General English Level 1 GELEV1 Unit 01 Topic 02.doc Ordinal Numbers Tom says: And the date today is the third of February 2001. The third is an ordinal number. Ordinal numbers are numbers which show position: first (1 st ), second (2 nd ), third (3 rd ), fourth (4 th ) …. Examples 1. I live on the sixth floor. 2. It is my grandmother’s seventieth birthday today. 1 one first 2 two second 3 three third 4 four fourth 5 five fifth 6 six sixth 7 seven seventh 8 eight eighth 9 nine ninth 10 ten tenth 11 eleven eleventh 12 twelve twelfth 13 thirteen thirteenth 14 fourteen fourteenth 15 fifteen fifteenth 16 sixteen sixteenth 17 seventeen seventeenth 18 eighteen eighteenth 19 nineteen nineteenth 20 twenty twentieth 21 twenty-one twenty-first 22 twenty-two twenty-second 30 thirty thirtieth 40 forty fortieth 50 fifty fiftieth 60 sixty sixtieth 70 seventy seventieth 80 eighty eightieth 90 ninety ninetieth 100 one hundred one hundredth 102 one hundred and two one hundred and second 23 QUESTLANGUAGE