Ordinal & cardinal numbers

Numbers in English
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Numbers in English

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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.

Slide 2 - Slide

1.1.1. Numbers bigger than 20

21   =  twenty-one
55 =     fifty-five
99  =   ninety-nine

What is the rule?

Slide 3 - Slide

1.1.2. Numbers bigger than 100
121     a/one hundred and twenty-one
356     three hundred and fifty-six
999     nine hundred and ninety-nine

Slide 4 - Slide

256? (British)
A
two hundred fifty-six
B
two hundred and fiftysix
C
two hundred and fifty-six

Slide 5 - Quiz

1.1.3.Numbers bigger than 1,000
1,121     a/one thousand and one hundred and twenty-one
2,356     two thousand and three hundred and fifty-six

Rule?

Slide 6 - Slide

Rule:
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.

Slide 7 - Slide

Slide 8 - Slide

Ordinal Numbers?
representing position or rank in a sequential order

Slide 9 - Slide

seven
A
cardinal
B
ordinal

Slide 10 - Quiz

The seventh son
A
ordinal
B
cardinal

Slide 11 - Quiz

Slide 12 - Slide

I am so happy that he won the 1 prize.

Slide 13 - Open question

ten thousand (number British)

Slide 14 - Open question

It was his derde goal in the last twee games.

Slide 15 - Open question

The old man celebrated his 88 birthday.

Slide 16 - Open question

Answers
first
10,000
third, two
eighty-eighth

Slide 17 - Slide

It's his veertigste birthday.
A
fourtieth
B
forties
C
fourty
D
fortieth

Slide 18 - Quiz

Slide 19 - Link