Cardinal Numbers Vocab
Cardinal Numbers Vocab
Cardinal Numbers Vocab
Form
four - fourth
eleven - eleventh
Exceptions:
one - first
two - second
three - third
five - fifth
eight - eighth
nine - ninth
twelve - twelfth
In compound ordinal numbers, note that only the last figure is written as an ordinal
number:
Figures
When expressed as figures, the last two letters of the written word are added to the ordinal
number:
first = 1st
second = 2nd
third = 3rd
fourth = 4th
twenty-sixth = 26th
hundred and first = 101st
Titles
In names for kings and queens, ordinal numbers are written in Roman numbers. In spoken
English, the definite article (= the) is used before the ordinal number: