Great site to keep my english skills updated for work and travel. I am really enjoying the lessons!
Maria C
Argentina
How high can you count?
How about counting to one hundred or one thousand?
Cardinal Numbers
The numbers you use for counting are called "cardinal numbers", for example:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10...
eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen...
Here are some other "cardinal numbers" you need to remember for counting:
| 0 | zero |
| 1 | one |
| 10 | ten |
| 100 | one hundred |
| 1,000 | one thousand |
| 1,000,000 | one million |
| 1,000,000,000 | one billion |
Ordinal Numbers
The numbers you use to talk about the order of things are called "ordinal numbers", for example:
My horse came in first.
I was the fifth person in line.
Here are the first ten ordinal numbers:
| first | 1st | sixth | 6th |
| second | 2nd | seventh | 7th |
| third | 3rd | eighth | 8th |
| fourth | 4th | ninth | 9th |
| fifth | 5th | tenth | 10th |
Multiples
Sometimes numbers aren't expressed in cardinal or ordinal numbers.
Here are a few examples:
half (1/2)
single (1)
double (x2)
triple (x3)
quadruple (x4)
a pair/couple (2)
a few (2 or 3)
several (more than 3 but not many)
a dozen (12)
a half dozen (6)
Great site to keep my english skills updated for work and travel. I am really enjoying the lessons!
Argentina
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