Numbers from 11 to 20: How and When to Use in English

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Numbers from 11 to 20

11 → eleven

12 → twelve

13 → thirteen

14 → fourteen

15 → fifteen  

16 → sixteen

17 → seventeen

18 → eighteen

19 → nineteen

20 → twenty

Exercise 1

Drag the correct option into each space to write out these numbers as words. If you are unsure, click on the “Help me” button!

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12

16

19

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12 twelve

16 sixteen

19 nineteen

Help me
Test yourself

Drag the correct option into each space to write out these numbers as words. If you are unsure, click on the “Help me” button!

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12 twelve 1

16 sixteen 2

19 nineteen 3

1 twelve:

12 twelve . Remember that we pronounce the letter w as “oo” and we do not pronounce the -e at the end of the word. Examples: there are twelve months in a year; a group of twelve is a dozen.

2 sixteen:

16 sixteen . All of the numbers from 13 to 19 end with -teen, which includes a long “ee” sound. Example: the driving age in the US ranges between sixteen and eighteen.

3 nineteen:

19 nineteen . Example: nineteen is my lucky number.

Exercise 2

Do you know the numbers that correspond to these words? 

Example: thirteen = 13 

eleven =

fourteen =

seventeen =


Do you know the numbers that correspond to these words? 

Example: thirteen = 13 

eleven = 11 1

fourteen = 14 2

seventeen = 17 3

1 11:

Eleven = 11. Example: when I was eleven years old, I was in middle school.

2 14:

Fourteen = 14. Example: a fortnight is fourteen days

3 17:

Seventeen = 17. Example: in the UK, you can learn to drive a car at seventeen years old.

Exercise 3

Listen to the clips and write the corresponding number.

Example: → 16


Listen to the clips and write the corresponding number.

Example: → 16

13 1

15 2

20 3

1 13:

You heard 13 (thirteen). Example: in some countries, the number thirteen is considered unlucky.

2 15:

You heard 15 (fifteen). Example: there are fifteen houses on the road where I live.

3 20:

You heard 20 (twenty). Example: this university student is twenty years old.


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