English grammar
Hundred and thousand: no -s after a number, and before the tens
Say and understand big amounts of money.
From the scene One thousand two hundred euros
In short
After a number, hundred and thousand take no -s. In British English, put and before the tens: a hundred and twenty.
Your turn
Which one goes with a salary?
Options: four thousand five hundred euros · two hundred plates · one thousand two hundred
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a salary → one thousand two hundred
How it works
After a number, hundred and thousand never take -s: two hundred plates, four thousand euros.
Good to know
In British English, and comes after the hundreds: a hundred and twenty. You can say a hundred or one hundred, and a hundred is more usual in speech.
Good to know
Hundreds of and thousands of, with -s, are only for amounts you don't count exactly.
thousands + hundreds four thousand five hundred euros
Nuria
Javi, look: Friday's payment, four thousand five hundred euros.
Javi, mira: ingreso del viernes, cuatro mil quinientos euros.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
Javi, look: Friday's payment, (blank).
Options: four thousand five hundred euros · one thousand two hundred · two hundred plates
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Nuria
Javi, look: Friday's payment, four thousand five hundred euros.
Javi, mira: ingreso del viernes, cuatro mil quinientos euros.
a salary one thousand two hundred
Nuria
No. I earn one thousand two hundred. Practically the minimum.
No. Gano mil doscientos. Prácticamente el mínimo.
Your turn
What fills the gap?
No. I earn (blank). Practically the minimum.
Options: four thousand five hundred euros · two hundred plates · one thousand two hundred
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Nuria
No. I earn one thousand two hundred. Practically the minimum.
No. Gano mil doscientos. Prácticamente el mínimo.
no -s after a number two hundred plates
Nuria
About a hundred people, two hundred plates, a hundred and twenty bottles...
Unas cien personas, doscientas raciones, ciento veinte botellas...
Your turn
What fills the gap?
About a hundred people, (blank), a hundred and twenty bottles...
Options: two hundred plates · four thousand five hundred euros · one thousand two hundred
Show answer
Nuria
About a hundred people, two hundred plates, a hundred and twenty bottles...
Unas cien personas, doscientas raciones, ciento veinte botellas...
and before the tens a hundred and twenty bottles
Nuria
About a hundred people, two hundred plates, a hundred and twenty bottles...
Unas cien personas, doscientas raciones, ciento veinte botellas...
Your turn
What fills the gap?
About a hundred people, two hundred plates, (blank)...
Options: a hundred and twenty bottles · four thousand five hundred euros · one thousand two hundred
Show answer
Nuria
About a hundred people, two hundred plates, a hundred and twenty bottles...
Unas cien personas, doscientas raciones, ciento veinte botellas...
an old amount one thousand seven hundred pesetas
Elena
My first wages: one thousand seven hundred pesetas. A fortune!
Mi primer sueldo: mil setecientas pesetas. ¡Una fortuna!
Your turn
What fills the gap?
My first wages: (blank). A fortune!
Options: one thousand two hundred · one thousand seven hundred pesetas · four thousand five hundred euros
Show answer
Elena
My first wages: one thousand seven hundred pesetas. A fortune!
Mi primer sueldo: mil setecientas pesetas. ¡Una fortuna!
Common mistake
Not hundreds or hundreds of here. An exact number.
About a hundred people, two hundred plates, a hundred and twenty bottles...
Unas cien personas, doscientas raciones, ciento veinte botellas...
Practise it in the story
Meet this rule inside a short animated scene. Answer as it plays, then say the lines yourself.
Practise free in the appSee all forms
| thousands + hundreds | four thousand five hundred euros |
|---|---|
| a salary | one thousand two hundred |
| no -s after a number | two hundred plates |
| and before the tens | a hundred and twenty bottles |
| an old amount | one thousand seven hundred pesetas |
More lines from the story
- ElenaHow cheap! Roughly forty-four a head.¡Qué económico! Aproximadamente cuarenta y cuatro por persona.
- JaviMe. But a computer doesn't make mistakes.Yo. Pero un ordenador no comete errores.