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Ordinal and Cardinal Numbers

This document discusses the differences between ordinal and cardinal numbers in English. Cardinal numbers like 1, 2, 3 are used for counting, while ordinal numbers like 1st, 2nd, 3rd indicate order or sequence. Ordinal numbers are formed by adding suffixes like -th. Examples of using ordinal vs cardinal numbers for dates, ages, and addresses are provided. The document also reviews how to write out numbers and years in English.

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Ordinal and Cardinal Numbers

This document discusses the differences between ordinal and cardinal numbers in English. Cardinal numbers like 1, 2, 3 are used for counting, while ordinal numbers like 1st, 2nd, 3rd indicate order or sequence. Ordinal numbers are formed by adding suffixes like -th. Examples of using ordinal vs cardinal numbers for dates, ages, and addresses are provided. The document also reviews how to write out numbers and years in English.

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ORDINAL AND CARDINAL NUMBERS

ORDINAL AND CARDINAL NUMBERS

Presented by:

MARY LUZ FLOREZ BETANCUR – ID - 000605607

Teacher:

LAURA RUEDA

Subject:

ENGLISH 1

CORPORACIÓN UNIVERSITARIA MINUTO DE DIOS

UNIMINUTO – SECCIONAL BELLO

EDUCACION VIRTUAL Y A DISTANCIA

CONTADURIA PÚBLICA

BELLO, COLOMBIA

2019
ORDINAL AND CARDINAL NUMBERS

Ordinal and cardinal numbers

cardinal Numbers: 1 (one), 2 (two), etc. You use them to count.

Ordinal Numbers: 1st (first), 2nd (second), etc. You use ordinal numbers to describe

order or sequence.

Particularities of ordinal

They are formed by adding the suffix - th to the number, except for the first three

(first, second, third). They are expressed in abbreviated form by adding to the figures the

last two letters of the ordinal: 1st = 1st, 2nd = 2nd, 3rd = 3rd, 4th = 4th, 5th = 5th.

You use “the” with ordinal numbers. Example: January is the first month of the

year.

We use cardinal numbers to express age, phone numbers, numbers in an address and

we sometimes use ordinal numbers for some dates and addresses also.

cardinal numbers.

0 Zero, 1 one, 2 two, 3 thee, 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...

Ordinal numbers express an order. Example: first, second...


ORDINAL AND CARDINAL NUMBERS

Other examples

234 two hundred and thirty-four

978 nine hundred and seventy-eight

When mentioning a year before 2000, you separate the number in two parts:

first, you mention the first two digits as one number, and then the other two as

another independent number.

For example: the year 1960 is read or said nineteen sixty. Another example:

1989, nineteen eighty-nine. The year 2000: two thousand, the year 2004: two

thousand and four.

Date of birth

A date is a month, number of the day in the month and year.

In English the order is month, day, and year. For example, January 6 th,

2017.

Date of birth: The month, n umber of the day in the month, and year you

were born.

For example: Birth date of Benito Juarez: March 21, 1806 or March 21 st ,

1806 (using ordinal numbers)


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Question: Which is your birth date? / When were you born? / When

was X born?

Example: When was Benito Juarez born?

Benito Juarez was born on March 21, 1806.

Benito Juarez was born in 1806.

You use the preposition ON when you give a specific date. Use the

preposition IN when you only mention the month or the day, not the date.
ORDINAL AND CARDINAL NUMBERS

Bibliography

Flores Kastanis, Paula. (2017), Libro english 1 (Tercera ed., págs. 95-96 Grupo

Editorial Patria, S.A. de C.V. https://uniminuto.summon.serialssolutions.com

Arancibia Figueroa, Ricardo. (2017), libro Introducción a la Gramática Inglesa

(segunda. Ed, págs.. 64 – 65) Santiago de Chile. Ril Editores,

https://uniminuto.summon.serialssolutions.com

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