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NUMBERS

     Number in the English language is divided into two kinds, namely cardinal number and ordinal number.

CARDINAL NUMBER

     A cardinal number is a number that says how many of something there are

1             One          11   Eleven             1000       Thousand

2             Two         12   Tewelve           1000000 Million

3             Three       13   Thirteen

4             Four        14   Fourteen

5             Five         15   Fifteen

6             Six           20   Twenty

7             Seven       21   Twenty-one

8             Eight        22   Twenty-two

9             Nine         30   Thirty

10        Teen         100  Hundred

 Example:

105 = One hundred and five

2015 = Two thousan fifteen

1543000 = One million five hundred fourty-three thousand

 In the example sentence:

1.     I have ten students in the class.

2.     She gives me two oranges.

3.     They bring those three big bags.

An example in conversation:

ORDINAL NUMBER

     An ordinal number is a number that tells the position of something in a list

1^st     First               11^th   Eleventh                1000^th     One thousand

2^nd      Secoun          12^th  Twelfth                           1000000th One millionth

3^rd    Third            13^th  Thirteenth

4^th    Fourth          14^th  Fourteenth

5^th      Fifth             15^th  Fifteenth

6^th    Sixth            20^th  Twentieth

7^th    Seventh        21^st  Twenty-first

8^th    Eighth          22^nd Twenty-secound

9^th    Ninth            23^rd Twenty-third

10^th  Tenth           100^th One Hundedth

Example:

117^th = One hundred and seventeenth

421^th = Four hundred and twenty-first

1997^th = One thousand nine hundred ninty-seventh

1.     This is my first time  I join a music class.

2.     I want to give the second question for you.

3.     She will be your third client.

THERE IS / THERE ARE

“ There is / there are” is used to describe something that is known to exist or be at a certain location.

“There is” used with a singular noun

Example:

-         There is a book in my bag

-         There is an apple

-         There is water in the kitchen

Note:

After “there is” not to be entered plural noun, but must be a singular noun or uncountable noun (water, oil etc.)

“There are” used with plural nouns

Example:

-         There are two boys in the room

-         There are some books in the bag

Another example in the sentence negative and interrogative sentence:

(-) There is not a book in my bag

(?) Is there a book in your bag? Yes, there is / No, there is not

(-) There are not two boys in the room

(?) Are there two boys in the room? Yes, there are / No, there are not

Note:

There is may be in short there’s, but there are no stands for

SINGULAR AND PLURAL NOUNS

“Singular noun” is used to indicate an object that amounted to single or a, which is generally accompanied by determiners (a/an, this, that, the).

Example:

A computer, a chair, a river, an idea, this book, the man, etc.

Note:

A word used before words that begin with a consonant sound.

Example: -a university : a yuniversity

                -a one-eyed man : a wan eid man

                -etc.

An word used before words that begin with vowels, which are composed of a, i, u, e, o, with vocal sounds, s and f, and h are read weak. Applies also to the abbreviation.

Example: -an FBI : en ef bi ai

                -an SMP : en es em pe

                -an honor : en aner

                -etc.

“Plural nouns” are used to indicate a large number of objects, which are generally formed by adding –s letters behind the noun to be made in plural.

Example:

Boats, bats, houses, rivers, computers, boys, girls, etc.