Преподаватель английского языка: JenniferESL
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—        Natasha, to talk about days we don’t say one, two, three, twenty-nine. We say first, second, third… twenty-ninth. They’re different numbers, right? So when we talk about dates, we use different numbers. We say first (1^st), second (2^nd), third (3^rd). Do you know these numbers? (Когда мы говорим о датах, мы употребляем не one, а first и так далее).

—        Yes.

—        Oh, you do. Good.  So soon it will be March first, March second, March third and so on. Let’s practice these numbers. Okay? When we learn dates, when we talk about dates, we need to say these numbers. Let’s practice. Listen and repeat.

1^st  – first

2^nd  – second

3^rd  – third

4^th  – fourth

5^th  – fifth

So you see 5? We change the V to an F. (В этом слове буква V меняется на букву F).

6 – sixth

7 – seventh

8 – eighth

9 – ninth

You see? We lost the E. When we say nine, we spell n-i-n-e. Ninth – we do not have an E. (Буква Е выпадает).

10^th  – tenth

11^th  – eleventh

12^th  – twelfth

Here and here. We don’t have a V. We have an F.

13^th  – thirteenth

For all the -teens, we just add the TH: thirteenth, forteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth. Twentieth – instead of a Y we have an I. The Y changes to an I: twentieth. And the same thing will happen for 30, 40, 50 … on up to 90. So listen: twentieth, thirtieth… For dates we only go up to 30. We might have March 30 (thirtieth), March 31 (thirty-first), for example. We might have March 22 (twenty-second), April 23 (twenty-third). So you can combine “twenty” with these numbers. But let’s practice from 20 to 90, because those numbers have this ending: IETH. Let’s do 20 to 90. Listen: twentieth, thirtieth, fortieth, fiftieth, sixtieth, seventieth, eightieth, ninetieth. (Обратите внимание на произношения окончания этих числительных).

Упражнение

Заполните предложения порядковыми числительными. Для самопроверки послушайте правильный ответ.

1. The man in red is first. The man in green is __.
2. The blue car isn’t first. It’s __.
3. The woman in the yellow dress is first in line. The woman in the orange dress is __.
4. Today is their __ anniversary.
5. Today is his __ birthday.
6. The woman is 39 years old today. It’s her __ birthday.