Numerals

Ex.1 Study the table. Mind the changes in spelling.

CARDINAL	ORDINAL	CARDINAL	ORDINAL
one two three four five six seven eight nine	first second third fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth ninth	eleven twelve thirteen fourteen fifteen sixteen seventeen eighteen nineteen	eleventh twelfth thirteenth fourteenth fifteenth sixteenth seventeenth eighteenth nineteenth
ten twenty thirty forty fifty sixty seventy eighty ninety hundred thousand	tenth twentieth thirtieth fortieth fiftieth sixtieth seventieth eightieth ninetieth hundredth thousandth	twenty-one twenty-two twenty-three twenty-four twenty-five twenty-six twenty-seven twenty-eight twenty-nine two hundred hundred and one	twenty-first twenty-second twenty-third twenty-fourth twenty-fifth twenty-sixth twenty-seventh twenty-eighth twenty-ninth two hundredth hundred and first

Ex. 2 Pronounce and write the following numbers:

33, 45, 51, 66, 105, 214, 567, 641, 1234, 1100, 1020, 1009, 1 346 123.

Ex. 3 Read the following dates.

1. 1901, 1046, 1534, 1941, 1812, 843 BC, 2003.

2. July 12, January 1, December 25, October 14.

Ex. 4 Fill in the blanks with cardinal or ordinal numerals.

1. ___ books, ___book (5). 2. ___ days, ___ of April (12). 3. ___ sentences, ____ sentence (12). 4. Exercise ___, ___ exercise (4). 5. ____ years, ____ year (8). 6. Room ____, ____ room (20). 7. ____ girl, ____ girl (1). 8. ____ weeks, ____ week (3). 9. ____-storey house, ____ floor (2). 10. Page ____, ____ page (22).

Ex. 5 Fill in the blanks with the proper ordinal numerals.

1. I am a _____ year student. 2. In my _____ year at the University I'll take German. 3. I like to have ice cream for the ____ course. 4. Wednesday is the _____ day of the week. 5. April is the ____ month of the year. 6. Tommy is 6. He had his ____ birthday last week. 7. The ____ of January is a holiday, it's Christmas Day. 8. March ____ is a holiday too. 9. I've done eight exercises, now I'm going to do the ____ one. 10. The flight lasted ten hours. The last ____ hour was the most tiresome. 11. My brother is in the ____ form at school, so he is finishing this year. 12. "The _____ Night" was written by W. Shakespeare.

Ex. 6 Answer the questions using cardinal and ordinal numerals.

1. How many exercises have you done for today? 2. What exercise are you doing now? 3. What is your birth date? 4. What year did you finish school? 5. What time do you leave home for the University? 6. What year are you in at University? 7. Who was your first acquaintance at the University? 8. When do we have Christmas? 9. When do they celebrate Christmas in Great Britain? 10. When does the school year begin? 11. What date is it today? 12. How many days are there in the year? 13. How many letters are there in the Russian alphabet? 14. How many letters are there in the English alphabet? 15. Which is the fifth letter of the English alphabet?

Ex. 7 Translate the following into English.

A. четверть часа, полчаса, половина десятого, четверть двенадцатого, без пяти семь без четверти три, полтора часа;

B. пять метров шириной, два метра длиной, двадцать метров глубиной, рост 1.70 см, рост 5 футов 2 дюйма, 26 дюйма в талии;

C. сто студентов, сотни студентов, тысячи автомобилей, одна тысяча автомобилей, 2 тысячи зрителей, тысячи зрителей, десятки газет, две дюжины газет, сотни автобусов, миллионы людей, 3 миллиарда человек;

D. 1. Дом 92 на этой улице. 2. Третья комната ваша. 3. Мой брат родился 15 мая 1985 года. 4. Он приезжает 19 сентября. 5. Откройте книгу на странице 25. 6. Отсчитайте две страницы и на третьей начинайте писать. 7. Мы сделали упражнение 7 на странице 24. 8. Эта книга стоит 120 рублей. 9. Она встает в половине восьмого. 10. Я буду свободна после шестого урока. 11. Кошка поймала двух мышей. 12. Ее номер телефона – 231 657. 13. Номер ее комнаты в отеле – 503. 14. Ростов был основан в 1749 г. 15. Миллионы людей посмотрели фильм «Гарри Потер».