Mike's ESL

Reference lists

The English alphabet:

A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z

Vowels:

A, E, I, O, U

Consonants

B,C,D, F,G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, X, Z

A letter that is usually a consonant, but is sometimes a vowel

Numbers

1, one; 2, two; 3, three; 4, four; 5, five; 6, six; 7, seven; 8, eight; 9, nine; 10, ten; 11, eleven; 12, twelve; 13, thirteen; 14, fourteen; 15, fifteen; 16, sixteen; 17, seventeen; 18, eighteen; 19, nineteen; 20, twenty; 21, twenty-one; 22, twenty-two; 23, twenty-three; 24, twenty-four; 25, twenty-five; 26, twenty-six; 27, twenty-seven; 28, twenty-eight; 29, twenty-nine; 30, thirty; 31, thirty-one

40, forty; 50, fifty; 60, sixty; 70, seventy; 80, eighty; 90, ninety; 100, one hundred;

101, one hundred one; 102, one hundred two;

200, two hundred; 300, three hundred; 1,000, one thousand; 1,001, one thousand one;

10,000 ten thousand; 100,000 one hundred thousand;

567, 893, five hundred sixty-seven thousand, eight hundred, ninety-three;

1,000,000, one milllion; 10,000,000, ten million; 100,000,000, one hundred million;

1,000,000,000, one billion; 10,000,000,000, ten billion; 100,000,000,000, one hundred billion;

1,000,000,000,000, one trillion

Days of the week and months of the year

Days

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Months

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Standard ways to write dates in the U.S.

month/day/year

April 17, 2020

4/17/20

Time

Ways of saying the time

9:00, nine o'clock, nine, (if it is the morning, nine A.M.) (if it is after 12 noon, then we say, nine P.M.)

9:15, nine-fifteen, a quarter past nine

9:30, nine-thirty, half past nine

9:45, nine-forty-five, a quarter to ten

12:00, (if it is the middle of the day, noon; if it is the middle of the night, midnight)

Common greetings, common beginnings to conversations

Good morning.

Good afternoon.

Good evening.

Good night. (Might be said if an evening conversation is ending.)

Hello.

Hi.

How's it going? *

How are you? *

What's happening? *

The person who asks these questions is usually not looking for a long answer.

Common answers to "How's it going?" "Fine," "It's going fine," "It's going good," "It's going," "All right. How's it going for you?"

to "How are you?" "Fine," "Good," "Okay," "Not too bad," "Great," "Pretty well," "I'm fine, thanks, and you?"

to "What's happening?" "Not a lot," "Same stuff as always," "Not too much, what's happening with you?"

Irregular verbs