DAILY BASIS ENGLISH COURSE

Vocabulary

Numbers

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.

Her birthday is on the 3rd (third).

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

Practice

1. Fill in the blanks with affirmative form.

1
1st
2
2nd
3
3rd
4
4th
5
5th
6
6th
7
7th
8
8th
9
9th
10
10th
11
11th
12
12th
13
13th
14
14th
15
15th
16
16th
17
17th
18
18th
19
19th
20
20th
21
21st
22
22nd
23
23rd
24
24th
25
25th
26
26th
27
27th
28
28th
29
29th
30
30th
31
31st
Score: 0 out of 62

Choose the correct answer.

1. What is the ordinal form of 23?

2. Anna’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?

Score: 0 out of 5

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.

Use numbers to answer the questions.

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