๐ข Numbers in English
๐ In short
English numbers from 1 to 12 are learned by heart, then there's a nice rule: from 13 to 19 we add -teen, and the tens end in -ty. Listen for the difference between thirteen (13) and thirty (30)!
๐ The lesson
1 From 1 to 12
| Number | In English |
|---|---|
| 1 | one |
| 2 | two |
| 3 | three |
| 4 | four |
| 5 | five |
| 6 | six |
| 7 | seven |
| 8 | eight |
| 9 | nine |
| 10 | ten |
| 11 | eleven |
| 12 | twelve |
2 teen: from 13 to 19
| Number | In English |
|---|---|
| 13 | thirteen |
| 14 | fourteen |
| 15 | fifteen |
| 16 | sixteen |
| 17 | seventeen |
| 18 | eighteen |
| 19 | nineteen |
3 ty: the tens
After the tens we use a hyphen: twenty-one, forty-five.
| Number | In English |
|---|---|
| 20 | twenty |
| 30 | thirty |
| 40 | forty |
| 50 | fifty |
| 60 | sixty |
| 70 | seventy |
| 80 | eighty |
| 90 | ninety |
| 100 | one hundred |
4 Order
To say โfirstโ and โsecondโ we use special words, written short like this: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th.
- first, second, thirdFirst, second, third
- fourth, fifthFourth, fifth
๐ก Watch out!
- forty (40) is spelled without a u, even though four (4) has one!
๐งฉ Test yourself
1 How do we write 15?
2 Which number is thirty?
3 How do we write 40?
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