Ordnungszahlen

Übung 1

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1.) Translate the ordinal numbers.

Englisch German

1st erste_________________

2nd _____________________

3rd _____________________

4th _____________________

5th _____________________

6th _____________________

7th _____________________

8th _____________________

9th _____________________

10th _____________________

Englisch German

12th zwölfte__________________________

20th ________________________________

17th ________________________________

30th ________________________________

22nd ________________________________

27th ________________________________

14th ________________________________

24th ________________________________

31st ________________________________

13 th ________________________________

2.) Translate the ordinal numbers. Add the correct ending. To make it a bit easier I gave

you gender and case of the nouns.

sentence translation

1.) Martin geht in die zehnte (tenth) Klasse. (f, acc.) Martin attends the 10th class.

2.) Sie gibt ihm eine _____________ (second) Chance. (f, acc.) She gives him a 2nd chance.

3.) Wir wohnen in der _____________ (third) Etage. (f, dat.) We live on the 3rd floor.

4.) Tom hat am _____________ (fifth) Mai (m, dat.) Geburtstag. Tom’s b-day is on the 5th of May.

5.) Joy sah Jack zum _____________ (first) mal (n, dat.) in echt. Joy saw Jack for the 1st time in real.

6.) Sie hat den _____________ (seventh) Sinn. (m, acc.) She has got the 7th sense.

7.) Wir feiern heute Papas _____________________________

(sixtieth) Geburtstag. (m, acc.)

We are celebrating dad’s 60th birthday

today.

8.) Der Toyota ist mein _____________ (fourth) Auto. (n, nom.) The Toyota is my 4th car.

9.) Er wurde am ______________________________________

(twenty-third) April (m, dat.) geboren. He was born on the 23rd of April.

10.) Ich liebe das Mädchen aus der _________________________

(eighteenth) Straße. (f, dat.) I love the girl living in the 18th street.

Ordnungszahlen

Übung 1

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3.) Translate the ordinal numbers. Add the correct ending. This time you have to decide

alone about case and gender of the nouns.

remember that often the article tells you already a lot which gender and case it might be.

sentence translation

1.) Ich schaue mir das zweite (second) Programm an. I’m watching the 2nd channel.

2.) Sie braucht _________________ (first) Hilfe. She needs 1st aid.

3.) Cathy besucht das _________________ (third) Semester. Cathy attends the 3rd semester.

4.) Ich wurde am __________________________ (fourteenth)

Dezember geboren. I was born on the 14th of December.

5.) Die Äpfel sind nur _________________ (second) Wahl. The apples are just 2nd quality.

6.) Fr. Fischer spielt jede ____________ (fourth) Woche Karten. Mrs Fischer plays cards every 4th week.

7.) Familie Müller wohnt in der ________________________

(eleventh) Etage. Family Müller lives on the 11th floor.

8.) Das ist schon die ________________________ (eighth)

Hausarbeit (f) in diesem Semester.

That’s already the 8th assignment in

this semester.

9.) Mercedes ist __________________ (first) Klasse. Mercedes is 1st class.

10.) Jedes __________________ (tenth) Jahr treffen wir uns. We meet every 10th year.

11.) Sie ist an der ____________________ (seventh) Stelle. She is at the 7th position.

12.) Ich kaufte mir die ____________________ (ninth) Folge von

Star Gate. I bought the 9th episode of Star Gate.

13.) Der __________________________________ (thirty-first)

ist der letzte Tag des Monats Januar.

The 31st is the last day of the month

January.

14.) Was ist das ____________________ (tenth) Gebot? What’s the 10th commandment?

15.) Morgen beginnt die _______________________ (twentieth)

Olympiade (f).

Tomorrow starts the 20th Olympic

Games.

16.) Tom wurde am __________________ (fifth) Mai geboren. Tom was born on the 5th of May.

17.) Ich möchte gerne den__________________ (sixth) Teil des

Films sehen.

I would like to watch the 6th part of the

movie.

18.) Sonntag ist der ____________________ (seventh) Tag der

Woche. Sunday is the 7th day of the week.

19.) Pluto ist der ____________________ (ninth) Planet. Pluto is the 9th planet.

20.) Tom möchte eine __________________ (third) Portion. Tom would like a 3rd helping.