Learn English Numbers for Beginners: Words, Digits, and Real‑Life Examples

Numbers make part of our everyday life. In fact, we use numbers for many things. We use numbers to talk about age, to tell time, price, address, phone number and to express quantities or positions. However as a beginner, learning English numbers can be overwhelming. This is because there are specific patterns for tens (twenty, thirty, forty…) and numbers between the tens (twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three…).

Here you’ll learn rules on how to write the tens, and numbers between the tens in words and digits from One to One billion. To do so, we’ll walk you through: days of the week, months and dates in more friendly way. We’ll do these through short beginners’ lessons, worksheets and quizzes.

All written in simple, adult‑friendly English.

Note: after reading this, see also common English mistakes and how to fix them.                                                               

Let’s begin:      

✅ Lesson 1: How to Write English Numbers Words and Digits Showing Quantity and Position?

Part one: Basic Numbers

✅ Numbers Showing Quantity. — PT “Números Indicando Quantidade”

See vocabulary to practice with the number in the real life conversation

✅ English Numbers in words and Digits Expressing Position. — PT “Números Indicando Posição”

✅ Lesson 2: Learn English Numbers to Say days, Months and Dates: Step-by-Step

There are 7 days in a week — Existem 7 dias na semana

Extra

• Weekdays: Monday–Friday
  Dias úteis: Segunda–Sexta
• Weekend: Saturday & Sunday
  Fim de semana: Sábado e Domingo

✅ Months of the Year — Meses do Ano

There are 12 months — Existem 12 meses

✅ English Numbers and Digits: Time — Horas

✅ Dates — Datas

Example

“Today is the 5th of March.”
“Hoje é dia 5 de março.”

Real-life vocabulary like these can help you build confidence.

✅ Lesson 3: Learn English Numbers for Beginners from 20 to 100  

Here are the main numbers you need to know

Extra

These are called tens. — PT “dezenas”.

✅ Lesson 4: Learn English Numbers Between the Tens. — PT “Números entre as Dezenas”

To make numbers like 21, 22, 23… use the following pattern: — PT“use o seguinte padrão para formar números como 21, 22, 23…

Same pattern for all tens — Mesmo padrão para todas as dezenas

Extra

Use a hyphen between the words. — PT “Use um hífen entre as palavras.”

✅  Examples

Take different practices to quickly build English vocabulary.

✅ Lesson 5: Spelling Rules to Help You Learn English Numbers. — PT “Regras de Ortografia para te Ajudar Aprender Números em Inglês”

40 is “forty”, not “fourty”

Numbers from 21 to 99 use hyphen

✅ “Hundred” doesn’t use “and” in american English

British English often uses “and”

✅ Lesson 6 — The Tens (20, 30, 40) with Pronunciation. — PT “As Dezenas (20, 30, 40…)” com Pronúncia 

Here are the tens with pronunciation so you can practice English numbers as a beginner in words and digits. — PT ” Dezenas com ajuda de pronuncia.”

Practice using these English numbers in your everyday situation together with essential verbs. As a beginner you need to take a lot of practice to build vocabulary.

✅ Lesson 7 — Learn English Numbers in Real Life. — PT “Números na Vida Real”

✅ Age — Idade

I am twenty nine years old. — PT “Eu tenho vinte e nove anos.”

✅ Price — Preço

This costs forty five dollars. — PT “Isto custa quarenta e cinco dólares.”

✅ Time — Hora

The meeting is at sixty minutes past the hour. — PT “A reunião é sessenta minutos depois da hora.”

✅ Quantity — Quantidade

We need thirty two chairs. — PT “Precisamos de trinta e duas cadeiras.”

✅ Address — Endereço

I live at eighty seven Green Street. — PT “Eu moro na Rua Green, número oitenta e sete.”

✅ Phone numbers — Números de telefone

“My number is: eight six, ninety one, twenty three, fifty eight, one.” — PT “Meu número é: oitenta e seis, noventa e um, vinte e três, cinquenta e oito, um.”

✅ Lesson 8 — Practice Exercises of English Numbers for Beginner in words and Digits

✅ A. Write the numbers in words. — PT “Escreva os números por extensor”

✅ B. In your notebook write the English numbers in digits. — PT “No seu bloco de notas, escreva os números em algarismos”

✅ C. Choose the correct answer. — PT “Escolha a resposta correta”  

✅ Lesson 9: Learn English Numbers in Words and Digits Showing Position (20^th to 100^th).   — PT “Números por Extenso e em algarismo indicando Posição (de 20º a 100º)

Examples

✅ Lesson 10: English Numbers in Words and Digits from 100 –1,000. — PT “Números de 100 a 1.000

1. Numbers from 100 to 1,000. — PT “Números de 100 a 1.000”

The English numbers either in words or digits follow simple patterns: PT “Esses números seguem um padrão simples”:

✅ 2. Numbers Between the Hundreds. — PT “Números entre as Centenas”

To write numbers like 125, 340, 678, use the pattern below. — PT “Use o padrão a baixo para formar números como 125, 340, 678.

Hundreds + tens + ones — PT“centenas + dezenas + unidades”

Here is an example of English numbers explained for beginners like you:

In American English there is no “and” in numbers but British English usually uses ‘and’.

✅ 3. More Examples of English Numbers in Words and Digits. — PT “Mais exemplos”

In this article you’ve learned English numbers for beginner. You know how to count in words and digit from 1 —1,000 (one to one thousand). Keep practicing and join us next post to learn English numbers from 1.000 (one thousand) to 1,000,000,000 (one billion).

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