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Numbers, please!

John Millen

Part 1 Dates and ordinal numbers

Dates and ordinal numbers

Sally is a shipping clerk at a big export company in Kwai Chung. There have been problems with some goods sent to a customer in America. Sally is on the phone to her colleague in New York. Listen to what she says and then complete the form by filling in the order number, the date the order was shipped and the number of items in each order. The items are not read in order.

Order Number 147920 ................. ................. 553290 ................. ................. ................. .................

Item ................. pairs boys' jeans ................. men's black leather shoulder bags ................. ladies' T-shirts ................. .................................. ................. football shirts ................. boys' ................................. ................. boys' sweaters ................. girls' cotton skirts

Shipping date ................. ................. 10/07/09 ................. ................. 20/09/09 ................. .................

Part 2 Ordinal numbers, times and alphanumeric codes

Ordinal numbers, times and alphanumeric codes

Paul Brown, an English businessman, is waiting at Manchester Airport to take a flight to London, where he will connect to his flight for Hong Kong. Listen to the announcements he hears and then fill in the information about flight number, gate number and boarding or departure time on the answer grid.

Flight Number .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................

Time .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................

Destination Singapore Istanbul New York JFK Dubai Stockholm Chicago Amsterdam London Heathrow

Gate .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... .......................... ..........................

Answers:

Part 1. 147920 / 210 pairs boys' jeans //15/07/09; 394798 / 30 men's black leather shoulder bags //01/10/09; 7690352 / 450 ladies t-shirts // 10/07/09; 553290 / 50 ladies' leather handbags // 20/05/09; 739223 / 170 football shirts // 10/08/09; 005931 / 300 boys' baseball caps //12/09/09; 732009 / 12 boys' sweaters // 04/08/09; 665853 / 50 girls' cotton skirts // 14/10/09

Part 2. 1. DL 1155 / 12.20 / 19; 2. SK2551 / 14.00 / 11; 3. VS 7327 / 11.25 / 9; 4. NW 8559 / 12.15 / 21; 5. TK 1994 / 11.10 / 32; 6. EK 1818 / 12.25 / 17; 7. CX 1260 /12.50 / 3; 8. AY 5791 / 11.55 / 10

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