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Hearing Numbers

Lesson 2 of 12 in Numbers, Money & The Alphabet · 20 minutes

Distinguish between similar-sounding numbers like thirteen/thirty. Hear numbers spoken at normal conversational speed and recognize numbers in everyday Canadian contexts.

What you'll learn

  • Distinguish between similar-sounding numbers (13/30, 14/40, 15/50)
  • Hear numbers spoken at normal conversational speed
  • Recognize numbers in everyday Canadian contexts

From the transcript

Cashier: That's thirteen dollars and fifty cents.

Cashier: The milk is four dollars and thirty cents.

Announcement: This is the number fifteen bus to Finch Station.

Announcement: Bus fifty to Kipling Station is arriving.

Caller: I live at thirty Elm Street.

Caller: My apartment number is fourteen.