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Numbers 1–20 & How Old Are You?

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🧩 Supplementary Practice

Extra practice — Numbers 1–20 & How Old Are You?

Need the words to stick? Recognise, recall, then use them.

Extra support for language you've already met.

Step 1 · Let's Understand

Numbers, age, basic counting — words & phrases

Recognise it, remember it, then use it.

Recognise the meaning

Recognise

Match each word with its meaning.

one
two
three
four
five
six
seven
eight

Answer, then check.

Group the words

Notice

Put each number in the right group.

  • 1–5one · two · three · four · five
  • 6–10six · seven · eight · nine · ten
  • 11–15eleven · twelve · thirteen · fourteen · fifteen
  • 16–20sixteen · seventeen · eighteen · nineteen · twenty

Words in real phrases

Chunks

Say each one aloud. Copy the rhythm.

I have one brother.

one

Two coffees, please.

two

Three days a week.

three

Four people in my family.

four

It's five o'clock.

five

Can you remember?

Recall

Say the word first, then check.

Use it

Use it

Write 3 sentences about you using words from numbers, age, basic counting.

Step 2 · Let's Practise

Extra speaking practice

Model first, then say it yourself.

Model language

Chunks

Listen, then say each phrase twice.

How old are you?

I'm ___ years old.

Really?

Me too!

Guided speaking

Speak

Stand up. Ask 4 classmates: 'How old are you?' Answer with a full sentence. Write down their ages.

  • Use: "How old are you?"
  • Use: "I'm ___ years old."
  • Use: "Really?"
  • Use: "Me too!"

Model answer

I'm 24. My friend Lola is 22. My brother is 17.

Complete the conversation

Practise

Choose the natural reply.

  1. B: …

  2. B: …

Answer, then check.

Challenge

Speak

Now do it again with no notes. Speak for 60 seconds.

  • Talk about numbers, age, basic counting without stopping.

Step 2 · Let's Practise

Common difficulties

The parts learners usually find hard in this lesson.

Pronunciation: 13 vs 30 — hear the difference

Chunks

Numbers ending in '-teen' have a strong second syllable: thir-TEEN. Numbers ending in '-ty' are flat: THIR-ty.

thirteen / thirty

fourteen / forty

fifteen / fifty

sixteen / sixty

Tricky ones — say it, then check

Recall

These are the parts beginners often get wrong.

Common difficulties

Practise

Slow down and choose carefully.

  1. I'm ___ years old. (number 12)

  2. How old ___ they?

Answer, then check.

Step 3 · Let's Use It

How old are you? — I'm ___ years old.

Strengthen the grammar from this lesson — a different route into it.

Quick explanation

Understand

Ask and answer about age with 'I'm'. You can say the full phrase or just the number.

  • How old are you?
  • I'm 25 (years old).
  • How old is your sister? — She's 12.

Notice the pattern

Notice

Read the sentences. What is the same in each one?

  • How old are you?
  • I'm 25 (years old).
  • How old is your sister? — She's 12.
  • I'm twenty.

Choose the right form

Practise

One answer only. Take your time.

  1. How ___ are you?

  2. I'm 18 ___ old.

  3. She ___ 30.

Answer, then check.

Fix the mistake

Common mistakes

Each sentence has one wrong word. Write it correctly.

I'm twelve years old. (20)

She am ten.

How many are they?

Make it yours

Use it

Write 2–3 true sentences about you using how old are you? — i'm ___ years old..

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