In this 10‑minute “Big Numbers Sprint,” Hadar Shemesh guides learners through a focused pronunciation workout designed to build confidence when speaking large English numbers. She introduces the Pronunciation Confidence Method, emphasizing intentional repetition and immediate implementation. The session begins with jaw‑massaging, lip trills, and a tongue‑twister, then moves through ordinal counting warm‑ups, followed by systematic practice of three‑digit numbers, four‑digit numbers, five‑ and six‑digit numbers (including “K” shorthand), and millions. For each numeric range she demonstrates natural spoken forms, highlights common pitfalls (e.g., saying “three hundreds” vs. “three hundred”), and provides contextual sentences. The sprint concludes with shadowing exercises using real‑world examples (emails, legal cases, downloads) and a motivational wrap‑up that encourages daily practice and points viewers to her membership community and other sprint videos.
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First, second, third, 3,721 people, 2,462, 5.2 million, 220, 2,462. Hi everyone, welcome to a Big Numbers Sprint. Sprint is an exercise that I've created that is founded on my Pronunciation Confidence Method that is designed to help you practice in an intentional way through repetitions and implementation in real phrases and sentences. The idea of repetition is taking it from learning something to implementing it and using it right away so you remember it. I have many sprints that I have shared, and I'm going to link them in the description below if you like this type of method. Think of it like a workout, like a 10-minute workout that you do at the beginning of the day to build your strength or to become more fit. This is why I created sprints. And by the way, in my Membership Beyond, we have daily sprints that are rotating every single day, so you do them and you are good to go. Now, big numbers, numbers that are 3 digits and more. Why? Because I noticed that people get them confused. They know how to say 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 21, 32, 55, but once it becomes the hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands, and millions, this is where people tend to get confused. So I decided to create a sprint, which is a 10-minute drill that you get to practice with me. So get ready, turn your phone off, close the door, and let's get started. Okay, let's warm up by just massaging the jaw a little bit. Do a lip trill. Tongue twister: unique New York, unique New York, unique New York, unique New York. And now let's say a few numbers. First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth. Again. First, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth. One more time. First, second, third, fourth, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th. Okay, very good, very good, very good. Let's do one last warm-up. 13, 30. 14, 40. 15, 50. 16, 60. 17, 70. 18, 80. 19, 90. 100. Good. Now moving on to practicing big numbers, 3 digits or more. But before that, if you're new to my channel, then my name is Hadar Shemesh. I'm a non-native speaker of English. I'm here to help you speak English with clarity, confidence, and freedom. And one of the things that I love doing is creating very efficient and short exercises for my students to practice pronunciation, grammar, vocabulary. If you want more of that, definitely check out my website at hadarshemesh.com and follow me on social media where I share daily lessons. Let us continue. This number, don't say hundreds, it's not three hundreds and four. 300, 300, 304, or just 304. I usually use and. 304, 304, 304. The document had 304 pages. The document had 304 pages. 220, 220, 220, or 220, 220, 220. 220 times 4 is 880. Just follow me. 220 times 4 is 880. 989. 900 and 89. 900 and 89. 900 and 89. 900 and 89. 900 and 89. The total bill came out to $989. Moving on to 4 digits. 2,462. 2,462. But in everyday English, you actually don't pronounce it this way. You say 2,462. 2,462. 2,462. 2,462. 2,462. We drove 2,462 miles across the country. We drove 2,462 miles across the country. Not 24 hundreds, but 2,400. 62 miles. 2,300. 2,300. 2,300. 2,300. 2,300. We have 2,300 boxes to pack. We have 2,300 boxes to pack. I owe her $2,300. I owe her $2,300. 5,499. 5,499. 5,499. 5,499. 5,499. 5,499. The code contains 5,499 lines. The code contains 5,499 lines. What about this? 2,052? No. When you have a zero in the thousands, you keep the thousand. 2,052. 2052, 2052, 2052. The stadium has 2052 seats. The stadium has 2052 seats. 2052. 4012, 4012, 4012. That's also okay. 4012. The store sold 4012 units. The store sold 4,012 units. The store sold 4,012 units. 8,000. Not thousands. 8,000. 8,000. 9,000. 5,000. The used car is listed for $8,000. The used car is listed for only $8,000. Now moving on to 5 and 6 digits. 12,000. 500. 12,500. 12,520. 12,520. Or 12,520 without the 'and.' 12,520. The post received 12,520 likes. 30,400. 30,400. 30,400. 30,400. Thousand, hundred. Thousand, hundred. 30,400. The park covers 30,400 acres of forest. The park cover 30,400 acres of forest. 30,400. 600,000. 600,000. 600K. 600K. 4K. 5K. 80K. 80,000. 80,000. You can replace K with thousand. 600K. 600,000. The content creator has 600,000 followers. The content creator has 600,000 followers. That's crazy. 550, 550, 550, 550, 550 thousand— 550 thousand, 550 thousand twenty— 550 thousand twenty, 550 thousand twenty. 735 thousand five hundred— 735 thousand 500. 735,500. 735,500. Think of it like two groups. 735,500. 136,254. 136,254. $136,254. And you can eliminate the end. $136,254. $136,254. 7 digits, millions. $3,400,000. You can also say 3.4 million. I have— I wish— $3.4 million. I have $3.4 million. Say this: 92 million, 252 thousand, 105. 92 million, 252 thousand, 105. 92 million, 252 thousand, 105. Without the 'ands': 92 million, 252,105. Good. 12 million. 12 million. 12 million. 12 million. 5.2 million. 5.2 million. 5,200,000. 5,200,000. The app got 5,200,000 downloads. The app got 5,200,000 downloads. One more time. The app got 5,200,000 downloads. Just do it with me. The more you do it, the more it becomes a habit in your mouth. The app got 5,200,000 downloads. Okay, very, very good. Let's do a little bit of shadowing. Listen. I get 803 emails. 803 emails. 803 emails. 803 emails. 803 emails. Use your mouth, enunciate the sounds. 803 emails. Next. Commemorating September 23rd, 3007 BC. 3007 BC. 3007 BC. 3007 BC. 3007 BC. We're suing currently 3,721 people or entities. We're suing 3,721 people 3,721 people. 3,721 people. But you don't think his boss is gonna pick up a $4,200 job, do you? $4,200 job. $4,200 job. $4,200 job. $4,200 job. A very modest, uh, 47,600 delay minutes. 47,600 delay minutes. 47,600 delay minutes. Do it with me. 47,600 delay minutes. 47,600 delay minutes. I have 347,000 followers. 347,000 followers. 347,000 followers. 347,000 followers. The M is swallowed. 347,000 thousand followers. You're holding a pair of earrings that in 2001 I paid $62,000 for. $62,000. $62,000. $62,000. $62,000. All right, that is it. You did a great, great job. Now I have a bunch of numbers right below the video. I want you to say them out loud on your own again and again until you feel confident, because you deserve to feel confident when talking about numbers and money and calculations and anything that you wanna talk about that requires numbers. And I'm here to support you with that. If you like this sprint, you are going to like all of my other sprints. So check out the description below for all of my sprint videos. And if you want daily sprints that are rotating inside my English practice community, then definitely check out Beyond It's a lot of fun and very effective practice. Mm, very effective. Okay, have a beautiful, beautiful day full of numbers, and I will see you next week in the next video. Bye, guys.
