There are two types of numbers : Ordinal numbers and cardinal numbers.
Cardinal numbers are used as determiners . They represent a precise
quantity. Ordinal numbers give an idea of order, they allow us to classify
or give a rank ( the first , the second, the third.)
Cardinal
One
Two
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
numbers. They are used to count: one cat, three dogs
12
twelve
30
thirty
13
thirteen
31
thirty-one
three
14
fourteen
32
thirty- two
four
15
fifteen
40
forty
five
16
sixteen
50
fifty
six
17
seventeen
60
sixty
seven
18
eighteen
70
seventy
eight
19
nineteen
80
eighty
nine
20
twenty
90
ninety
ten
21
twenty-one
eleven
20
twenty -two
Exercise 1 : Write the numbers in letters
13------------------------------------14-----------------------------------------29----------------------------------32------------------------------------------64-----------------------------------78-----------------------------------------22-----------------------------------36-----------------------------------------55------------------------------------11----------------------------------------87------------------------------------93----------------------------------------100
110
295
a/one hundred
a/one hundred and ten
two hundred and ninety- five
101
200
a/one hundred and one
two hundred
REMEMBER
Hundred never takes an S and is always followed by AND
He has got two hundred and twenty- five stamps.
1000 a/one thousand
1,100 a/one thousand, one hundred
2000 two thousand
3,450 three thousand, four
hundred and fifty
4,564 three thousand , five hundred and sixty- four
Thousand never takes an S in the plural when it s an adjective
Exercise 2: Write in letters
102-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------256----------------------------------------------------------------------------------547-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------985------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1,874----------------------------------------------------------------------------------2,222----------------------------------------------------------------------------------5,685-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------9,451-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ordinal numbers We usually add THE and TH to the cardinal number to
form ordinal numbers , but there are lots of exceptions which you will have
to learn!!
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
the first
the second
the third
the fourth
the fifth
the sixth
the seventh
the eighth
the ninth
the tenth
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
20th
the eleventh
the twelfth
the thirteenth
the fourteenth
the fifteenth
the sixteenth
the seventeenth
the eighteenth
the nineteenth
the twentieth
21st the twenty-first
22nd the twenty-second
30th the thirtieth
33rd the thirty third
45th the forty- fifth
56th the fifty- sixth
60th the sixtieth
70th the seventieth
99th the ninety ninth
100th the hundredth
Exercise 3 :Match each ordinal number with the correct word
1st
2nd
3rd
11th
27th
14th
88th
17th
the seventeenth
the first
the eleventh
the twenty- seventh
the eighty- eighth
the fourteenth
the third
the second
Exercise 4 : Write in letters
2nd --------------------------------------------6th -------------------------------------11th ------------------------------------------- 15 th ------------------------------------18th --------------------------------------------1 st -------------------------------------23rd -------------------------------------------56th ------------------------------------77th -------------------------------------------95 th -----------------------------------Exercise 5 : Find the mystery word after answering the questions . Write
the corresponding letter in the grid
1. Whats the second letter of the word ANIMAL?
2. Whats the first letter of the word UNIVERSITY?
3. Whats the third letter of the word GAME?
4. Whats the first letter of the word BEAUTIFUL?
5. Whats the fifth letter of the word GARDEN?
6. What s the eighth letter of the word NOVEMBER?
What s the mystery word?--------------------------------------
NOW.
HOW DO WE SAY THE DATE IN ENGLISH?
First lets revise some vocabulary! Be careful , these words all start with
capital letters!!
Exercise 5 : Give the days of the week
M-------------T---------------W----------------T----------F-------------- S---------------S----------------Exercise 6. Give the months of the year
J-------------F--------------M--------------A---------------M-------------J-------------J---------------A---------------S--------------O-------------N--------------D--------------In English we write: Thursday 7th November 2013 and we say:
Thursday , the seventh of November 2013
Monday 2nd September 2013
Monday , the second of
September 2013
To answer the question : When were you born?
We say : I was born ON the Twenty- second of July
We use ON before the date
As for the YEARS:
The years before 2000 are said in groups of two numbers
1789 :
17 89
seventeen eighty- nine
1956:
19 56
nineteen fifty-six
From 2000 to 2010 we use usual numbers
2001
two thousand and one
2002
two thousand and two
but from 2010 on we can hear both possibilities:
2010
two thousand and ten or twenty ten
The 2012 London Olympic games
the Twenty twelve Olympic games
Exercise7
Write the following years in figures
1. nineteen ninety-eight-------------------------------------------------------2. eighteen sixty-two ---------------------------------------------------------3. seventeen eighty-two--------------------------------------------------------4. fifteen fifteen-------------------------------------------------------------5. nineteen seventy- two-------------------------------------------------------Exercise 8
Write the years in letters
1. 1945----------------------------------------------------------------------------2. 1824-----------------------------------------------------------------------------3. 1789-----------------------------------------------------------------------------4. 1615-----------------------------------------------------------------------------5. 1997-----------------------------------------------------------------------------6. 2003----------------------------------------------------------------------------Exercise 9
How would you read these dates ?
1. Thursday 7th April 2008
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------2. Monday 12th June 1986
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------3. Wednesday 1st August 2001
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------4. Sunday 8th January 2012
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Exercise 10
Now do the crossword puzzle
ACROSS
3. Americans celebrate Independence Day on the ------------of July
5. A lot of people celebrate this on the thirty-first of October---------------6. The result of the following operation: 4X4=-------------------7 . Mr Obama is the ----------------black American president
9. Half of forty----------------------------10. English is the --------------------- most spoken language after Chinese.
DOWN
1. The number of countries in Great Britain-----------2. A lot of people celebrate it on the twenty- fifth of December------------4. Fifty plus fifty: a --------------------7. The number of States in the USA
8. Americans celebrate this on the fourth Thursday of November
GOOD LUCK!!!
