Ordinal numbers: We usually add “THE” and -TH to the cardinal number to form ordinal

numbers, but there are lots of exceptions which you will have to learn!!

1st the first 11th the eleventh 21st the twenty-first

2nd the second 12th the twelfth 22nd the twenty-second
3rd the third 13th the thirteenth 23rd the twenty-third
4th the fourth 14th the fourteenth 24th the twenty-fourth
5th the fifth 15th the fifteenth 25th the twenty-fifth
6th the sixth 16th the sixteenth 26th the twenty-sixth
7th the seventh 17th the seventeenth 27th the twenty-seventh
8th the eighth 18th the eighteenth 28th the twenty-eighth
9th the ninth 19th the nineteenth 29th the twenty-ninth
10th the tenth 20th the twentieth 30th the thirtieth
31st the thirty –first

1: Match each ordinal number with the correct word

1st   the seventeenth
nd
2   the first
3rd   the eleventh
11th   the twenty- seventh
27th   the eighty- eighth
14th   the fourteenth
88th   the third
17th   the second

2: Write in letters
2nd --------------------------------------------
11th -------------------------------------------
18th --------------------------------------------
23rd -------------------------------------------
17th -------------------------------------------
6th --------------------------------------------
15th --------------------------------------------
1st --------------------------------------------
30th --------------------------------------------
25th --------------------------------------------
3: Find the mystery word after answering the questions . Write the corresponding
letter in the grid.

1. What’s the second letter of the word ANIMAL?

2. What’s the first letter of the word UNIVERSITY?
3. What’s the third letter of the word GAME?
4. What’s the first letter of the word BEAUTIFUL?
5. What’s the fifth letter of the word GARDEN?
6. What’s the eighth letter of the word NOVEMBER?

What’s the mystery word? --------------------------------------------

In English we write: “Thursday 7th November 2013”

And we say: Thursday, the seventh of November 2013

4: How would you read these dates?

1. Thursday 7th April 2008

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2. Monday 12th June 1986
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3. Wednesday 1st August 2001
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4. Sunday 8th January 2012
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