Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 97 views

    Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers in English

    Uploaded by

    Dard Tong
    This document discusses cardinal and ordinal numbers in English. It provides examples of how to write numbers in words from 1 to 100, how to write larger numbers with commas and hyphens, and how to convert cardinal numbers to their ordinal form by adding endings like "th" or "st". It also covers fractions, decimals, and Roman numerals.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers in English

    Uploaded by

    Dard Tong
    97 views5 pages
    This document discusses cardinal and ordinal numbers in English. It provides examples of how to write numbers in words from 1 to 100, how to write larger numbers with commas and hyphens, and how to convert cardinal numbers to their ordinal form by adding endings like "th" or "st". It also covers fractions, decimals, and Roman numerals.

    Original Description:

    Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers in English

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    This document discusses cardinal and ordinal numbers in English. It provides examples of how to write numbers in words from 1 to 100, how to write larger numbers with commas and hyphens, and how to convert cardinal numbers to their ordinal form by adding endings like "th" or "st". It also covers fractions, decimals, and Roman numerals.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    97 views5 pages

    Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers in English

    Uploaded by

    Dard Tong
    This document discusses cardinal and ordinal numbers in English. It provides examples of how to write numbers in words from 1 to 100, how to write larger numbers with commas and hyphens, and how to convert cardinal numbers to their ordinal form by adding endings like "th" or "st". It also covers fractions, decimals, and Roman numerals.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pdf or txt
    of 5

    Cardinal and ordinal numbers in English https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/zahlen.

    htm

    Cardinal and ordinal numbers in


    English

    1. The numbers in English

    1.1. Cardinal numbers


    Cardinal numbers say how many people or things there are.

    Examples:

    There are five books on the desk.


    Ron is ten years old.

    1.1.1. Numbers bigger than 20

    Use a hyphen between compound numbers.

    Number Word

    21 twenty-one

    55 fi�y-five

    99 ninety-nine

    1.1.2. Numbers bigger than 100

    Use a hyphen between compound numbers and the word and.

    Use either the definite article a or one for 100.

    Number Word

    121 a/one hundred and twenty-one

    356 three hundred and fi�y-six

    1 of 5 3/1/2019, 5:16 AM
    Cardinal and ordinal numbers in English https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/zahlen.htm

    Number Word

    999 nine hundred and ninety-nine

    1.1.3.Numbers bigger than 1,000

    Use a hyphen between compound numbers and the word and.

    Use either the definite article a or one for 1,000.

    Separate three digits with a comma (,) → 50,000.

    Number Word

    1,121 a/one thousand one hundred and twenty-one

    2,356 two thousand three hundred and fi�y-six

    9,999 nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine

    1.1.4. The number 0

    There are different words for the number 0.

    Word Explanation Example

    67890
    oh single digits (telephone numbers, codes)
    six - seven - eight - nine - oh

    -5 °C
    zero measurements (temperature)
    five degrees Celsius below zero

    5-5=0
    nought figure 0 in British English*
    Five minus five leaves nought.

    The match ended 2 - 0.


    nil results in sport
    The match ended two - nil.

    40 - 0
    love tennis
    forty - love

    * In American English zero is used.

    2 of 5 3/1/2019, 5:16 AM
    Cardinal and ordinal numbers in English https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/zahlen.htm

    1.1.5. Year

    see: The date and the year in English

    1.2. Ordinal numbers


    Add th to the cardinal number to form the ordinal number: six → sixth

    Add the last two letters of the written word to the figure. → 4th

    Numbers in words: The ordinal numbers 1st → first, 2nd → second and 3rd → third are irregular. Be
    careful with the spelling of the words for 5th, 8th, 9th, 12th and the words ending in -y.

    Cardinal numbers Ordinal numbers

    1 one 1st first

    2 two 2nd second

    3 three 3rd third

    5 five 5th fifth

    8 eight 8th eighth

    9 nine 9th ninth

    12 twelve 12th twelfth

    20 twenty 20th twentieth

    Ordinal numbers

    21st twenty-first

    22nd twenty-second

    23rd twenty-third

    24th twenty-fourth

    25th twenty-fifth

    26th twenty-sixth

    27th twenty-seventh

    3 of 5 3/1/2019, 5:16 AM
    Cardinal and ordinal numbers in English https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/zahlen.htm

    Ordinal numbers

    28th twenty-eighth

    29th twenty-ninth

    30th thirtieth

    31st thirty-first

    1.3. Fractions and decimals

    1.3.1. Fractions

    Use the ordinal number for the denominator:

    1/3 → one third

    2 3/5 → two and three fi�hs

    Exceptions:

    1/2 → one half

    1/4 → one quarter

    1.3.2. Decimals

    Use the cardinal number for decimals:

    3.8 → three point eight

    4.25 → four point two five

    1.4. Roman numbers


    Roman numbers are seldom used. They are used for the names of kings and queens. Use the ordi-
    nal number:

    Elisabeth II → Elisabeth the Second

    Louis XIV → Louis the Fourteenth

    2. The numbers in a table

    4 of 5 3/1/2019, 5:16 AM
    Cardinal and ordinal numbers in English https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/zahlen.htm

    Cardinal numbers Ordinal numbers

    5 of 5 3/1/2019, 5:16 AM

    You might also like