numbers and dates

cardinal numbers

0	zero (graden), nought (na decimaal teken), nil (voetbal- of rugbystand), O (bij reeksen nummers), love (tennis)
1	one	11	eleven	21	twenty–one	31	thirty–one
2	two	12	twelve	22	twenty–two	31	thirty–two
3	three	13	thirteen	23	twenty–three	33	thirty–three
4	four	14	fourteen	24	twenty–four	40	forty
5	five	15	fifteen	25	twenty–five	50	fifty
6	six	16	sixteen	26	twenty–six	60	sixty
7	seven	17	seventeen	27	twenty–seven	70	seventy
8	eight	18	eighteen	28	twenty–eight	80	eighty
9	nine	19	nineteen	29	twenty–nine	90	ninety
10	ten	20	twenty	30	thirty	100	a/one hundred
						1,000	a/one thousand
						1,000,000	a/one million

• numbers composed of three or more figures are preceded by and before tens (10, 20, 30 etc) or units (1,2,3 etc)
  231 = two hundred and thirty-one
  401 = four hundred and one
• English uses a period (.) to indicate decimals and a comma (,) to indicate groups of thousands.
  25.6 (twenty-five point six)
  1,001 (one thousand and one)
• take note of the hyphen between the tens (10, 20, 30 etc) and units (1,2,3, etc)
  twenty–eight

ordinal numbers

1st	first	11th	eleventh	21st	twenty–first	31st	thirty–first
2nd	second	12th	twelfth	22nd	twenty–second	32nd	thirty–second
3rd	third	13th	thirteenth	23rd	twenty–third	33rd	thirty–third etc.
4th	fourth	14th	fourteenth	24th	twenty–fourth	40th	fortieth
5th	fifth	15th	fifteenth	25th	twenty–fifth	50th	fiftieth
6th	sixth	16th	sixteenth	26th	twenty–sixth	60th	sixtieth
7th	seventh	17th	seventeenth	27th	twenty–seventh	70th	seventieth
8th	eighth	18th	eighteenth	28th	twenty–eighth	80th	eightieth
9th	ninth	19th	nineteenth	29th	twenty–ninth	90th	ninetieth
10th	tenth	20th	twentieth	30th	thirtieth	100th	hundredth
						1,000th	thousandth
						1,000,000th	millionth

dates

days of the week	Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
months of the year	January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

• days of the week and months of the year are written with capital letters in English

how to write the date

May 28, 2020	28 May 2020
May 28th, 2020	28th May 2020

how to say the date

May the twenty-eighth two thousand and twenty

the twenty-eighth of May two thousand and twenty

 

exercises

cardinal numbers 1-100

• exercise 1: write the cardinal numbers in numerals (1, 10, 100, etc)
• exercise 2: write the cardinal numbers 1-30 as words  
• exercise 3: write the cardinal numbers 1-20 and the multiples of ten (10, 20, 30, etc.) as words  
• exercise 4: fill in the cardinal numbers 1-12 as words 
• exercise 5: write the cardinal numbers 10-100 as words 
• exercise 6: game: recognize the written cardinal numbers 1-100

cardinal numbers 1-1000000

• exercise 1: write the cardinal numbers in full 1-1000000 as words

ordinal numbers (first, second, etc)

• exercise 1: write the ordinal numbers in full 1-7
• exercise 2: various exercises for practising the ordinal numbers 1-10
• exercise 3: write the ordinal numbers in full  1-20
• exercise 4: write the ordinal numbers in full  1-40
• exercise 5: write the ordinal numbers in full  1-1000000

dates

• exercise 1: choose the correct  day and date (with explanations of answers)
• exercise 2: write the date in full (ordinal number and month)
• exercise 3: listen to the audio and choose the correct date
• exercise 4: fill in the correct words in the dates
• exercise 5: write the date in full

useful page

• exercises for practising telling the time in English