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WHAT'S YOUR CHOICE? SINGLE, DOUBLE OR TRIPLE?

8/8/2015

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My husband and I were recently on a short trip to visit his family and his new nephew who is just two months old. During one of our days there, we stopped at a store for some gelato (Italian ice cream). All the flavors looked delicious and I couldn't decide whether I wanted single scoop, double scoop, or triple scoop. Triple scoop means I could try more flavors than single or double, but it would cost me more. I eventually went for double scoop, which is two scoops. I'm was pretty satisfied with my choice as triple scoop might have been too much for me!

This is another way we can talk about numbers. If you've watched the above clip, you'll understand that "single" means 1, "double" means 2, and "triple" means 3. There are also words for four and above, but are less commonly used (scroll down to the bottom to see all the numbers till 10!)

Some other examples of them being used in real-life:

(1) I only have a single key (meaning: I only have one key)

(2) Could you please double bag my groceries? (meaning: Could you please bag my groceries with two bags?

(3) Listen to my advice if you want to triple your reading speed! (meaning: Listen to my advice if you want to increase your reading speed by three times!)

You might have also seen these being used when talking about accommodations, for example, when booking hotel rooms. There may be single rooms, double rooms, triple rooms, or even quadruple rooms for families. Of course, it's probable that the higher the number of people you want to fit in the hotel room, the higher the cost will be.
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Here are some other numbers!

1= single
2= double
3= triple
4= quadruple
5= quintuple
6= sextuple
7= septuple
8= octuple
9= nonuple
10=decuple

Related Lessons:
Family Relations
Numbers Pronunciation
Telling The Time
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Emily link
8/3/2020 03:50:50 am

This is so nice, thank you so much! I'd like it to have a you tube link so I could use on my online classes because when I share screen your blog it loses the audio. I'd share screen the website post and then play the yt video at the whereby

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