CLASS 6 ORDINAL NUMBERS

ACTIVITY 1 : LISTEN AND REPEAT

1st first (1st)

2nd second (2nd)
11th eleventh
3rd third (3rd)
12th twelfth
4th fourth (4th)
13th thirteenth
5th fifth
14th fourteenth
6th sixth
15th fifteenth
7th seventh
16th sixteenth
8th eighth
17th seventeenth
9th ninth
18th eighteenth
10th tenth
19th nineteenth
*Numbers from 4 onwards take th
20th twentieth
21st twenty-first
*Notice that 11th and 12th also
take th. 22nd twenty-second
23rd twenty-third * Notice: 21st -
22nd
24th twenty-fourth
25th twenty-fifth
26th twenty-sixth
27th twenty-seventh
28th twenty-eighth
29th twenty-ninth
30th thirtieth
31th thirty-first
An ordinal number shows the position of an element in a series, such as first, second,
third, etc.
Ordinal Numbers Examples
1st Today is May 1st.
4th He is our 4th distributor.
21st We live in the 21st.
100th She is our one hundredth customer!

ACTIVITY 2 COMPLETE WTIH ORDINAL NUMBERS

second
2nd

third
3rd

first
1st

twenty-second
22nd

fifty-third
53rd

Sixty-fourth
64th

Dates in American English

Dates are expressed in ordinal numbers.

The day goes after the month. A comma separates it from the year.

YOU WRITE: April 1, 2018

YOU SAY: April first, twenty-eighteen, or April first, two thousand-eighteen
Years:

YOU WRITE: 1999

YOU SAY: (19) nineteen - (99) ninety-nine or one thousand ninety-nine

Date order

When we talk about dates we first mention the MONTH, then the DAY, and finally the YEAR:

4/5/2018 (month/day/year)

Written vs. spoken

You write:
We opened our offices on September 5, 2018.

You say:
We opened our offices on September fifth, twenty eighteen. (Or: on the fifth of September)

You can also say: September five, twenty eighteen (less common).
 ACTIVITY 3 MATCH numbers and words

March 21st the nineties

November 16th March twenty-first

1984 two thousand and five

2005 February eleventh, twenty-twelve

'90s nineteen eighty-four

2/11/2012 November sixteenth

ACTIVITY 4 READ and ANSWER

John, Rebecca and Mary are chatting during lunch time.
John: When is your birthday Rebecca?
Rebecca: It's on the fifteenth of October.
Mary: Oh! My birthday is also in October,but on October second. What about you, John?
John: It's incredible! My birthday is in October, but on the third!
Mary: Can you say that again? The third you said? Let's celebrate together then!
1) When is Rebecca´s birthday ? 15th of october (10/15)
2) Whose birthday is on October the 2nd? On October the 2nd is Mary birthday
3) What month is John’s birthday? Is in October
4) What zodiac sign are they? Are they all the same zodiac sign? They are libra
sign. Yes, they are all the same sign

ACTIVITY 5 COMPLETE WITH PREPOSITIONS At on in at in on

The meeting takes place in December each year.

The project ends in June. Asking when.

Christmas is on December 25th. When is your birthday?

My birthday is on October 5th. It's in October.
It's on October third.
We finish work at 5 p.m. It's in fall/Autumn.
We celebrate at night. It starts at midnight.

ACTIVITY 6 COMPLETE WITH ORDINAL NUMBER

1. 5th
 2. 1st
3. 4th
4. 7th
5. 6th
6. 12th
7. 3rd
8. 10th
9. 2nd
10. 9th

ACTIVITY 7 ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS

When is Argentina´s Independence Day? Argentina's Independence Day is July 9th
When is your birthday? My birthday is February 9th
When is your Province Foundation Aniversary? The foundation aniversary my province is
May 31st
When is your favourite festivity of the year? What do you celebrate ? My favourite festivity of
the year is New Year. I celebrate the beginning of a New Year