always write 100, 1000, 1 000 000 with a or one:
Practice. Choose the correct sentence in each pair:
Write each amount from the list in words:You can click on question sing in blue to show hint. Example: £23 : twenty-three pounds
Remember that words hundred, thousand, million are always used in singular with numbers. But currency (dollars, pounds) can be used in plural. The correct answer is eight hundred and seven pounds. Hundred and thousand are used in singular with numbers. The correct answer is four hundred eighty thousand. Never add s to percent! The correct answer is nineteen percent. Remember that words hundred, thousand, million are always used in singular with numbers. But currency (dollars, pounds) can be used in plural. The correct answer is nine million dollars. Words hundred, thousand, million are always used in singular with numbers. But currency (dollars) should be used in plural in this case.Also, two-figure numbers are written with a dash. The correct answer is thirty-five thousand dollars. Tweet |