Basic English Vocabulary For Beginners: cardinal and ordinal numbers

Cardinal numbers from 1 through 1,000,000

1one
2two
3three
4four
5five
6six
7seven
8eight
9nine
10ten
11eleven
12twelve
13thirteen
14fourteen
15fifteen
16sixteen
17seventeen
18eighteen
19nineteen
20twenty
21twenty-one
22twenty-two
23twenty-three
24twenty-four
25twenty-five
26twenty-six
27twenty-seven
28twenty-eight
29twenty-nine
30thirty
31thirty-one
40forty
50fifty
60sixty
70seventy
80eighty
90ninety
100a/one hundred
1,000a/one thousand
1,000,000a/one million

Separation between hundreds and tens

Hundreds and tens are usually separated by ‘and’ (in American English ‘and’ is not necessary).

110 – one hundred and ten
1,250 – one thousand, two hundred and fifty
2,001 – two thousand and one

Hundreds

Use 100 always with ‘a’ or ‘one’.

100 – a hundred / one hundred

‘a’ can only stand at the beginning of a number.

100 – a hundred / one hundred
2,100 – two thousand, one hundred

Thousands and Millions

Use 1,000 and 1,000,000 always with ‘a’ or ‘one’.

1,000 – a thousand / one thousand
201,000 – two hundred and one thousand

Ordinal Numbers – used to rank

Figures Words
1stthe first
2ndthe second
3rdthe third
4ththe fourth
5ththe fifth
6ththe sixth
7ththe seventh
8ththe eighth
9ththe ninth
10ththe tenth
11ththe eleventh
12ththe twelfth
13ththe thirteenth
14ththe fourteenth
15ththe fifteenth
16ththe sixteenth
17ththe seventeenth
18ththe eighteenth
19ththe nineteenth
20ththe twentieth
21stthe twenty-first
30ththe thirtieth
40ththe fortieth
50ththe fiftieth
60ththe sixtieth
70ththe seventieth
80ththe eightieth
90ththe ninetieth

 

 

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