CLASS CONTENT

Giving and asking directions English lesson

ORDINAL
NUMBERS IN ENGLISH
Ordinal numbers normally
Show the order or sequence of something or

Someone
.
You can normally create ordinal numbers
by adding –TH to the end of a cardinal
Number.

 Four –Fourth
 Sixteen – Sixteenth

The main exceptions are with the

numbers 1, 2, and 3.

 one –first
 two – second
 three – third

Also you need to be careful with the

spelling of some ordinal numbers:

 five – fifth (not “fiveth“)

 nine – ninth (not “nineth “)

WHEN DO WE USE ORDINAL

NUMBERS?
Ordinal numbers are normally used for:
Dates
We use ordinal numbers when giving a
Date.

 Her birthday is on the 29th (Twenty -ninth)

 Their Independence Day is on the 4th of July. (Fourth of July)

Sequence or Order
When we want to show the order or position of someone or something in a sequence.

 Woodward United finished second in the league last year.

 I came third in the race.
 This is the first time it has happened.

Floors of a building
 Our office is on the ninth floor.
 She lives on the second floor.

Birthday celebrations
 A person’s 15th birthday is an important celebration in Mexico.
 He had a huge party for his twenty – first birthday 3
Centuries
 Shakespeare was born in the16th century.
 The Renaissance was a period in European history from the 14th to the 17th
 century.
Kings and Queens
For the name of a king or queen in written English, Roman numerals are used.
However those Roman numerals are said as an ordinal number in spoken English
.
 Henry VIII(Henry the Eighth)
 Louis XVI (Louis the Sixteenth) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the
French Revolution.

PRACTICE: WRITE THE NAME OF ORDINAL NUMBERS

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