|
Number |
Word |
Adjective |
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0 |
zero |
|
|
1 |
one |
first |
|
2 |
two |
second |
|
3 |
three |
third |
|
4 |
four |
fourth |
|
5 |
five |
fifth |
|
6 |
six |
sixth |
|
7 |
seven |
seventh |
|
8 |
eight |
eighth |
|
9 |
nine |
ninth |
|
10 |
ten |
tenth |
|
11 |
eleven |
eleventh |
|
12 |
twelve |
twelfth |
|
20 |
twenty |
twentieth |
|
50 |
fifty |
fiftieth |
|
100 |
one hundred |
one hundredth |
|
1,000 |
one thousand |
one thousandth |
|
1,000,000 |
one million |
one millionth |
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
|
1 |
January |
|
2 |
February |
|
3 |
March |
|
4 |
April |
|
5 |
May |
|
6 |
June |
|
7 |
July |
|
8 |
August |
|
9 |
September |
|
10 |
October |
|
11 |
November |
|
12 |
December |
(The new century began on Saturday January 1, 2000.)
In
Specialized English we use metric units to express amounts of things.
The common units are:
Length (or distance)
1
kilometer = 1000 meters
1 meter = 1000 millimeters
Also 1 meter = 100 centimeters
Volume (amounts of liquids)
1
cubic meter = 1000 liters
1 liter= 1000 cubic centimeters (often called "cc")
Weight (or mass)
1
kilogram = 1000 grams
1 gram = 1000 milligrams
Time
1
year = 12 months or 365 days
1 week = 7 days
1 day = 24 hours
1 hour = 60 minutes
1 minute = 60 seconds
The word list shows the way people write the words in American English . There are a few words which we would write differently in British English. Here is a list:
American > British
|
airplane > aeroplane |
apologize > apologise |
archeology > archaeology |
|
baptize > baptise |
behavior > behaviour |
center > centre |
|
color > colour |
cooperate > co-operate |
criticize > criticise |
|
gray > grey |
honor > honour |
humor > humour |
|
labor > labour |
meter > metre |
organize > organise |
|
recognize > recognise |
specialize > specialise |
theater > theatre |