Ordinals
Learn how to use ordinals, which are numbers that shows the order of things.
Answer the following grammar questions.
Ordinals
Point 1: Ordinals are numbers that show the order things appear or occur.
- first
- second
- third
- fourth
- fifth
- sixth
- seventh
- eight
- ninth
- tenth
Point 2: Most ordinals are just the number + th.
- 20th | twentieth
- 30th | thirtieth
- 40th | fortieth
- 50th | fiftieth
Point 3: The numbers 1 - 3 have special ordinals.
- 1 | first
- 2 | second
- 3 | third
- 21 | twenty-first
- 33 | thirty-third
- 82 | eighty-second
Point 4: The numbers 11 and 12 have special spellings that do not follow the normal rule.
- 11 | eleventh
- 12 | twelfth
- 111 | one hundred and eleventh
- 512 | five hundred and twelfth
Point 5: Numbers that end in -y change to -ieth.
- 20th | twentieth
- 30th | thirtieth
- 40th | fortieth
- 50th | fiftieth
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