6 Minute Vocabulary - Ordinal numbers

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While you listen , try to answer this question . What date was his party ? Here's Laurence . For my 18th birthday last year , I invited about 60 friends and relatives . It was on the 25th of May and it was the first time that I ever had a big party . It was in a restaurant on the third floor of a hotel . The food was really delicious . And I won second prize in the dancing competition . So we asked you what date was Lawrence's birthday party ? And the answer is the 25th of May . That's right . Now , the 25th is an ordinal number like the first and the second ordinal numbers . Tell us the position of something in a group , the dates in a month , for example , or which birthday it is . said it was his 18th birthday . Yes , he did . Lucky him . And ordinal numbers are different to cardinal numbers . We use cardinal numbers like one , two , three , four , counting . And to answer the question , how many and to make a cardinal number into an ordinal number at the letters t h to the end of the cardinal number 18 18th . Sixty sixtieth , and that works for all the cardinal numbers , except for first , second and third , they're irregular , but for all the others , it's at T8 . So that's fourth , fifth , sixth , seventh , eighth , ninth , 10th . So that's good . But in writing , we do have a couple of irregular spellings , such as fifth f i f t h eighth e i g h t h ninth and i n t h twelfth t w e l ftth and four nos ending in y like sixty . Drop the Y and add ihi and t h to make sixtieth . S i x t i e t h . Now let's look more closely at Dade's listen for the date in this clip . It was on the 25th of May , and it was the first time that I ever had a big party . The 25th of May , when we say the day before the month , we always use the words the and of the 25th of May , but when we say the month before the day , we don't use the word of it's just May the 25th . We often use the word there with ordinal numbers , but we can also use possessives . In this next clip , Lawrence uses the possessive adjective My before . For my 18th birthday last year , I invited about 60 friends and relatives . Let's have another clip . It was in a restaurant on the third floor of a hotel . The food was really delicious and I won second prize in the dancing competition . So now we have two more ways of using ordinal numbers , space and quality . Yes , we do . And the third floor tells us about the position of the floors in space . It's the same as when we give directions . For example , take the second left after the traffic lights and second prize tells us about the quality . And a point to make here is that ordinal numbers can be used as adjectives and adverbs without the like in the phrase he won second prize . Second is an adjective six minutes vocabulary from BBC Learning English . And now it's quiz time . Number one , which of these is correct , the parties on a 30th of July be the 30th of July , see the 30th of July and it's the 30th of July . Great . Now , number two , which word in this list is wrong ? First , second , third , fourth fifth . And the answers , it should be for is it should number three , which of these is correct , my 21st birthday be my the 21st birthday , see the my 21st birthday . And the answer is a my 21st birthday . Well done if you got them right . But before we go , here's a vocabulary tip . Try saying your own important and memorable dates in English , for example , birthdays , anniversaries and festivals . If the dates are important , you're more likely to remember the English . 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