#82 - Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers - English Grammar

Cardinal numbers refer to the number of or quantity of something. Ordinal numbers refer to the numeral positions of something.

Cardinal Numbers

Cardinal numbers refer to the number of or quantity of something.

One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Twenty-one
Thirty-five
Sixty-eight
Etc.

I have one dog.
I need two pencils.
We have three cars.
I leave in four days.
There are thirty students in this class.
I have one hundred pennies in my piggy bank.
We drove one thousand miles across the country.
I wish I had one million dollars.

Ordinal Numbers

Ordinal numbers refer to the numeral positions of something.

First
Second
Third
Fourth
Fifth
Sixth
Seventh
Eighth
Ninth
Tenth
Twenty-first
Thirty-fifth
Sixty-eighth
Etc.

She came in first place in the competition.
This is my third time in Hawaii.
He is the seventh grandchild.
For the tenth time, please turn off the lights.
My grandparents are celebrating their fiftieth wedding anniversary.