Author:
Laura McKinney
Date Of Creation:
7 August 2021
Update Date:
11 May 2024
Content
- Examples of ordinal adjectives
- Examples of sentences with ordinal adjectives
- Other kinds of adjectives
The ordinal adjectives are those that provide information about the order in which the noun appears. For example: first, fifth, tenth, last.
Ordinal adjectives have the function of ranking, ordering or providing information about the position of the noun they accompany. They belong to the category of numeral adjectives since they provide a numerical characteristic on the noun they modify.
Other types of numeral adjectives are:
- Cardinals. They provide information on the quantity of the item being described. They are numbers, written in letters, and they are invariable, that is, they do not change in gender or number. For example: two cups, four brothers.
- Partitives and multiples. They provide quantitative information in relation to parts: they divide or multiply the noun they modify. For example: half a lemon, triple impact.
Examples of ordinal adjectives
| First (1) | Forty-first (41) |
| Second (2) | Forty-third (43) |
| Third (3) | Fifty (50) |
| Bedroom (4) | Fifty-first (51) |
| Fifth (5) | Sixtieth (60) |
| Sixth (6) | Sixty-first (61) |
| Seventh (7) | Seventieth (70) |
| Eighth (8) | Seventy-first (71) |
| Ninth (9) | Eightieth (80) |
| Tenth (10) | Eighty-first (81) |
| Eleventh (11) | Ninety (90) |
| Twelfth (12) | Ninety-first (91) |
| Thirteenth (13) | Hundredth (100) |
| Fourteenth (14) | One hundred first (101) |
| Fifteenth (15) | One hundred thirty-fourth (134) |
| Sixteenth (16) | Twelfth (200) |
| Seventeenth (17) | Two hundred and twenty-second (222) |
| Twentieth (20) | Three hundredth (300) |
| Twenty-first (21) | Forty-fifth (400) |
| Twenty Second (22) | Fifty-hundredth (500) |
| Twenty-fifth (25) | Sixtieth (600) |
| Thirtieth (30) | Septingentth (700) |
| Thirty-first (31) | 90th (800) |
| Thirty-eighth (38) | Non-hundredth (900) |
| Fortieth (40) | Thousandth (1000) |
Examples of sentences with ordinal adjectives
- They got the first prize.
- Maria had the fourth post to introduce yourself.
- Sofia had her third son yesterday.
- Mariela and Carlos live in the fifth floor.
- He has one second wife.
- This is the third portion of cake that Camilo eat.
- It's the sixth time I say it!
- Paris is the third city most visited by world tourism.
- We leave you reserved the latest seat.
- The team reached the third place in the tournament.
- Is the third time we pass this corner.
- Is the second race that the pilot undertakes this month.
- At seventh floor the children were lost.
- To get to the park you must turn at the second block to the right.
- Ramiro obtained the first place in spelling competitions.
- I'm nervous because tomorrow I'll have my first appointment with Juan.
- I don't want to keep the last option.
- I'd rather not be content with first medical opinion.
- This is my second job.
- Is the sixth time I hear this excuse.
- My son went to seventh year.
- It was not bad: he took the nineth Market Stall.
- Is he fifteenth club anniversary.
- In second Instead, I would like to share this award with my team.
- You only get the third edition of this best seller.
- See also: Sentences with numeral adjectives
Other kinds of adjectives
| Adjectives (all) | Cardinal adjectives |
| Negative adjectives | Partitive adjectives |
| Descriptive adjectives | Explanatory adjectives |
| Gentile adjectives | Numeral adjectives |
| Relative adjectives | Ordinal adjectives |
| Possessive adjectives | Adjectives |
| Demonstrative adjectives | Derogatory adjectives |
| Undefined adjectives | Determinative adjectives |
| Interrogative adjectives | Positive adjectives |
| Feminine and masculine adjectives | Exclamatory adjectives |
| Comparative and superlative adjectives | Augmentative, diminutive and derogatory adjectives |
