You can find the numbers “22nd” and “third” in this unit’s passage. These are called ordinal numbers.

In the exercise below you will see the ordinal numbers 1-20. Listen to the audio. Repeat and practice saying the ordinal numbers. Look at the numbers in the exercise below to help you follow along. Then do the exercise.

Ordinal Numbers 1-10:

Ordinal Numbers 11-20:

Look at the ordinal numbers in the first two columns. Then guess the words in the third column. “22nd” is done for you.

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In this unit, you saw the phrase “bring attention to” in the following sentence: People that help on Earth Day attempt to bring attention to the problems people make for the environment.

There are other verbs you can use with “attention.” Look at the examples and explanations below.
Bring attention to – The teacher brought our attention to the vocabulary words. (“bring _ attention” means “make people see, hear or think about something”) Get attention – I was reading my book, so the teacher said my name and got my attention. (“get _ attention” means “make a person look at or listen to the speaker”)
Pay attention – You should pay attention in class.
(“pay attention” means “look at or listen to something”)

Look at the sentences below. Decide whether you should put “bring/brought,” “get/got” or “pay/paid” in each blank.

Read the passage “Friends of the Earth”. Then see whether the sentences below are True or False.

TRUE or FALSE?

Fill in the blanks with the new words. Use each word only one time.

The words below are in the passage “Friends of the Earth.”

• Scan through the passage to find out what part of speech (P.S.) the words and phrases are.
• Write the part of speech on the line beside the new vocabulary word.
• Read just the part of the passage to help you match the word with the correct definition. Do not use your dictionary!

Questions:

What are three things that you can do to help our planet?

1. ___________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________

Fill in the blanks with the new words. Use each word only one time.

Find the nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.

You can find the numbers “22nd” and “third” in the passage. These are called ordinal numbers.

Practice saying the words in the first two columns, and then guess the words in the third column.

In this lesson, you saw the phrase “bring attention to” in the following sentence:

There are other verbs you can use with “attention”.

Look at the examples and explanations below.