THE NUMERALS Numerals is a part of speech

THE NUMERALS Numerals is a part of speech that defines the number or the order of items.

Cardinal Numerals show the number of certain items. • • They correspond to the interrogative word “How many? ” two books

Numerals divided to : • Simple numerals (1 -12), • Derivative numerals (13 -19) • Composite numerals (for example: 21, 67, 147)

Simple Numerals • • • 1 one 2 two 3 three 4 four 5 five 6 six • • • 7 seven 8 eight 9 nine 10 ten 11 eleven 12 twelve В А С K

Derivative Numerals Formed with suffix : teen • • 13 thirteen 14 fourteen 15 fifteen 16 sixteen 17 seventeen 18 eighteen 19 nineteen

Composite numerals formed with suffix: ty • 20 twenty • 30 thirty • 40 forty • 50 fifty • 60 sixty • 70 seventy • 80 eighty • 90 ninety

Ordinal Numerals formed with suffix : th four -(the) fourth eighteen -(the) eighteenth

Exclusion Numbers: one, two, three: • one -(the) first / 1 st • two -(the) second / 2 nd • three -(the) third / 3 d

Remember : • five -(the) fifth • eight -(the) eighth • nine -(the) ninth • twelve -(the) twelfth

Dates and Years • • • 1812 -eighteen twelve 1900 -nineteen hundred 2007 -two thousand (and) seven 2014 -twenty fourteen 25 th July, 1976 -the twenty-fifth of B July, nineteen seventy-six A C K