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Hello and welcome to six-minute vocabulary with me, Catherine.

And me, Neil.

And today, we're talking about ordinal numbers. Yeah, so numbers like first, second,

and third. So let's start by listening to Lawrence. He's talking about his 18th birthday party.

While you listen, try to answer this question, what date was his party? Here's Lawrence.

For my 18th birthday last year, I invited about 60 friends and relatives. It was on the 25th of May and it was the first time that I ever had a big party.

It was in a restaurant on the third floor of a hotel.

The food was really delicious and I won second prize in the dancing competition.

So we asked you what date was Lawrence's birthday party?

And the answer is the 25th of May.

That's right.

Now, the 25th is an ordinal number like the first and the second.

Ordinal numbers tell us the position of something in a group.

The dates in a month, for example.

Or which birthday it is.

Lawrence said it was his 18th birthday.

Yes, he did.

Lucky him.

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