Функции числительного в предложении

Функции

Примеры

Перевод

1. Подлежащее

Five came to the party.

Пятеро пришли на вечеринку.

2. Дополнение

There were four apples in the fridge. I took three.

В холодильнике было четыре яблока, я взял три.

3. Определение

The secondstory was even more interesting.

Вторая история была даже более интересной.

4. Именная часть составного сказуемого

Seven times four is twenty eight.

Семь на четыре – двадцать восемь.

Exercise 1.

Write the numbers. Practice saying them.

Exercise 2.

Write ordinal numerals from the given cardinal ones.

Exercise 3.

Choose the correct number.

564

five hundred sixty and four/five hundred and sixty-four

6⁴

six is raised to the forth power/ six forth

0.7

oh seven/nought point seven

9205

nine thousand two hundred and five/nine point two nought five

8.46

eight point four six/eight point forty-six

4 ¼

a fourth/four and a quarter

6 ½

six halves/six and a half

⅜

three eighths/three eighth

1700

one thousand seven hundred/one thousand and seven hundred

0.03

nought point and three/nought point nought three

Exercise 4.

Complete the numbers. Practice reading them.

0.7

nought ____ seven

4.5

____ ____ ____

0.07

____ ____ ____ ____

½

a ____

⅓

a ____

⅝

____ ____

5¼

____ ____ ____

6⁸

____ ____ to the ____ ____

Exercise 5.

Read the following:

Dates:

December 21, 1700;

Phrases:

exercise 7;

July 3, 1906;

page 115;

May 9, 1945;

bus 25;

January 12, 1995;

room 407;

April 30, 2008;

text 2;

February 10, 2018.

tram 5;

Telephone numbers:

232-88-04;

chapter 8;

227-05-34;

line 10;

144-18-20;

box 547.

357-11-44;

305-99-33.

Exercise 6.

Complete the titles of some popular films.

1.

“Первый рыцарь”

“____ Knight”

2.

“Шестое чувство”

“The____Sense”

3.

“Седьмой крест”

“The ____ Cross”

4.

“Тринадцатый воин”

“The ____ Warrior”

5.

“Девятые врата”

“The____Gate”

6.

“Пятый элемент”

“The ____ Element”

7.

“Восьмая жена Синей Бороды”

“Bluebeard’s ____ Wife”

8.

“Клуб первых жен”

“The____WivesClub”

9.

“Рожденный 4 июля”

“Born on the ____ of July”

Exercise 7.

Use the correct form of the numeral in brackets.

1.

There are ____ (12) students in our group.

2.

It was his ____ (2) visit to the doctor.

3.

It’s ____ (7) o’clock already.

4.

It’s ____ (3) of November today.

5.

Read text (4).

6.

Find ____ (8) sentence.

7.

Peter is ____ (18) today.

8.

It is their ____ (25) wedding anniversary.

9.

____ (10) years passed quickly.

10.

They got flat ____ (24) on ____ (6) floor in house number ____ (13).

11.

My birthday is on ____ (21) of September.

12.

Open your books at page ____ (56).

13.

I usually take Bus Number ____ (11).

14.

He left theatre at the end of ____ (3) act.

15.

____ (210) children were examined by the doctor.

Exercise 8.

Correct the mistakes.

1.

I usually go to the university by bus seventeenth.

2.

The radio said that there were more than ten thousands people taking part in the meeting.

3.

There are three hundred seventeen pages in this book.

4.

My birthday is on the twenty-two of May.

5.

There are sixty minutes in two hours.

6.

Her telephone number is five nine three five nought double one.

7.

Helen was born in nineteen ninety-first.

8.

Three fifth of the copies should be left in the office.

9.

Hundred of people gathered at the stadium.

10.

It’s five degrees below nil now.

Exercise 9.

Answer these questions Write your answers in words.

1.

When were you born?

2.

How much do you weigh?

3.

What is the number of the flat and the house where you live?

4.

What is the approximate population of your town?

5.

What is the approximate population of your country?

6.

What is the normal temperature of a healthy person?

7.

How many kilometers are there in a mile?

8.

How many years are there in a millennium?