Ordinal Numbers
We use ordinal numbers to talk about the "order" of things or to define a thing's position in a series.
first | 1st |
second | 2nd |
third | 3rd |
fourth | 4th |
fifth | 5th |
sixth | 6th |
seventh | 7th |
eighth | 8th |
ninth | 9th |
tenth | 10th |
eleventh | 11th |
twelfth | 12th |
thirteenth | 13th |
fourteenth | 14th |
fifteenth | 15th |
sixteenth | 16th |
seventeenth | 17th |
eighteenth | 18th |
nineteenth | 19th |
twentieth | 20th |
twenty-first | 21st |
twenty-second | 22nd |
twenty-third | 23rd |
twenty-fourth | 24th |
thirtieth | 30th |
thirty-first | 31st |
fortieth | 40th |
fiftieth | 50th |
sixtieth | 60th |
seventieth | 70th |
eightieth | 80th |
ninetieth | 90th |
hundredth | 100th |
hundred and first | 101st |
hundred and fifty-second | 152nd |
two hundredth | 200th |
thousandth | 1,000th |
millionth | 1,000,000th |
billionth | 1,000,000,000th |
trillionth | 1,000,000,000,000th |
Transcript:
Well I placed a bet on a horse
and I hoped it would win
I was glued to the television
watching the racing
But it wasn't 1st (first) or 2nd (second)
3rd (third) or 4th (fourth)
5th (fifth), 6th (sixth)
7th (seventh) of course
8th (eighth)
9th (ninth)
10th (tenth)
11th (eleventh)
12th (twelfth)
13th (thirteenth)
14th (fourteenth)
15th (fifteenth)
or 16th (sixteenth)
17th (seventeenth)
18th (eighteenth)
19th (nineteenth)
20th (twentieth)
21st (twenty-first)
22nd (twenty-second)
23rd (twenty-third)
24th (twenty-fourth)
25th (twenty-fifth)
26th (twenty-sixth)
27th (twenty-seventh)
28th (twenty-eighth)
29th (twenty-ninth)
30th (thirtieth)
Not even 31st (thirty-first)!
Nowhere to be seen
32nd (thirty-second)
33rd (thirty-third)
34th (thirty-fourth)
35th (thirty-fifth)
36th (thirty-sixth)
37th (thirty-seventh)
38th (thirty-eighth)
39th (thirty-ninth)
40th (fortieth)
Uh huh...
I'll carry on counting
41st (forty-first)
42nd (forty-second)
43rd (forty-third)
44th (forty-fourth)
45th (forty-fifth)
46th (forty-sixth)
47th (forty-seventh)
48th (forty-eighth)
49th (forty-ninth)
50th (fiftieth)
Nowhere to be seen
60th (sixtieth)
70th (seventieth)
80th (eightieth)
90th (ninetieth)
100th (hundredth)
101st (hundred and first)
No, I came in last
152nd (hundred and fifty-second)
What a donkey!