Ordinals

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 1

numbers

cardinal and ordinal

numbers

cardinal & ordinal

1 havo 2

Thomas & Lianne

zeggen in engels, niet snappen vinger opsteken

cardinal hoofdtelwoorden

ordinal rangtelwoorden

what is the difference?

In the supermarket, I bought five apples.

I finished fifth in the running competition.

can you spot the difference?

what is the difference?

aantal en ordening 

numbers 

• cardinal numbers (hoofd telwoorden): one, two, three ...
• ordinal numbers (rang telwoorden): first, second, third ... 

cardinal used to say how much something is, how many you have from something

ordinal used to say the place you ended, to put things in order

what do you notice?

• I was eighth in line at the store. 
• What subject do we have during fourth period?
• We are free after sixth period!

ends with -th

what do you notice?

ends with -th 

rules ordinal numbers

order (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.)

end on -st, -nd, -rd, -th (first, second, third, fourth, etc.)

numbers above 20 get a - followed by the original number (twenty-eight, seventy-third, etc.)

examples 

• Fourth
• Twelfth
• Fifteenth

exceptions 

1. First
2. Second
3. Third 

exceptions

• 21e = twenty-first
• 22e = twenty-second
• 24e = twenty-fourth 

rules cardinal numbers

counting (1, 2, 3, etc.)

21 t/m 99 have a - in them (twenty-one, thirty- three, etc.)

examples

• one
  
• twenty-three
  
• seventy-seven
  

exceptions

steps of 10

• thirty
  
• forty 
  
• sixty 
  

translate the sentence:
Ik was eerste bij de gymles!

I was first in gym class. 

translate the sentence:
We eindigden vierde.

we finished fourth

translate the sentence:
We hebben Engels tijdens het vijfde blokuur.

We have English during the fifth block period

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