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Ordinal Numbers

You should already be able to count up to 1000 in English. The ordinary "cardinal" numbers
were covered in Lessons 5, 15 and 20.

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Cardinal numbers express quantity: two (2), thirty-five (35) etc...

Ordinal numbers indicate order or rank: first (1st), second (2nd), third (3rd) etc...

The definite article "the" normally goes in front of an ordinal number: e.g. "Queen Elizabeth the second."

For most ordinal numbers, the ending '-th' is used, with one or two exceptions for those inevitable irregular numbers:-

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Ordinal numbers 1 to 19

In figures

In words

Pronounce It

1st

the first

1st

2nd

the second

2nd

3rd

the third

3rd

4th

the fourth

4th

5th

the fifth

5th

6th

the sixth

6th

7th

the seventh

7th

8th

the eighth

8th

9th

the ninth

9th

10th

the tenth

10th

11th

the eleventh

11th

12th

the twelfth

12th

13th

the thirteenth

13th

14th

the fourteenth

14th

15th

the fifteenth

15th

16th

the sixteenth

16th

17th

the seventeenth

17th

18th

the eighteenth

18th

19th

the nineteenth

19th


Ordinal numbers such as 21st, 33rd etc are formed by combining a CARDINAL ten with an
ORDINAL unit. The "y" of "twenty", "thirty", "forty", etc. is changed to "ieth":-

In figures

In words

Pronounce It

20st

the twentieth

20st

21nd

the twenty-first

 

22rd

the twenty-second

 

23th

the twenty-third

 

24th

the twenty-fourth

 

25th

the twenty-fifth

 

26th

the twenty-sixth

 

27th

the twenty-seventh

 

28th

the twenty-eighth

 

29th

the twenty-ninth

 

30th

the thirtieth

30th

40th

the fortieth

40th

50th

the fiftieth

50th

60th

the sixtieth

60th

70th

the seventieth

70th

80th

the eightieth

80th

90th

the ninetieth

90th

100th

the hundredth

100th

101st

the hundred and first

 

1000th

the thousandth

1000th