Ordinals

We use ordinal numbers to talk about the "order" of things or persons.

We use ordinal numbers to talk about the "order" of things or persons.

Most ordinals are created by putting ‘th’ behind the number.

We use ordinal numbers to talk about the "order" of things or persons.

Most ordinals are created by putting ‘th’ behind the number.

fourth tenth eighteenth twenty-sixth 4th 10th 18th 26th

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first1st

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second2nd

first1st

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second2nd

first1st

third3rd

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fifth 5th

second2nd

first1st

third3rd

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fifth eighth 5th 8th

second2nd

first1st

third3rd

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fifth eighth ninth 5th 8th 9th

second2nd

first1st

third3rd

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fifth eighth ninth twelfth 5th 8th 9th 12th

second2nd

first1st

third3rd

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fifth eighth ninth twelfth twentieth 5th 8th 9th 12th 20th

second2nd

first1st

third3rd

first 1stsecond 2nd third 3rdfourth 4thfifth 5thsixth 6thseventh 7theighth 8th ninth 9th tenth 10th

first 1st eleventh 11thsecond 2nd twelfth 12th third 3rd thirteenth 13thfourth 4th fourteenth 14thfifth 5th fifteenth 15thsixth 6th sixteenth 16thseventh 7th seventeenth 17theighth 8th eighteenth 18thninth 9th nineteenth 19thtenth 10th twentieth 20th

first 1st eleventh 11th twenty-first 21stsecond 2nd twelfth 12th etc. third 3rd thirteenth 13thfourth 4th fourteenth 14thfifth 5th fifteenth 15thsixth 6th sixteenth 16thseventh 7th seventeenth 17theighth 8th eighteenth 18thninth 9th nineteenth 19thtenth 10th twentieth 20th

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