Example of Numeral Pronouns

Called numeral pronouns those pronouns what indicate the number or quantity of the noun or name they substitute.

Classification of numeral pronouns

There are four types of numeral pronouns, depending on the type of numerical relationship they express:

1. Cardinal numeral pronouns. These pronouns express a countable number of units within the decimal system: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, etc.

• Example: “Of the six cases, we have studied three"," They hired us four as waiters for the event ”,“ They chose the best twelve”.

2.Ordinal numeral pronouns. These pronouns express a notion of numerical order, that is, in what point or position is the referent: first, first, second, second, third, third, fourth, fourth, fifth, fifth, sixth, sixth, seventh, seventh, eighth, eighth, ninth, ninth, etc.

• Example: “The warning was already the second”,“ Not in all semesters there are workshops; start until sixth”.

3. Fractional or partitive numeral pronouns. These pronouns express a fractional quantity, that is, the part of a whole (1/2, 1 / 3,1 / 4, 1/5, 1/6…):

half, middle, middle, third, third, fourth, fourth, fifth, fifth, sixth, sixth, seventh, seventh, eighth, eighth, etc.

• Example: “Can you just sell me the half? ”,“ You don't need the whole stick of butter: with a third It's enough"

4. Multiplicative numeral pronouns. These pronouns express the times the referent is multiplied by itself or by a defined quantity: double, triple, quadruple, quintuple, sixfold, sevenfold, eightfold, nupple, tenfold, etc.

• Example: "We offer you the double for what you already pay ”,“ You would win the fivefold if you put more effort into your work ”.

Some of the numeral pronouns can express the gender and number of the noun they replace, so their form can vary:

• Is my first husband (first is masculine and singular)
• Is my first daughter (first is feminine and singular)
• These were the first settlersfirst is masculine and plural)
• The first scenesfirst is feminine and plural)

• Continue reading: Numeral adjectives

60 Examples of Numeral Pronouns:

15 Examples of Cardinal Numeral Pronouns:

As already explained, these pronouns indicate the number of units with respect to the noun that they replace.

1. We don't have many cats anymore, now we only have two.
2. There were not that many invited to the meeting, only about a few twenty.
3. Last month we had twenty-two clients and this month we had thirty-one.
4. The four They went to the high school alumni reunion together
5. If you don't have batteries, I can lend you a provisionally
6. This year my older brother will meet thirty four.
7. Of the ten bills he had he invested five in a card bet.
8. Meals per day the package includes two: breakfast and lunch.
9. If your head hurts a lot, take yourself two; if it only hurts a little, take yourself a.
10. Of the twenty questions that the test had, I was missing seven to finish it.
11. At the beginning the company only had two workers and now it has more than three hundred
12. They were selling some very cheap new phones and I bought two for work.
13. My mother as a child had ten porcelain dolls and she inherited me five, which I still have.
14. They signed up thirty four as volunteers to plant trees and reforest the forest.
15. They do not ask for many documents to do the procedure: they are only two

15 Examples of ordinal numeral pronouns:

These pronouns indicate the place, order or distribution of the noun.

1. In my school my brother came in third place and I came out in second.
2. This is not the first participation that I have in the forum; the first it was last year.
3. The second and third love will never be like the First.
4. Carina was the second and my sister Alina was the first
5. That's my third chance at the exam, and I hope I don't make it to the quarter.
6. Of all the semesters I took in college, fifth he was the one I liked the most.
7. This is the First of many achievements to come in the future.
8. The contestant I think will win is the eighth what went out.
9. It was not her second husband who gave her that ring but the First.
10. It is not the first time but the quarter you have to repeat the instructions to the students.
11. Of all the novels that he has published on this publishing label, the best is the quarter.
12. It is the third time I have this credit card and the second that I ask for a loan in cash.
13. There were several things that were auctioned but the quarter it was the most interesting.
14. The tenth it was the year they went on vacation to various parts of the world to celebrate their anniversary.
15. Not two were decomposed, but four machines in the company.

15 examples of fractional numeral pronouns:

In these pronouns they express fractions or divisions of a unit:

1. I did the half of the homework the math teacher left us.
2. You have the half of my age
3. I couldn't eat all the watermelon. Can you sell me half?
4. I have a bedroom hour to finish.
5. They won't give you all the payment yet; this week they will give you a third.
6. Your share of the profit is the quarter.
7. I will charge a third more than you.
8. I did not eat a whole loaf but only half because I had already eaten in the morning.
9. Of the vegetables they bought we only used the third.
10. The entire order was too large for just the two of us, so we ordered half
11. Do not put the whole cinnamon stick, with the quarter is enough for these coffee cups
12. We haven't spent all of our tokens yet; we have left the half
13. They gave him twenty days of extension and the half did not take advantage of them
14. Not all the procedure is done in person; the third it can be done online.
15. Not all the data was very useful to me; just the half.

15 examples of multiplicative numeral pronouns:

These pronouns express a multiple or the number of times by which the referent is multiplied:

1. Buy the double of bread
2. I need the triple of money
3. I will put the quadruple homework to my students for their bad behavior.
4. Last year I invested a thousand dollars. And this year I invested the fivefold on the stock market.
5. We have the triple weeks to work and finish the project.
6. Put a part of rum and the triple of pineapple juice.
7. I will buy the sixfold of what I need to later sell it.
8. Now he wants to charge me double than what he had charged me a few months ago.
9. When I exercise I eat almost the double due to the amount of extra calories I burn.
10. Last year we had twenty registrants and this year they were the tenfold
11. We would like to increase our production by quadruple.
12. At last I was able to achieve my goal, but with the triple of attempts.
13. I paid because they put the double of meat and cheese to my pizza.
14. In this presentation there was the triple of people than there usually is.
15. We offer you that credit card with the fivefold of benefits of other similar cards.

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