The document provides examples of cardinal and ordinal numbers in English. For cardinal numbers, it lists the numbers zero to one million written out. It then gives examples of using cardinal numbers in sentences. For ordinal numbers, it lists the numbers first to one thousandth written out and provides examples of using ordinals for dates, rankings, floors, centuries, and years.

1. NUMBERS
Cardinal
0 – Zero/Oh;1 – One; 2 – Two; 3 – Three; 4 – Four; 5 –
Five; 6 – Six; 7 – Seven; 8 – Eight; 9 – Nine; 10 – Ten;
11 – Eleven; 12 – Twelve; 13 – Thirteen; 14 – Fourteen;
15 – Fifteen; 16 – Sixteen; 17 – Seventeen; 18 – Eighteen;
19 – Nineteen; 20 – Twenty; 21 – Twenty-one
22 – Twenty-two; 23 – Twenty-three; 30 – Thirty;40 –Forty;
50 –Fifty; 60 –Sixty;70-Seventy; 80 –Eighty; 90 – Ninety;
100 – A/One hundred; 200 – two hundred, etc.;
101 – a/one hundred and one; 247 – two hundred and
forty-seven; 1,000 – A/One thousand;
2,678 – two thousand, six hundred and seventy-eight;
1,000,000 – A/One million.

2. Let’s play a game, shall we?
Okay! Here’s the way it goes. I write a number and you
call out it.
1
21

3. The Game goes on...
321
HUNDRED
4,321 THOUSAND
54,321

4. And on.
654,321
7,654,321
MILLION

5. And It Goes Up to a number made
up of 9 algarisms.
87,654,321
987,654,321

6. Questions using Cardinal Numbers
1. What’s your mobile phone number?
2. What’s your landline phone number?
3. What’s your address?
4. What’s your ZIP Code?
5. How old are you? I’m...
6. What’s your RG number?
7. What’s your car/motorcycle license plate
number?

7. Some more examples using cardinal.
1. How many employees are there in Poliplas’
headquarters?
2. How much is the minimum salary in Brazil
nowadays?
3. How many inhabitants are there in São José do
Rio Preto?
4. What time do you get up on weekdays?
5. How many products are there in Poliplas’
catalogue?

8. Numbers
Ordinal
1st – First; 2nd – Second; 3rd - Third, 4th – Fourth;
5th – Fifth; 6th – Sixth; 7th – Seventh; 8th – Eighth;
9th – Ninth; 10th – Tenth; 11th – Eleventh;
12th – Twelfth; 13th – Thirteenth;14th – Fourteenth;
15th - Fifteenth; 16th – Sixteenth; 17th – Seventeenth;
18th – Eighteenth; 19th – Nineteenth; 20th – Twentieth; 21st –
Twenty-first; 22nd –Twenty-second;
23rd –Twenty-third; 24th –Twenty-fourth; 30th –Thirtieth; 40th –
Fortieth; 50th –Fiftieth;60th –Sixtieth;
70th –Seventieth; 80th –Eightieth; 90th –Ninetieth;
100th-A/One hundredth;1,000th –A/One thousandth.

9. Ordinal Usage
Dates (Month, Day and Year)
• Brazil was discovered on April 22, 1500.
• On December 25 we celebrate Chirstmas.
• When is your birthday? It’s on...(Month,Day)
• When were you born? I was born on (Month,
Day, Year)

10. Ranking And building floor
• My girlfriend lives on the 9th floor.
• Rafael Nadal is the 1st at the ATP ranking.
• They live on the 5th Avenue in New York.
Century (a period of 100 years)
• We have seen much innovation in the 21st
century.
• Leonardo Da Vinci lived in the fifteenth century
AD.

11. We use cardinal numbers to name
the years.
Year (a period of 365 days)
1500 – Fifteen hundred (00 – hundred)
1979 – Nineteen seventy-nine
1909 – Nineteen Oh nine.
2003 – Two thousand three.
• Next year is twenty-ten (2010)
• Brazil will host the 2014 World Cup.