Learn and practise numbers and amount vocabulary with puzzles, quizzes and exercises.
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Numbers and Amount Exercises
Numbers and Amount Exercises focuses on the basic vocabulary and structures needed for social interaction and everyday experiences. There are puzzles and quizzes to reinforce your learning so you feel confident using different texts about numbers and amounts.
⏱️ About 15–20 minutes.
💡 Strengthening new vocabulary about numbers and amount.
📶 Developing stages of learning English.
Find as many number and amount words as you can hiding in the grid. Words can run across, down, or diagonally — and some may be backwards!
👀 Scan one row or column at a time so you don’t miss any words.
⏱️ Try to find at least 10 words before you check the Key Vocabulary tab for help.
✏️ Not sure what a word means once you find it? Look it up in Key Vocabulary.
New to these words? Check the Key Vocabulary tab first.
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Use the clues to complete the crossword with numbers and amount vocabulary. Click on a numbered box to reveal its clue, then type your answer into the grid.
🔢 Across clues run left to right; down clues run top to bottom.
💡 Stuck on a clue? The Key Vocabulary tab has definitions for the trickiest words.
✅ Check your spelling carefully — one wrong letter can affect a crossing word too.
New to these words? Check the Key Vocabulary tab first.
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Log in to save your progress and unlock personalised levels.
amount / number — amount = how much of something uncountable (an amount of money) · number = how many of something countable (a number of people)
a lot of / lots of — both mean the same thing — a large quantity; used with countable and uncountable nouns
as well as — means “also” or “in addition to”
degree — a level or amount of something (a high degree of skill), or a unit of temperature
both — the two, together (both children came, not just one)
Useful Language
Quantifiers: all · any · some · both · another
Talking about amounts: double the amount · more than enough · not enough
Vocabulary Tip
Group these words by what they describe — people (everyone), things (things ending in -thing), and amounts (amount, number, degree). Remember amount goes with uncountable nouns (an amount of water) and number goes with countable nouns (a number of books) — this is one of the most common mistakes at this level.
Can You…?
✅ Explain the difference between amount and number?
✅ Give another word that means the same as a lot of?
✅ Use as well as in a sentence?
✅ Name the three words that start with every-?
🗣️ Speaking practice
Talk about numbers and amounts.
👥 How many people are in your class? Use a lot of or a number of.
⚖️ Describe something you have almost none of, and something you have a lot of.
📊 Talk about a time you had to add up numbers quickly. What was it for?
✍️ Writing practice
Write a short description (25 words or more) using at least four amount words from this page.
📝 For example, describe how many students are in your school.
🔢 Try to use both amount and number correctly.
🔎 Vocabulary challenge
These words are not explained on this page — look them up, then write your own sentence for each one.
➕ almost
🎯 exactly
🧮 total
👥 everybody
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Extra Numbers and Amount Exercises
Practise what you have learned with these exercises.
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