02 April 2012 / by Radmila Gurkova

Fractions in English



 

 

 

 

 

Fractions

1/2 one half  or a half

2/3 two thirds

3/4 three quarters

1/4 one quarter

1/5 one fifth

Ordinal Numbers 




































































































































1st

the first

2nd

the second

3rd

the third

4th

the fourth

5th

the fifth

6th

the sixth

7th

the seventh

8th

the eighth

9th

the ninth

10th

the tenth

11th

the eleventh

12th

the twelfth

13th

the thirteenth

14th

the fourteenth

15th

the fifteenth

16th

the sixteenth

17th

the seventeenth

18th

the eighteenth

19th

the nineteenth

20th

the twentieth

21st

the twenty-first

22nd

the twenty-second

23rd

the twenty-third

24th

the twenty-fourth

25th

the twenty-fifth

26th

the twenty-sixth

27th

the twenty-seventh

28th

the twenty-eighth

29th

the twenty-ninth

30th

the thirtieth

40th

the fortieth

50th

the fiftieth

Dates

In English we use ordinal numbers to talk about dates

  • My birthday is on the 14 of February 1980 (incorrect)

  • My Birthday is ON the 14th of February 1980

  • Christmas is ON the 25th of December




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