Ordinals

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo t
• Leerjaar 1

numbers

cardinal and ordinal

numbers

cardinal & ordinal

what is the difference?

In the supermarket, I bought five apples.

I finished fifth in the running competition.

what is the difference?

numbers 

• cardinal numbers (hoofd telwoorden): een, twee, drie ...
• ordinal numbers (rang telwoorden): eerste, tweede, derde ... 

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!

what do you notice?

rules ordinal numbers

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

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

numbers above 2o 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!

translate the sentence:
We eindigden vierde.

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

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