Numerals (числівники)

Numerals are divided into cardinal (кількісні: one, two, ten) i ordinal (порядкові: the first, the second).

Cardinals (кількісні числівники)

1-12	13-19	20-99	100 i далі
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 22 twenty-two 30 thirty 33 thirty-three 40 forty 44 forty-four 55 fifty-five 61 sixty-one 76 seventy-six 88 eighty-eight 90 ninety 99 ninety-nine	100 a (one) hundred 101a (one) hundred and one 200 two hundred 225 two hundred and twenty-five 307 three hundred and seven 1,000 a (one) thousand 1,004 a (one) thousand and four 3,333 three thousand three hundred and thirty-three 25,702 twenty five thousand seven hundred and two 100,000 a (one) hundred thousand 1,000,000 a (one) million

• Числівники hundred, thousand, million вживаються з числівником one або з артик­лем а: e.g. one hundred (a hundred)

• У сполученні з іншими числівниками слова hundred, thousand, million не мають форми множини: e.g. three hundred, two million, five thousand,

• Розряди тисяч i мільйонів відокремлюються комою: e.g. 6,541; 202,035; 4,678,000.

Ordinals (порядкові числівники)

Порядкові числівники утворюються від відповідних кількісних числівників додаванням суфікса –th та означеного артикля the перед числівником:

Exceptions	4-12	13-19	20-99	100 i <
one – first two – second three – third	4th - fourth 5th - fifth 8th - eighth 9th - ninth 12th – twelfth	13th - thirteenth 14th - fourteenth 16th - fifteenth 18th - eighteenth 19th - nineteenth	20th - twentieth 24th - twenty-fourth 40th - fortieth 90th - ninetieth 99th - ninety-ninth	100th - hundredth 200th - two hundredth 376th - three hundred and seventy-fifth 5,000th - five thousandth

NOTE:

• деякі числівники, перетворюючись у порядкові, змінюють свою форму: e.g. Five – fifth, eight— eighth, nine — ninth, twelve — twelfth;

• порядкові числівники, що означають десятки, змінюють кінцевий -у на -іе:e.g. twenty — twentieth, sixty — sixtieth;

• у складених порядкових числівниках лише останнй розряд виражаеться порядковим числівником:

• e.g. 6,541 — six thousand five hundred and forty-first

• дати виражаються порядковими числівниками: e.g. She was barn on the tenth of May.

• роки читаються таким чином: e.g. 1900 - nineteen hundred; 1908 - nineteen eight (nineteen hundred and eight); 1925- nineteen twenty-five (nineteen hundred and twenty-five);

• слово year після числівника не вживається, але іноді може ставитись перед ним: e.g. In the year nineteen ninety-eight.

3. Supply the missing words from the box.

stand conveniences gas ground floor kitchen

running water sitting room overlook home central

move to back sky-scrapers cottage heating

housewarming electricity staircase first floor mat

A building may be one-, two-, and three-storied or even higher. There are many multi-storeyed houses in Kyiv. American multi-storeyed buildings are called _______ . Our first floor is usually called the________in England, and our second floor corresponds to the English________. The Americans call the floors the same as we do: first, second, etc.

The house we live in is our________, or, in more official speech, our residence or dwelling. The place that we stay in when we go to the country in summer is called a _______. The windows of the house you live in may face the sea, a river, a square or street; it may________south, north, west or east. When people________a new flat or house they usually have a ________ party. Most of the flats nowadays have all_______ such as telephone,______, ______, ________and_______. There is always another entrance, too, leading into the house from the yard – the________door. The _________ leads to the upper floors.

We enter a flat. We wipe our feet on the door ________ at the door-step and find ourselves in the hall. Its furniture consists of a hall-stand, a small table and a mirror. We take our coats off and hang them on the ________ when we go to the _______, which is the room for general use during the day. Besides this room the flat has bedrooms, a bathroom and a lavatory and a __________ .

4. Read the text and answer the questions which follow.