Introduction
Lots of our students have problems with big numbers. Sometimes they don’t know where to say ‘and’. Sometimes they confuse numbers like ‘sixteen’ and ‘sixty’. In this lesson students revise big numbers in a fun way. First they play a guessing game, then they play Bingo! They finish with a pair work jigsaw reading activity.
Topic
Big numbers
Level
Lower intermediate B1
Aims
- To help students say big numbers correctly
- To help students understand big numbers correctly
- To develop students’ speaking and listening skills
Materials
Lesson plan: download
Worksheets: download
By Katherine Bilsborough
The plans and worksheets are downloadable and in pdf format - right click on the attachment and save it on your computer.
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Comments
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thank you for such a wonderful lesson!
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I had just completed the download and will benefit from it. Thank you
Big Numbers
Nice activity! Very clear and useful. Thanks.
Big Numbers Lesson
Brilliant. I used this this morning with a group of lower intermediate 12 - 14 year olds. They loved it. There is a slight problem with the pairwork activity as some of the answers were missing completely and some had the same answer on each sheet. I didn't notice before the lesson. Make sure you re-type the worksheets before your lesson!
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Big numbers
Thanks a million to Dozymare for pointing out the error and to Antonio for providing the numbers! We'll have this fixed as soon as possible.Sally
Worksheets now correct
Hi everyone,Sorry for the problems with the worksheets. They are correct now.Best wishes,EllenTeachingEnglish Team
Big Numbers
Great work. We teachers sometimes forget or underestimate the reading of big numbers. This fun lesson is handy to have. Thanks.
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Big Numbers
Nice activity! Thanks.
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