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

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