Spelling rules with whole numbers - 20th, 30th, 40th.Ģ0th = twentieth We have twenty and change the 'y' to 'ie' and add 'th' = twent ieth (My birthday is on the 20th)ģ0th = thirtieth (It's her thirtieth birthday.)Ĥ0th = fortieth (It's my 40th birthday tomorrow. Remember, no space between hyphen and words. Twenty-first = 21st (It's her 21st on Sunday.) Using a hyphen also applies to ordinal numbers from 21st. One thousand two hundred and thirty-one pounds Notice there's no space between the letters and hyphen: We need a hyphen when we write cardinal numbers from 21 upwards. Hyphens for Normal Numbers and Ordinal Numbers from 21 upwards
Rule 16: Two Is cannot be next to one another in English words. Third - last two letters are 'rd' so put after 3 = 3rdĤth - last two letters are 'th' so put after 4 = 4thġ5th = fifteenth (It's her fifteenth birthday.) Rule 15: Single-vowel Y changes to I when adding any ending, unless the ending begins with I. Second - last two letters are 'nd' put after 2 = 2nd In British usage, words of more than one syllable ending in l double the l. The doubled l in cancelled is British usage the single l is American usage. However, both spellings, canceled and cancelled, are acceptable standard usage in English. Look at these and notice the last two letters of the wordsĬan you see the last two letters of the words make up the ordinal number?įir st - last two letters are 'st' so put after 1 = 1st version of Word, typing cancelled will get you a wiggly green underline. So, help your 2nd grader learn spelling words by tracing and. But it's OK to write them in numbers (1st, 2nd, 3rd.) in informal writing to friends, colleagues, social media comments, etc. Trace the Words in Rainbow Colors: Coloring is one among a childs favorite activities. We need to write these ordinal numbers in words in formal writing - business, job applications, etc. In this lesson, we're looking at the spelling of ordinal numbers and a few rules.ģrd = third (Take the third turning on the left.)ĥth = fifth (This is the 5th time I've taken my driving test.) Why do we spell 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th like this? The Three-Letter Rule states that most of the time, content words have at least three letters, whereas words with one or two letters are usually function. However, learning the first 20 numbers in any language is always the hardest. Once you learn the spelling and pronunciation of these numbers, it’ll help you easily count to 1000. In order to count in English, you first need to learn the numbers from 1 to 20. These numbers are called ordinal numbers. Learn English numbers, spelling, and pronunciation.
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