Numbers, Days & Months — Numbers, Days and Months
Cardinal numbers (1-20)
1 one, 2 two, 3 three, 4 four, 5 five, 6 six, 7 seven, 8 eight, 9 nine, 10 ten, 11 eleven, 12 twelve, 13 thirteen, 14 fourteen, 15 fifteen, 16 sixteen, 17 seventeen, 18 eighteen, 19 nineteen, 20 twenty
Tens (10-100)
10 ten, 20 twenty, 30 thirty, 40 forty, 50 fifty, 60 sixty, 70 seventy, 80 eighty, 90 ninety, 100 one hundred
Ordinal numbers (for dates)
1st first, 2nd second, 3rd third, 4th fourth, 5th fifth, 6th sixth, 7th seventh, 8th eighth, 9th ninth, 10th tenth… 20th twentieth, 21st twenty-first, 22nd twenty-second, 31st thirty-first
Date format
- March 5th, 2026 — March 5, 2026
- The 5th of March — On March 5
- My birthday is on March 5th. — My birthday is on March 5th.
Days of the Week — Days of the week
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Months of the Year
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
Telling the Time
- It's 3 o'clock. — It's 3 o'clock.
- It's 3:15. — It's quarter past three. (and fourth)
- It's 3:30. — It's half past three. (and a half)
- It's 3:45. — It's quarter to four. (minus quarter)
- 5:10 — ten past five / five ten
- 6:45 — quarter to seven / six forty-five
- 9:20 — twenty past nine / nine twenty
- 11:55 — five to twelve / eleven fifty-five
💡 Tip: Days and months are always written with capital letters in English.