Exercises

I. Say aloud the following numerals:

1, 1^st, 2, 2^nd, 3, 3d, 4, 4^th, 40, 40^th, 5, 5^th, 8, 8^th, 9, 9^th, 10, 10^th, 12, 12^th, 20, 20^th, 100, 100^th.

II. Name a cardinal numeral and let your partner give its ordinal equivalent.

Model: 5 – the fifth

III. Are you good at maths?

a) Do the following exercise. Fill in the gaps with correct words and numerals.

	............................		an hour
	............................		a minute
There are	...........................	in	a day
	..........................		a week
	..........................		a month
	..........................		a year

b) Do the following sums.

3+4 =	12+13=	19-4=	195- 70=
5+6=	14+15=	18- 5=	280-52=
7+2=	16+17=	17 – 6=	467 – 13=
8+9=	18+19=	16 – 8=	748 – 23=
2x9=	9x3=	54: 6 =	72:8 =
3x8=	8x4=	18: 2=	45: 9=
4x7=	7x5	21: 7=	90: 6=
5x6=	6x6=	15: 5=	24:3=
¼+1/4=	1/3+2/3=	69: 3=	3/8 + 1/8 =
1/5 + 1/5=		1/8+3/4=

c) Act out a teacher-pupil session.

Model: teacher: How much is 2+ 2?

pupil: Well, 2 + 2 = 4.

teacher: That’s right. And.....?

IV. Read the following years aloud.

1066 1778 1804 1918 2005 63BC 1132 1559 55BC 1874 1246 925 718 1963

1799 1666 2000

V. Give brief answers to the following questions.

When were you born? When did you start school? When did you start to learn English?

When did you finish school? When did you take your entrance exams to this college? When did you enter this college?

VI. Practise reading the following dates aloud.

18.4.94 4.9.77 24.8.63 7.7.43 22.03.55 31.05.87 (GB)

4/18/94 9/4/77 8/24/63 7/7/43 3/22/55 5/31/87 (US)

VII. Speak about days and months.

Model: Sunday is the first day of the week.

March is the third month of the year. It’s the first spring month. It has 31 days.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.

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