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                      Ordinal Numbers


                      Ordinal numbers are a kind of number names. They show the positions of
                      things that are placed in a fixed order.


                      Look at the given picture to see the position of each child in the clown show.





                             Tenth            Eighth           Sixth          Fourth          Second


                                    Ninth         Seventh           Fifth          Third               First




















                      Read and understand how to form ordinal numbers beyond 10.


                      Eleven – Eleventh (add th)

                      Twenty – Twentieth (change y to ie and add th)                   You Should Know


                      Twenty-one – Twenty first (change the                         Number 12 is an
                                                                                    exception as it is
                      second number to an ordinal number)
                                                                                    written as twelfth.





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