Months / Seasons

Learn how to discuss the months of the year and prepositions used with months.
Sound Grammar

Months / Seasons

Watch four conversations using the grammar on elllo.org.

Answer the following grammar questions.

Ordinals

Point 1: Ordinals are numbers that show the order of things.
  1. first
  2. second
  3. third
  4. fourth
  5. fifth
  6. sixth
  7. seventh
  8. eighth
  9. ninth
  10. tenth
Point 2: Most ordinals are made by adding -th to the number.
  1. 20th → twentieth
  2. 30th → thirtieth
  3. 40th → fortieth
  4. 50th → fiftieth
Point 3: The numbers 1, 2, and 3 have special ordinal forms.
  1. 1 → first
  2. 2 → second
  3. 3 → third
  4. 21 → twenty-first
  5. 33 → thirty-third
  6. 82 → eighty-second
Point 4: The numbers 11 and 12 have special spellings.
  1. 11 → eleventh
  2. 12 → twelfth
  3. 111 → one hundred and eleventh
  4. 512 → five hundred and twelfth
Point 5: Numbers that end in -y change to -ieth.
  1. 20th → twentieth
  2. 30th → thirtieth
  3. 40th → fortieth
  4. 50th → fiftieth

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