GRAMMAR:

NUMERALS
Petr Novotný
Gymnázium Dr. Karla Polesného Znojmo
 CONTENTS
This presentation contains basic English number
words and numeric expressions such as:

Cardinal Numerals
Ordinal Numerals
Multiplicative Numerals
Decimal Numbers
Fractions
and Percentages.
 TYPES OF NUMERALS
Cardinal Numerals (=číslovky základní):
are used to refer to a size of a group (one, two,
...)
Ordinal Numerals (=číslovky řadové):
are used to refer to a position in a sequence or
order (first, second, ...)
Multiplicative Numerals (=číslovky násobné):
are used to express how many times something
happened or exists (once, twice, ...)
 CARDINAL, ORDINAL, AND
MULTIPLICATIVE NUMERALS [1]
CARDINAL ORDINAL MULTIPLICATIVE
1 one 1st first once
2 two 2nd second twice
3 three 3rd third three times / thrice
4 four 4th fourth four times
5 five 5th fifth (× five) five times
6 six 6th sixth six times
7 seven 7th seventh seven times
8 eight 8th eighth eight times
9 nine 9th ninth (× nine) nine times
10 ten 10th tenth ten times

Numerals written in bold are irregular in form or spelling.

 CARDINAL, ORDINAL, AND
MULTIPLICATIVE NUMERALS [2]
CARDINAL ORDINAL MULTIPLICATIVE
11 eleven 11th eleventh eleven times
12 twelve 12th twelfth (× twelve) twelve times
13 thirteen (× three) 13th thirteenth thirteen times
14 fourteen 14th fourteenth fourteen times
15 fifteen (× five) 15th fifteenth fifteen times
16 sixteen 16th sixteenth sixteen times
17 seventeen 17th seventeenth seventeen times
18 eighteen (× eight) 18th eighteenth eighteen times
19 nineteen 19th nineteenth nineteen times
20 twenty 10th twentieth (× twenty) twenty times

Numerals written in bold are irregular in form or spelling.

 CARDINAL, ORDINAL, AND MULTIPLICATIVE NUMERALS [3]
CARDINAL ORDINAL MULTIPLICATIVE
21 twenty-one 21st twenty-first twenty-one times
22 twenty-two 22nd twenty-second twenty-two times
23 twenty-three 23rd twenty-third twenty-three times
24 twenty-four 24th twenty-fourth twenty-four times
... ... ...
30 thirty (× three) 30th thirtieth (× thirty) thirty times
... ... ...
35 thirty-five 35th thirty-fifth thirty-five times
40 forty (× four) 40th fortieth (× forty) forty times
50 fifity (× five) 50th fiftieth (× fifty) fifty times
60 sixty 60th sixtieth (× sixty) sixty times
70 seventy 70th seventieth (× seventy) seventy times
80 eighty (× eight) 80th eightieth (× eighty) eighty times
90 ninety 90th ninetieth (× ninety) ninety times
100 a/one hundred 100th a/one hundredth a/one hundred times
 "0" IN ENGLISH
There are several names for the number 0 in
English:
'nought' in British English
'zero' in mathematics and for temperature
'oh' in telephone and decimal numbers
'nil' in sport results
'love' in tennis
 DECIMAL NUMBERS
Example: 16.257
integer part fractional part
(the part to decimal point (the part from
the left of the (the decimal the decimal
decimal separator) separator to
separator) the right)

the integer part is read as a whole number

the decimal point is pronounced 'point'
in the fractional part the numbers are read
one by one
This example: sixteen point two five seven.
 FRACTIONS
Example: 7 / 12
numerator line or slash denominator

The numerator is read as an cardinal number and the

denominator as an ordinal number:
1 / 3 one third; 1 / 5 one fifth; 1 / 10 one tenth
If the numerator is different from one, the ordinal number is in
plural:
2 / 3 two thirds; 3 / 5 three fifths; 7 / 10 seven tenths
Irregular fractions:
1 / 2 one half; 1 / 4 one qurter
Large fractions: are read numerator over denominator (where
both numerator and denominator are read as cardinal).
13 / 75 thirteen over seventy-five
 PERCENTAGES
Percentages are usually denoted by the percent
sign (%) or the abbreviation pct.
In British English percent is sometimes written
as two words (per cent); in American English it
is usually one word.
The word is always singular; the stress is on
cent: per'cent.
1 % one percent
5 % five percent
10.2 % ten point two percent.
 BIBLIOGRAPHY
Leech, G.: An A–Z of English Grammar and Usage.
London, Nelson English Language Teaching 1989.
Thomson, A. J. and Martinet, A. V.: A Practical English
Grammar. Oxford, Oxford University Press 1986.
Wikipedia contributors. "English numerals." Wikipedia,
The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free
Encyclopedia, 19 Mar. 2014.