English numbers up to 100 and beyond

Counting in English may be complicated at first, but once you understand the pattern, you will quickly be able to use the listening English numbers as well. Counting to 100 in English is the first and most important step to mastering English numbers quickly. First, you should learn English counting to 20. These English numbers are irregular and form the basis. Therefore, you should learn them by heart. After that, you need to understand the pattern and only learn the tens to 90.

The English numbers 13 to 19 end in -teen (thirteen, which means "thirteen"), while the tens end in -ty (twenty, which means "twenty"). Also remember that the hyphen is used between tens and units, for example for 21, 22, 23, 24 ("twenty-one", "twenty-two", "twenty-three", "twenty-four") and so on. After 100, "and" is also used, especially between the number 100 and the tens. An example? The number 120 becomes "one hundred and twenty". However, the "and" is often not pronounced in spoken English.

From our list of English numbers up to 100 and beyond, you will have seen a pattern that will make learning English numbers easier. For a good foundation in learning English numbers, we recommend that you first memorise the English numbers from 0 to 20. Once you are relatively confident in counting from 0 to 20 in English, you can move on to the next step and look at the numbers up to 100. Here you can take advantage of the repeating pattern and learn only the tens. The same then applies to the English numbers from one hundred and beyond.

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