NOUN

PRONOUN NUMERAL

Notional
Parts of
speech

VERB ADVERB

ADJECTIVE
A is a class of words
denoting numbers.
are used to refer to a size of a group
(one, two, ...)

are used to refer to a position in a

sequence or order (first, second, ...)

are used to express how many times

something happened or exists (once,
twice, ...)
 CARDINAL ORDINAL MULTIPLICATIVE

1 one 1st first once

2 two 2nd second twice

3 three 3rd third three times / thrice

4 four 4th fourth four times

5 five 5th fifth (× five) five times

6 six 6th sixth six times

7 seven 7th seventh seven times

8 eight 8th eighth eight times

9 nine 9th ninth (× nine) nine times

10 ten 10th tenth ten times

 CARDINAL ORDINAL MULTIPLICATIVE
21 twenty-one 21st twenty-first twenty-one times
22 twenty-two 22nd twenty-second twenty-two times
23 twenty-three 23rd twenty-third twenty-three times
24 twenty-four 24th twenty-fourth twenty-four times
... ... ...
30 thirty (× three) 30th thirtieth (× thirty) thirty times
... ... ...
35 thirty-five 35th thirty-fifth thirty-five times
40 forty (× four) 40th fortieth (× forty) forty times
50 fifity (× five) 50th fiftieth (× fifty) fifty times
60 sixty 60th sixtieth (× sixty) sixty times
70 seventy 70th seventieth (× seventy) seventy times
80 eighty (× eight) 80th eightieth (× eighty) eighty times
90 ninety 90th ninetieth (× ninety) ninety times
100 a/one hundred 100th a/one hundredth a/one hundred times
 CARDINAL ORDINAL MULTIPLICATIVE

11 eleven 11th eleventh eleven times

12 twelve 12th twelfth (× twelve) twelve times

13 thirteen (× three) 13th thirteenth thirteen times

14 fourteen 14th fourteenth fourteen times

15 fifteen (× five) 15th fifteenth fifteen times

16 sixteen 16th sixteenth sixteen times

17 seventeen 17th seventeenth seventeen times

18 eighteen (× eight) 18th eighteenth eighteen times

19 nineteen 19th nineteenth nineteen times

20 twenty 10th twentieth (× twenty) twenty times

 SIMPLE
• 1-12, 100, 1000,
10000

CARDINAL
DERIVED • 13-19
NUMERALS

COMPOSITE • 21-29, 31-39,…

 The numerals from 13 to 19 are
formed by adding the suffix -teen to
the corresponding number of units.
They have two stresses: on the first
syllable and on the suffix. When
followed by a stressed syllable they
lose the stress on the suffix. When
preceded by a stressed syllable, they
lose the stress on the root.
 The cardinal numerals
indicating tense are formed
by adding the suffix –ty to
the corresponding number
of units. They have the tress
on the first syllable.
 The numerals consisting of tens
and units are spelt with a hyphen.

21  twenty-one

In the composite numerals

denoting numbers greater than
100 the conjunction and is used
before the tens (or before the
units if there are no tens).

235  two hundred and thirty-five

 When the numerals hundred,
thousand, million are preceded by
another numeral, they have no
plural ending -s.

8,000  eight thousand

When they are not preceded by

other numerals, they turn into
nouns. In this case they take the
plural ending -s and are followed by
a noun with the preposition of.

hundreds of students
• There are several names for the number
0 in English:
'nought' in British English
'zero' in mathematics and for
temperature
'oh' in telephone and decimal
numbers
'nil' in sport results
'love' in tennis
 Example:
16.257
integer part fractional part
decimal point
(the part to (the part from
(the decimal
the left of the the decimal
separator)
decimal separator to the
separator) right)

the integer part is read as a whole number

the decimal point is pronounced 'point'
in the fractional part the numbers are read one by
one
This example: sixteen point two five seven.
Example:
7 / 12
numerator line or slash denominator

The numerator is read as an cardinal number and the denominator as an

ordinal number:
1 / 3 one third; 1 / 5 one fifth; 1 / 10 one tenth
If the numerator is different from one, the ordinal number is in plural:
2 / 3 two thirds; 3 / 5 three fifths; 7 / 10 seven tenths
Irregular fractions:
1 / 2 one half; 1 / 4 one qurter
Large fractions: are read numerator over denominator (where both
numerator and denominator are read as cardinal).
13 / 75 thirteen over seventy-five
Percentages are usually denoted by the
percent sign (%) or the abbreviation pct.
In British English percent is sometimes written
as two words (per cent); in American English
it is usually one word.
The word is always singular; the stress is on
cent: per'cent.
1 % one percent
5 % five percent
10.2 % ten point two percent.
 Numerals function as nouns and adjectives. In a
sentence, a numeral can serve as a subject, attribute,
object, predicative complement, or adverbial modifier.

•Ten students took part in the competition. Three of them

received awards.
•Twenty cars were sold on the first day. Five of them were sports
cars.
•There are 135 employees in this company. We talked to 45 of
them..
•How many cakes did you buy? – I bought five. I ate two.
•Two plus four is six. Three times three is nine.
•How old is your grandfather? – He is 72. He was born in 1940.