 Cardinal Numbers

1 one 11 eleven 21 twenty-one 31 thirty-one

2 two 12 twelve 22 twenty-two 40 forty
3 three 13 thirteen 23 twenty-three 50 fifty
4 four 14 fourteen 24 twenty-four 60 sixty
5 five 15 fifteen 25 twenty-five 70 seventy
6 six 16 sixteen 26 twenty-six 80 eighty
7 seven17 seventeen 27 twenty-seven 90 ninety
8 eight 18 eighteen 28 twenty-eight 100 a/one
hundred
9 nine 19 nineteen 29 twenty-nine1,000 a/one thousand
10 ten 20 twenty 30 thirty 1,000,000 a/one million

• Separation between • Thousands and Millions

hundreds and tens
 Hundreds and
tens are usually
separated by
'and' (in American
English 'and' is
not necessary).
• 110 - one hundred and
ten
• 1,250 - one thousand,
two hundred and fifty
• 2,001 - two thousand
and one Hundreds
 Use 1,000 and
1,000,000 always
with 'a' or 'one'.
• 201,000 - two hundred
and one thousand
• 1,000 - a thousand /
one thousand
 Use commas as a
separator.
57,458,302

 Use 100 always  The Number

with 'a' or 'one'. 1,000,000,000
In English this number is a
• 100 - a hundred / one billion.
hundred
 This is very tricky for
 'a' can only stand nations where 'a billion'
at the beginning has 12 zeros.
of a number. 1,000,000,000,000 in
English, however, is a
• 100 - a hundred / one trillion.
hundred
• 2,100 - two thousand,
one hundred
 Ordinal Numbers
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Lesson Six: We use ordinal numbers to talk about the order of things.
For example: My first car was white, but my second car was red.

1. . Ordinal Numbers for Dates

(We also use ordinal numbers to talk about dates)

 Today is June seventh,. said the teacher.

• The party is on June the seventh
• The party is on The seventh of June
• The party is on June 7th

2. Form
- Spelling of Ordinal Numbers
- Just add th to the cardinal number:
1. four - fourth
2. eleven – eleventh
- Exceptions:
• one - first
• two - second
• three - third
• five - fifth
• eight - eighth
• nine - ninth
• twelve – twelfth

In compound ordinal numbers, note that only the last figure is written
as an ordinal number:
• 421st = four hundred and twenty-first
• 5,111th = five thousand, one hundred and eleventh
• 101st = hundred and first

For Titles
In names for kings and queens, ordinal numbers are written
in Roman numbers.
In spoken English, the definite article is used before the ordinal number:

• Charles II - Charles the Second

• Edward VI - Edward the Sixth
• Henry VIII - Henry the Eighth

first (1st) eleventh (11th) twenty-first (21st)

second (2nd) twelfth (12th) twenty-second (22nd)
third (3rd) thirteenth (13th) twenty-third (23rd)
fourth (4th) fourteenth (14th) twenty-fourth (24th)
fifth (5th)
sixth (6th)
seventh (7th)
eighth (8th)
ninth (9th)
tenth (10th)
thirty-first (31st)
thirty-second (32 ) nd
thirty- third (33rd)
thirty- fourth (34 ) th
thirty-fifth (35th)
thirty-sixth (36 )th
thirty-seventh (37th)
thirty-eighth (38 ) th
thirty-nineth (39th)
fortieth (40 )th
fortieth-first (41st)
fortieth-second (42 ) nd
fortieth-third (43rd)
fortieth-fourth (44 ) th
fortieth-fifth (45th)
fortieth-sixth (46 ) th
fortieth-seventh (47th)
fortieth-eighth (48 ) th
fortieth-nineth (49th)
fiftieth (50 )th
fiftieth-first (51 )
st
fiftieth-second (52 ) nd
fiftieth-third (53 )rd
fiftieth-fourth (54 ) th
fifteenth (15th) twenty-fifth (25th)
sixteenth (16th) twenty-sixth (26th)
seventeenth (17 ) twenty-seventh (27th)
th
eighteenth (18th) twenty-eighth (28th)
nineteenth (19 ) th
twenty-ninth (29th)
twentieth (20th) thirtieth (30th)
fiftieth-fifth (55 )
th
eightieth (80th)
fiftieth-sixth (56th) eightieth-first (81st)
fiftieth-seventh (57 ) th
eightieth-second (82nd)
fiftieth-eighth (58th) eightieth-third (83rd)
fiftieth-nineth (59 ) th
eightieth-fourth (84th)
sixtieth (60th) eightieth-fifth (85th)
sixtieth-first (61 )st
eightieth-sixth (86th)
sixtieth-second (62nd) eightieth-seventh (87th)
sixtieth-third (63 ) rd
eightieth-eighth (88th)
sixtieth-fourth (64th) eightieth-nineth (89th)
sixtieth-fifth (65 )th
ninetieth (90th)
sixtieth-sixth (66th) ninetieth-first (91st)
sixtieth-seventh (67 ) th
ninetieth-second (92nd)
sixtieth-eighth (68th) ninetieth-third (93rd)
sixtieth-nineth (69 ) th
ninetieth-fourth (94th)
seventieth (70th) ninetieth-fifth (95th)
seventieth-first (71 ) st
ninetieth-sixth (96th)
seventieth-second (72 ninetieth-seventh (97th)
seventieth-third (73 ) rd
ninetieth-eighth (98th)
seventieth-fourth (74th ninetieth-nineth (99th)
seventieth-fifth (75 ) th
seventieth-sixth (76th) one-hundredth(100th)
seventieth-seventh (77
seventieth-eighth (78th
seventieth-nineth (79th