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67 Cardinal and ordinal numbers 1 Look at these examples: ‘Three students were late. She lives on the third floor. ‘Three is a cardinal number, Third is an ordinal number. 2 Now look at these tables: 3 caxpinaLs (40 to 4,000,000) 40 forty 60sixty 80 eighty SO fifty 70 seventy 90 ninety 100 a hundred 101 a hundred and ene 1,000 a thousand 1,000,000 a million 200 two hundred 210 two hundred and ten 3,000 three thousand $4,000,000 four million dollars 4. Look at how we say these dates: 13 of 13th June: The dhirteenth of June. June the thirteenth, 1994: Nineteen ninety-four. 26 or 26th March 1995 (26.3.95): The twenty-sixth of March, nineteen ninety-five. kx<= #§$; © A Tick (/) the correct form in each pair. Put a line through the wrong form. > (116) a@hundred-sixteen a hundred and sixteen ” | 4 (49) fourty-nine forty-nine | 2 (600) ‘six hundred ‘six hundreds: 3 (ath) fourth forth | 4 (12th) twelfth twelfth 5 ($2,000) two thousand dollars two thousands dollars. 6 (23rd) twenty-three twenty-third 7 (78) eighty-seven seventy-eight 8 (8th) eightth eighth 9 (17) seventeen seventeenth 10 (5th) fiveth fifth 11 (7,000,000) seven million seven millions 12 (9th) ninth nineth 13 (oth) thirteenth thirtieth 14 (395) three hundred and ninety-five three hundred ninety-five PAGE M6 * ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS. B Write out the following numbers. > (211) (462) (20th) (1st) (12th) (9,000,000) .. (310) (ath) (111) wa hundred. and eleven. as in the example. > John . lives. in, flat. forty.on. the fourtt 1 Charles lives in flat 2 Maria ... 3 Diana 4 Michael 5 Peter . 6 Jane .. 7 Ann 8 Oliver in brackets (). : When were you born? When did you go to secondary school? : In (1) : Did you start university in the same year? : Yes, on (3). ‘i : Did you spend three or four years there’ : Well, | left in (4).. : And your first job? When was that? : | started work in an office on (5).. Did you enjoy it? How long did you stay? : It was terrible! | left two months later, on (6). : What did you do then? PERF OE OEOe Oe oe aee svvzccovees : And when did you leave secondary school? : Seven years later. My final exam was on (2).. 10 4 12 13 14 15 16 17 : | was born on (>) the thirteenth of October, nineveen (14) (2nd) (5,000) . (68) (34th) (150) (3rd) (25th) (19th) Look at where these people live in the block of flats. Finish the sentences, Floor7 © flat PETER Floor6 @ fla él OLIVER FloorS5 Q fiat 5, Flat SP aun Floor 4 @ Flat 40 JOHN Floor3 @ flat 37 DIANA Floor 2 Flat Banus Flat 25 Floor | © flail MARIA Write the dates and years in words in this interview, using the information seventy-five... (13.10.75) (1986) . (16.6.3) sass (29 September) (1997) That's four years, . (10.14.98) .. (9 March) : | went to America. | spent two years in New York. | returned to England in ws. (2000) ADJECTIVES AND ADVERAS * PAGE 147 Unit 67 A eouaueune 10 u 13 4 BN oueeNne © 10 2 13 “4 15 16 7 Noueune foury-nine forty-nine Z six hundred ¥ six-hundreds fourh ¥ forth twebvth twelfth / two thousand dollars / two-thousands dollars twenty-three twenty-third eighty seven seventy-eight H ceighith eighth 7 seventeen / seventeenth fiveth fifth J seven million 7 sever-millions ninth 7 nineth thirteenth thirtieth three hundred and ninety-five 7 three hundred ninety-five four hundred and sixty-two ‘twentieth first twelith nine million three hundred and ten eighth a hundred and eleven fourteen second five thousand sixty-eight thirty-fourth a hundred and fifty third twenty-fifth nineteenth lives in fat twenty-three on the second floor. lives in flat eleven on the first floor. lives in flat thirty-seven on the third floor. lives in flat fifty-four on the fifth floor. lives in flat seventy-two on the seventi floor. lives in flat twenty-five on the second floor. lives in flat fifty-nine on the fifth floor, lives in flat sixty-one on the sixth floor. nineteen eighty-six. the sixteenth of June, nineteen ninety-three, the twenty-ninth of September. nineteen ninety-seven. the tenth of January, nineteen ninety-eight. the ninth of March. (the year) two thousand,

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