Именем числительным называется часть речи, которая обозначает количество или порядок предметов.
Имена числительные делятся на количественные (Cardinal Numerals) и порядковые (Ordinal Numerals).
Количественные числительные обозначают количество предметов и отвечают на вопрос how many? сколько? Например: one один, two два, three три и т. д.
Порядковые числительные обозначают порядок предметов и отвечают на вопрос which? который? Например: first первый, second второй, third третий и т. д.
1.2 - 30 March 1995 – the thirtieth of March or March the thirtieth, nineteen ninety-five - 16.06.1900 – the sixteenth of June or June the sixteenth, nineteen hundred - 2006 – two thousand and six or twenty or six
1.3 Fractional numbers
1/3 - third 1 / 2 – a (one) half 2/3 – two thirds ¼ - a (one) quarter, a (one) fourth 5/6 – five sixth 2/3 – two thirds or two over three
0.1 – zero point one (AmE) 0.1 – nought point one or point one 0.01 – nought point nought one or point nought one 2.35 – two point three five 52.35 – five two (fifty two) point three five
1.5 Telling the time - What is the time? What time is it? ▪ 10 a.m. – it is ten a.m. ▪ 10.15 – it’s a quarter past ten. ▪ 6.30 – it’s six thirty or half past six. ▪ 7 p.m. – it is seven p.m. ▪ 8.45. – it’s a quarter to nine. ▪ 4.30 – it’s four thirty or half four. ▪ 3.10 – it’s ten past three a.m. – ante meridiem – түскедейін p.m. – post meridiem – түстенкейін
1.6 Money British money ▪1 ₤ - one pound ▪ 5.20 – five ponds twenty ▪ 40p – forty pence ▪ 1 p – one penny American money ▪ $ 1 – one dollar ▪ 1 c – one cent ▪ $ 9.50 – nine dollars fifty European money ▪ 1 € - one euro ▪ 0.50 € - fifty cents ▪ 6.50 € - six euros fifty
1.7 Telephone numbers For example:
▪ 50 44 38 65 33 – five oh double four three eight six five double three
Exercise 2. Put the words in necessary form: 1. He had to sign his name five ______ times. (hundred)
2. Wee export 40 ______ tons a year. (million)
3. I just need to borrow a few ______ pounds. (hundred)
4. I’ve told you ______ times. (million)
5. _______ refugees are flooding into the (million)
6. …. people were killed during the War II. country. (thousand)
7. Could I have two _____ eggs? (dozen)
8. News agency gets ______ reports every day. (hundred)
9. A small town only 55 ______ people in it. (thousand)
10. Claire earns 15 _____ pounds a year as a teacher. (thousand)
Exercise 3. Give the dates in written form.
1. 15 May 1964 - _______________
2. 9 March 1973 - _____________
3. December 7, 2005 - _______________
4. July 11, 1982 - ________________
5. November 10, 2000 - _______________
6. 27.05.1998 - _________________
7. 03.07.2007 - ___________________
8. 28.10.1999 - ____________________
9. 04.08.1974 - _____________________
10. 05.02.1950 - ___________________