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ENGLISH ALPHABET
1. A ei

2. B bi:

3. C si:

4. D di:

5. E i:

6. F ef

7. G ji:

8. H eitch

9. I a:i

10. J jei

11. K kei

12. L el

13. M em

14. N en

15. O ou

16. P pi:

17. Q kiu:

18. R a:r

19. S es

20. T ti:

21. U iu:

22. V vi:

23. W dabliu:

24. x eks

25. Y va:i

26. Z zet

ENGLISH NUMERALS
1 one

2 two

3 three

4 four

5 five

6 six

7 seven

8 eight

9 nine

10 ten

11 eleven

12 twelve

13 thirteen

14 fourteen

15 fifteen

16 sixteen

17 seventeen

18 eighteen

19 nineteen

20 twenty

10 ten

20 twenty

30 thirty

40 fourty

50 fifty

60 sixty

70 seventy

80 eighty

90 ninety

100 hundred

1 000 thousand

1 000 000 million

1 000 000 000 billion

25 twentyfive

128 one hundred twentyeight

8192 eight thousand one hundred ninetytwo

MATHS - MULTIPLICATION
1x2=2 1x3=3 1x4=4 1x5=5 etc.

2x2=4 2x3=6 2x4=8 2x5=10

2x6=12 2x7=14 2x8=16

2x9=18 2x10=20

3x3=9 3x4=12 3x5=15

3x6=18 3x7=21 3x8=24

3x9=27 3x10=30

4x4=16 4x5=20 4x6=24 4x7=28

4x8=32 4x9=36 4x10=40

5x5=25 5x6=30 5x7=35

5x8=40 5x9=45 5x10=50

6x6=36 6x7=42 6x8=48

6x9=54 6x10=60

7x7=49 7x8=56 7x9=63

7x10=70

8x8=64 8x9=72 8x10=80

9x9=81 9x10=90

10x10=100

Basic units:
1. kilogram – kg – weight

2. amper – A – electric current

3. second – s – time

4. meter – m – length

5. kelvin – K – temperature

6. mole – mole – substance

7. cd – candela – luminosity

Additional permitted units:
minute=60 seconds

hour=60 minutes=3600 seconds

day=24 hours=86400 seconds

Celsius degree – ºC - temperature

radian – rad - planar angle – 2 D

steradian – sr – space angle – 3 D

liter – volume - 1 cubic decimeter – dm3

volt – V – electric voltage

Hertz – Hz – frequency – 1/s=s-1

Joule – J – energy

Watt – W - output

TIME IN ENGLISH
second - basic unit (SI)

minute=60 seconds

hour=60 minutes

day=24 hours

week=7 days

fortnight=14 days (2 weeks)

month=28 (29) or 30 or 31 days

year=12 months=365 (366) days

leap year - year with 366 days

- every 4 years (2008, 2012...)

decade=10 years

century=100 years

millennium=1000 years

morning - time from 0 to 12 hours

noon - time at 12 hours

afternoon - time after 12 hours

evening - time from 18 to 24 hours

night - time without sunlight

midnight - time at 24 (or 0) hours

DAYS IN WEEK
1. Monday

2. Tuesday

3. Wednesday

4. Thursday

5. Friday

6. Saturday

7. Sunday

MONTHS IN ENGLISH
1. January 31 days

2. February 28 days (29 in leap year)

3. March 31 days

4. April 30 days

5. May 31 days

6. June 30 days

7. July 31 days

8. August 31 days

9. September 30 days

10. October 31 days

11. November 30 days

12. December 31 days

BASIC FACTS ON GHANA
Republic of Ghana (from 1.7.1960) Area: 238 535 km² (91th in world), water – 3.5% Population (estim.): 23 million (est.)

(23,000,000 in 2007- 48th in world)

Capital: Accra (1.97 million citizens)

Official language: English

Time zone: IST (UTC + 0:00)

Internet TLD: .gh

Calling code: +233

Gross domestic product (estimat.):

2007 – $70 billion (75th in world)

per capita - $3141 (135th in world)

Human Development Index in 2007:

0.553 (medium) - 135th in world

Rivers: Volta river – man made

Lakes: Volta (with Akosombo Dam), Bosumtwi (meteorite impact crater)

Highest point: Mount Afadjato – 880m

Currency: Ghanaian cedi GHS

Administrative regions of Ghana

 * 1. Ashanti Region – capital Kumasi

area 24,389 km2, popul. 3.6 million


 * 2. Brong-Ahafo Region – Sunyani

area 39 557 km2, popul. 1.81 million


 * 3. Central Region – Cape Coast

area 9 826 km2, popul. 1.6 million


 * 4. Eastern Region – Koforidua

area 19 323 km2, popul. 2.11 million


 * 5. Greater Accra Region – Accra

area 3 245 km2, popul. 2.9 million


 * 6. Northern Region – Tamale

area 70 384 km2, popul. 1.82 million


 * 7. Upper East Region – Bolgatanga

area 8 842 km2, popul. 0.92 million


 * 8. Upper West Region – Wa

area 18 476 km2, popul. 0.58 million


 * 9. Volta Region – Ho

area 20 570 km2, popul. 1.64 million


 * 10. Western Reg. - Sekondi-Takoradi

area 23 921 km2, popul. 1.16 million

Population data are from 2000 Census.

Regions are divided to 138 districts.