UNIDAD 4 Ingles
UNIDAD 4 Ingles
UNIDAD 4 Ingles
ORDINAL NUMBERS
These numbers, we add the endings “-st” as in “first“, “-nd” as in “second“, “-rd” as
in “third“, and “-th” for numbers that don’t end in 1, 2 or 3, with the exceptions of
11th (eleventh), 12th (twelfth) and 13th (thirteenth).
For example:
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2
3
An Ordinal Number tells us the position of something in a list.
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1. DATES
With dates we tend to use ordinal numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.), although we may
write only the cardinal form of the number. Also, the number specifying the year is
normally pronounced as two separate two-figure numbers. In general terms, we do
as follows:
Examples:
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A Cardinal Number is a number that says how
many of something there are, such as one,
two, three, four, five.
An Ordinal Number is a number that tells
the position of something in a list, such as
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th etc.
Conversation 1
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2. Reading decimals
Read decimals aloud in English by pronouncing the decimal point as "point", then
read each digit individually. Money is not read this way.
Written Said
3. Reading fractions
Read fractions using the cardinal number for the numerator and the ordinal number
for the denominator, making the ordinal number plural if the numerator is larger
than 1. This applies to all numbers except for the number 2, which is read "half"
when it is the denominator, and "halves" if there is more than one.
Written Said
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Written Said
4. Pronouncing percentages
Percentages are easy to read aloud in English. Just say the number and then add
the word "percent".
Written Pronounced
5% five percent
25 % twenty-five percent
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5. Pronouncing measurements
Just read out the number, followed by the unit of measurement, which will often be
abbreviated in the written form.
Written Spoken
2L two liters
Written Spoken
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Written Spoken
25 twenty-five
Examples:
Written Said
3.04+2.02=5.06 Three point zero four plus two point zero two
makes five point zero six.
You can reach me at 0171 You can reach me at zero one seven one, three
390 1062. nine zero, one zero six two
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Written Said
Conversation 2
When were
I was born in
you born?
1980.
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