DAILY BASIS ENGLISH COURSE

Vocabulary

Numbers

Contents

Introduction

Students celebrating a birthday in a classroom.
Look at the picture and listen to the sentences.
Students are having a party at school.It's Laura’s birthday.
Now answer the questions.

1. What are the students doing?

2. Who’s birthday is it?

Score: 0 out of 2

Presentation

Eric: Surprise!

Laura: Oh! Thank you so much!

Eric: Today is your birthday. It’s on the 3rd (third), right?

Laura: Yes, that’s right.

Eric: How old are you now?

Laura: I'm 29 (twenty-nine).

Eric: Great! Let's sing Happy birthday, then.

Meaning

We use cardinal numbers to talk about quantity, age, and numbers in general.We use ordinal numbers to talk about order, position, and dates.

CCQ

Anna is 29. Her birthday is on the 3rd.

Is 29 a cardinal or an ordinal number?

Does 29 tell us age or order?

Is 3rd a cardinal or an ordinal number?

Does 3rd tell us age or date?

Column

Cardinal
1 one
2 two
3 three
4 four
5 five
6 six
7 seven
8 eight
9 nine
10 ten
11 eleven
12 twelve
13 thirteen
14 fourteen
15 fifteen
16 sixteen
17 seventeen
18 eighteen
19 nineteen
20 twenty
20 twenty *
21 twenty-one
22 twenty-two
23 twenty-three
24 twenty-four
25 twenty-five
26 twenty-six
27 twenty-seven
28 twenty-eight
29 twenty-nine
30 thirty
31 thirty-one
Ordinal
1st first
2nd second
3rd third
4th fourth
5th fifth
6th sixth
7th seventh
8th eighth
9th ninth
10th tenth
11th eleventh
12th twelfth
13th thirteenth
14th fourteenth
15th fifteenth
16th sixteenth
17th seventeenth
18th eighteenth
19th nineteenth
20th twentieth
21st twenty-first
22nd twenty-second
23rd twenty-third
24th twenty-fourth
25th twenty-fifth
26th twenty-sixth
27th twenty-seventh
28th twenty-eighth
29th twenty-ninth
30th thirtieth
31st thirty-first

exercises

1. 1
1st
2. 2
2nd
3. 3
3rd
4. 4
4th
5. 5
5th
6. 6
6th
7. 7
7th
8. 8
8th
9. 9
9th
10. 10
10th
11. 11
11th
12. 12
12th
13. 13
13th
14. 14
14th
15. 15
15th
16. 16
16th
17. 17
17th
18. 18
18th
19. 19
19th
20. 20
20th
21. 21
21st
22. 22
22nd
23. 23
23rd
24. 24
24th
25. 25
25th
26. 26
26th
27. 27
27th
28. 28
28th
29. 29
29th
30. 30
30th
31. 31
31st
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Choose the correct answer.

1. What is the ordinal form of 23?

2. Eric’s birthday is on the 9th. How do we say 9th?

3. What is the correct spelling of 12th?

4. Which is the correct form?

5. Which sentence is correct?

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Listen and choose the correct answer.

1. Listen. What number do you hear?

2. Listen. What date do you hear?

3. Listen. Which word do you hear?

4. Listen. What ordinal number do you hear?

5. Listen. Which sentence do you hear?

Score: 0 out of 5

Production

Now talk about you.

  • How old are you?
  • How old is your (dad, mom, brother, sister, etc.)?
  • When is your birthday?
Daily Basis English Course