Numbers được coi là phần dễ mất điểm nhất đối với thí sinh trong đề thi IELTS Listening. Hãy cùng Aten English tìm hiểu ngay bài tập chuyên đề Numbers IELTS Listening trong bài viết sau đây nhé!
1. Numbers trong IELTS Listening
- Tuổi tác,
- Tiền tệ,
- Số liệu đo,
- Thời gian,
- Số điện thoại,
- Số thẻ tín dụng.
2. Sự khác biệt giữa các con số trong IELTS Listening
- 13 – 30: Thirteen – thirty
- 14 – 40: Fourteen – fourty
- 15 – 50: fifteen – fifty
- 16 – 60: Sixteen – sixty
- 17 – 70: Seventeen – seventy
- 18 – 80: Eighteen – eighty
- 19 – 90: Nineteen – ninety.
- 8415: eight thousand four hundred and fifteen.
- 2731: two thousand seven hundred and thirty-one
- 7010: seven thousand and ten
- 6911: six thousand nine hundred and eleven.
Có thể nói, IELTS Listening là dạng bài dễ ăn điểm trong đề thi IELTS nhưng bạn đừng vì thế mà chủ quan, không chú tâm luyện thi IELTS Listening mà nên tận dụng bài tập chuyên đề Numbers IELTS Listening để tránh những lỗi sai không đáng có nhé!
3. Cách nghe số và ngày tháng trong IELTS Listening
3.1. Số điện thoại
- 0 được phát âm là “oh” và bạn khó có thể nghe thấy “zero”.
- Nếu có một số gấp đôi, chúng tôi nói “double”.
- Không nói từng số một, thay vào đó đọc chúng theo nhóm 2 hoặc 3. Vì vậy, 13554684616 sẽ được nói là “13-double 5 – 468-46-16”.
3.2. Ngày tháng
- Có một số cách khác nhau để nói và viết ra ngày tháng. Phổ biến nhất là: “the 25th of October”.
- Nếu bạn phải viết ra một ngày tháng và giới hạn từ là một từ / hai từ, bạn không nên viết ra “the” và “of”.
4. Bài tập chuyên đề Numbers IELTS Listening
Exercise 1: Reading the numbers
Listen to the following numbers and repeat them after the speaker.
13 18 7 20 23 31 54 39 71 14 40 58 60 67 85 97
Exercise 2: Number dictation
Listen to the following numbers and write them down.
Exercise 3: Ticking the numbers you hear
You will hear someone reading the numbers in the box. Some of them are correct, and some are not. When the number is correct, put a tick (✓) by it. If it’s wrong, put a cross (x). Look at the box below and listen to the recording.
Exercise 4: Which number is it?
Listen to Exercise 4 in the recording. When you hear a number that is in the box, draw a cross (x) next to the number. One of the numbers in the box is not in the recording. Which number is it? Now listen to the following numbers.
Put your answer here: ……………………..
Exercise 5: Number practice
Listen carefully and write the numbers in the blanks. Write the numbers in figures, not words.
1. The sweater costs ……………….. pounds.
2. Tom bought ………………… books yesterday.
3. Mary is …………………. years old.
4. Janet was ………………… minutes late.
5. There are …………………. students in my class.
6. My grandfather has ……………………… grandchildren.
7. Bill wears size ………………………
8. The temperature was ………………………°C yesterday.
9. The train arrived at …………………….. o’clock.
10. I got …………………….. on my English test.
Exercise 6
Listen carefully and circle the correct numbers.
1. The student from New York bought (50 — 15) new books last week.
2. My uncle George lives at (13 — 30) King’s Road.
3. Mr. Johnson was (40 — 14) minutes late for his lecture.
4. It took (16 — 60) hours to finish his work.
5. Mary finished the test in (17 — 70) minutes.
6. My friend Alan lost (19 — 90) pounds on the first day of class.
7. I paid (80 —18) pounds for that coat.
8. He lives at (5062 —1562) Green Street, York.
9. Her address is (3040 —1340) Farm Street, Brighton.
10. We bought (14 — 40) CDs last month.
Exercise 7: Reading the numbers
Listen to the following numbers and repeat them after the speaker.
201 324 109 414 240 634 523 744 599 717
Exercise 8: Number dictation
Listen to the following numbers and write them down.
Exercise 9: Circulation of British newspapers
Listen to the recording and write down the numbers in the correct rows.
Exercise 10
Listen to the recording and write down the numbers in the correct columns.
Exercise 11: Practical problem-solving
Write the numbers. How fast can you figure out the answers? Try to write the answers before you hear them.
Example: 1. 23 + 47 = 70
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Exercise 12: Reading the ordinal numbers
Read the following ordinal numbers after the speaker.
1. first 1st
2. second 2nd
3. third 3rd
4. fourth 4th
5. fifth 5th
6. sixth 6th
7. seventh 7th
8. eighth 8th
9. ninth 9th
10. tenth 10th
11. eleventh 11th
12. twelfth 12th
13. thirteenth 13th
14. fourteenth 14th
15. fifteenth 15th
16. sixteenth 16th
17. seventeenth 17th
18. eighteenth 18th
19. nineteenth 19th
20. twentieth 20th
21. twenty-first 21st
22. twenty-second 22nd
23. twenty-third 23rd
24. twenty-fourth 24th
25. twenty-fifth 25th
26. twenty-sixth 26th
27. twenty-seventh 27th
28. twenty-eighth 28th
29. twenty-ninth 29th
30. thirtieth 30th
31. fortieth 40th
32. fiftieth 50th
33. sixtieth 60th
34. seventieth 70th
35. eightieth 80th
36. ninetieth 90th
37. one hundredth 100th
38. one thousandth 1000th
Exercise 13: Ordinal number dictation
Listen to the recording and write down the numbers you hear. Write the numbers in words.
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Exercise 14:
Listen carefully and circle the correct numbers.
1. My office is on the (6th — 5th) floor.
2. The team from Shanghai won the (1st — 4th) place in the tennis match.
3. Jim was the (22nd — 27th) in the last marathon race.
4. Mary’s birthday is on the (25th — 29th) of September.
5. Our seats are in the (21st — 23rd) row.
6. The meeting will be on the (3rd— 1st) of April.
7. The theatre is on the (15th — 50th) Street.
8. People celebrated the (45th — 55th) anniversary of the school last year.
9. Alaska was the (5th — 50th) state in America.
10. The final exam is on the (25th — 26th) of June.
Exercise 15: Traffic at Britain’s main airports
You will hear about passenger traffic at Britain’s main airports in 1990 and 1993. Listen to the recording and write down the figures in the correct columns.
Exercise 16:
Now listen to the report on consumers’ expenditure in 1983 and 1993 at market prices and write down the percentages in the correct columns.
Exercise 17: Migration
Listen to the recording and write down the total numbers and the percentages in the right columns.
Note: EU = European Union
Exercise 18:
Look at the pie charts and listen to the short interview about the earthquake. Write down the percentages you hear.
We asked Nanaimo people about earthquakes:
Exercise 19: British trade
You will hear a talk about British trade in 1993. As you listen, write down the percentages in the appropriate places.
Geographical Distribution of Trade in 1993
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