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--instructions--

This task doesn't have audio. Read the question below and select the correct answer.

--questions--

--text--

Which sentence uses the ordinal number correctly?

--answers--

This is the three meeting we've had this week.

--feedback--

This uses the wrong form. It should be third, not three.


She finished in the top third runners.

--feedback--

This should use a cardinal number (three) to describe a group, not an ordinal number.


The meeting was scheduled for the two floor.

--feedback--

This uses the wrong form. It should be second, not two.


The third meeting will be on Thursday.

--video-solution--

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--explanation--

An ordinal number shows the order or position of something in a list or sequence (e.g. first, second, third).

In this case, The third meeting shows the position of this meeting in a series of meetings. The other sentences either use cardinal numbers or apply ordinals in wrong contexts.