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Multiplication Tables

Multiplication Tables

These are the multiplication tables that are used to help learn numbers from one to fifty. Don’t be scared of them. See if you can recognize patterns. Have fun. Go up and down and across the rows. 

For numbers with two syllables, the stress is on the second syllable.

Exercise 1: Review and practice aloud the following table of numbers, first go down the list then go across.

1: one	2: two	3: three	4: four	5: five
2: two	4: four	6: six	8: eight	10: ten
3: three	6: six	9: nine	12: twelve	15: fifteen
4: four	8: eight	12: twelve	16: sixteen	20: twenty
5: five	10: ten	15: fifteen	20: twenty	25: twenty-five
6: six	12: twelve	18: eighteen	24: twenty-four	30: thirty
7: seven	14: fourteen	21: twenty-one	28: twenty-eight	35: thirty-five
8: eight	16: sixteen	24: twenty-four	32: thirty-two	40: forty
9: nine	18: eighteen	27: twenty-seven	36: thirty-six	45: forty-five
10: ten	20: twenty	30: thirty	40: forty	50: fifty

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Lie/lay verbs

Lie/lay verbs
Lie (lie, lay, lain, lying): To be in a horizontal position on a supporting surface.
Lie (lie, lied, lied, lying): To tell a lie, an intentionally incorrect statement.
Lay (lay, laid, laid, laying): To put an object down carefully.

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