THE CARDINALS AND
ORDINALS
NUMBERS
INTRODUCTION
Today we are going to talk about
cardinal and ordinal numbers, how
they are written, said and what they
are for.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
CARDINAL AND ORDINAL NUMBERS
The cardinal numbers are numeral And the ordinal numbers refer to
adjectives that refer to the the distribution, such as..
quantity, such as...
(One, Two, Three, Four, Etc) (First, Second, Third, Fourth, Etc)
HOW
HOW DO
DO YOU
YOU SAY
SAY THE
THE DAYS
DAYS OF
OF THE
THE
YEAR
YEAR IN
IN AMERICAN
AMERICAN AND
AND BRITISH
BRITISH
ENGLISH?
ENGLISH?
Written form Spoken form Written form Spoken form
The month is usually It is usually said the
Month/Day/Year said first, followed by Day/Month/Year day first, followed by
the day and then the the month and then the
Examples year Example year
Examples Example
October 14th, 2024 14th October 2024
October fourteenth,
fourteenth of October,
October 1st, 2024 twenty twenty-four.
twenty twenty-four
October first, twenty
twenty four.
1 JANUARY 2 FEBRUARY 3 MARCH
SOME MONTHS OF THE
4 APRIL 5 MAY 6 JUNE YEAR HAVE THIRTY-ONE
DAYS AND OTHERS
7 JULY 8 AUGUST 9 SEPTEMBER HAVE THIRTY DAYS AND
ONLY FEBRUARY HAS
10 OCTOBER 11 NOVEMBER 12 DECEMBER TWENTY-EIGHT DAYS.
THE THREE MOST
IMPORTANT DATES OF
OUR LIVES
The 24th of June, 1987
The 5th of February, 1987
The 5th of February, 1992
