02 April 2012 / by Radmila Gurkova

Fractions in English

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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 14^th of February 1980

Christmas is ON the 25^th of December

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