1- Creating my ideal city
Hello! I’m Alina. My dream city would have at least ten cinemas! I love watching movies and the atmosphere of these places is very unique, that’s why I like going to the movies so much. Just recently, the first cinema in my current city was inaugurated, and I always spend a lot of time there. So, if there are more cinemas everywhere, that would be amazing for me.
Hi, this is Paul. I like the place where I’m currently living in, because it is the second city I’ve lived in that doesn’t have two thousand cars. Therefore, in my ideal city, there would be no cars. Maybe one or two police cars, but nothing else. Imagine living a peaceful life, without all the air and noise pollution that cars bring into the world. Nobody would have respiratory problems, and everyone would be happier.
Hello, my name is Karla. As I love pizza, the perfect city for me would have at least one hundred pizza restaurants. There are less than twelve where I live, so it would be great to have more options to choose from.
Hi! I’m Nico. My ideal city would have eight stadiums, because I love football. Where I live, there are already seven, but I wouldn’t mind the construction of an eighth stadium. Imagine teams playing several matches every day and being able to enjoy these games every day. The city could also have more than three amusement parks since my children love roller coasters.
2- Quantities
Let’s look at the words in bold:
Ten, First, Second, Two thousand, One, Two, One hundred, Twelve, Eight, Seven, Eighth, Three
Numbers express
QUANTITY
Notice the difference!
| Eight | Eighth |
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| Cardinal Number |
Ordinal Number |
A CARDINAL number expresses how many
Example: Eight = Ocho
An ORDINAL number expresses the position or order of something.
Example: Eighth = Octavo
We form ORDINAL numbers adding -th to the corresponding CARDINAL number
For example:
| Four (cuatro) |
Fourth (cuarto) |
Sixteen (dieciséis) |
Sixteenth (decimosexto) |
There are some exceptions when writting the ordinal numbers;
One First (1st)
Two Second (2nd)
Three Third (3rd)
Five Fifth (5th)
Eight Eighth (8th)
Nine Ninth (9th)
Twelve Twelfth (12th)
In compound ordinal numbers you only add the last digit as an ordinal form.
Example: 421st = four hundred and twenty-first
NOT: four hundredth and twentieth -first.
Here’s a complete list of cardinal numbers and their corresponding ordinal numbers:
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CARDINAL |
ORDINAL |
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One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen Sixteen Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen Twenty Twenty-one Twenty-two Twenty-three Twenty-four Twenty-five Twenty-six Twenty-seven Twenty-eight Twenty-nine Thirty 40 Forty 50 Fifty 60 Sixty 70 Seventy 80 Eighty 90 Ninety 100 One hundred 500 Five hundred 1,000 One thousand 1,500 One thousand five hundred 100,000 One hundred thousand 1,000,000 One million |
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 25th Twenty-fifth 26th Twenty-sixth 27th Twenty-seventh 28th Twenty-eighth 29th Twenty-ninth 30th Thirtieth 40th Fortieth 50th Fiftieth 60th Sixtieth 70th Seventieth 80th Eightieth 90th Ninetieth 100th Hundredth 500th Five hundredth 1,000th Thousandth 1,500th One thousand five hundredth 100,000th Hundred thousandth 1,000,000th Millionth |
