Activities: “How to form cardinal numbers in English?”

Numbers in English can be written as numerals (1, 2, 3, etc) or as words (one, two, three, etc). In this practice activity, try changing each number from a numeral to a word, or from a word to a numeral.

• The book I’m reading has 432 pages.
  The book I'm reading has pages.

• Michelle has fourteen meetings this week.
  Michelle has meetings this week.

• This project should take 85 hours to complete.
  This project should take hours to complete.

• The drive from New York City to Los Angeles is about 2,779 miles.
  The drive from New York City to Los Angeles is about miles.

• The recipe says to bake the bread for fifty-five minutes.
  The recipe says to bake the bread for minutes.

• I can’t believe that my video already has 14,000 views!
  I can’t believe that my video already has views!

• My best friend has a popular Youtube page with three million followers.
  My best friend has a popular Youtube page with followers.

• Elena just bought a house for two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
  Elena just bought a house for dollars.

• John’s grandmother just turned 100!
  John’s grandmother just turned !

• The library I work at has 11,934 books that people can check out.
  The library I work at has books that people can check out.

How many of these fun facts can you finish without looking up the answer? Fill in each blank space with a number word to complete the fun fact. If you don’t know the answer to the fun fact, it is okay to look up the answer!

• It’s a common saying that cats have lives.

• There are cards in a standard deck of cards.

• A human body has bones in it.

• The English alphabet has letters.

• You can climb the Eiffel Tower in from the ground to the top.

• The Nile River is miles long.

• The distance from the earth to the sun is about miles.

• The United States has states and territories.

• The speed of light is miles per second.

• In the US, teenagers can get their driver’s license when they turn years old.