Ordinal Numbers Worksheet – Grade 2
Name: __________________________
Date: __________________________
Class: Grade 2
Remember
Ordinal numbers tell us the position or order of something.
1st = First | 2nd = Second | 3rd = Third | 4th = Fourth | 5th = Fifth
A. Write the Ordinal Number
Write the correct ordinal number.
- First = ______
- Second = ______
- Third = ______
- Fourth = ______
- Fifth = ______
- Sixth = ______
- Seventh = ______
- Eighth = ______
- Ninth = ______
- Tenth = ______
B. Write the Ordinal Word
Write the word for each ordinal number.
- 1st = __________________
- 2nd = __________________
- 3rd = __________________
- 4th = __________________
- 5th = __________________
- 6th = __________________
- 7th = __________________
- 8th = __________________
- 9th = __________________
- 10th = __________________
C. Find the Position
Look at the objects and answer the questions.
- 🍎 🍌 🍊 🍇 🍉
Which fruit is 1st? __________ - 🐶 🐱 🐭 🐰 🦊
Which animal is 3rd? __________ - ⭐ 🌙 ☀️ 🌈 ☁️
Which object is 5th? __________ - 🚗 🚌 🚲 🚕 🚂
Which vehicle is 2nd? __________ - 🐟 🐠 🐬 🦈 🐳
Which animal is 4th? __________
D. Fill in the Blanks
- The number after 1st is ______.
- The number before 4th is ______.
- The number after 6th is ______.
- The number before 10th is ______.
- The number between 3rd and 5th is ______.
- The number after 8th is ______.
- The number before 7th is ______.
E. Choose the Correct Answer
- Which is the correct ordinal form of 5?
A. 5th
B. 5rd
C. 5nd
Answer: ______
- Which comes after 2nd?
A. 1st
B. 3rd
C. 4th
Answer: ______
- Which comes before 6th?
A. 4th
B. 5th
C. 7th
Answer: ______
- Which is the 10th ordinal number?
A. Tenth
B. Ten
C. Tennd
Answer: ______
- Which ordinal number means eighth?
A. 8th
B. 8rd
C. 8nd
Answer: ______
F. Complete the Sequence
- 1st, 2nd, ______, 4th, 5th
- 5th, 6th, ______, 8th, 9th
- 2nd, 3rd, 4th, ______, 6th
- 7th, 8th, ______, 10th
- 3rd, ______, 5th, 6th, 7th
G. Read and Answer
- In a race, Riya finished 1st, Aman finished 2nd, and Sara finished 3rd.
Who finished first? __________________ - Tom is 4th in line. Jack is 5th in line.
Who is fifth? __________________ - There are 8 children in a line. Maya is 6th.
How many children are ahead of Maya? __________________ - Rahul is 3rd in a queue.
How many children are ahead of Rahul? __________________ - In a spelling competition, Anu came 2nd and Ravi came 1st.
Who came first? __________________ - A train has five coaches. The blue coach is 4th.
Which position is the blue coach? __________________
H. Challenge Questions
- If you are 7th in a line and move forward by 2 places, what position will you be in?
Answer: __________________
- If Sara is 3rd and moves back 2 places, what position will she be in?
Answer: __________________
- Which is greater: 8th or 5th?
Answer: __________________
- Which comes between 9th and 11th?
Answer: __________________
- Write the ordinal numbers from 1st to 10th.
Answer Key
A
- 1st
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 4th
- 5th
- 6th
- 7th
- 8th
- 9th
- 10th
B
- First
- Second
- Third
- Fourth
- Fifth
- Sixth
- Seventh
- Eighth
- Ninth
- Tenth
C
- 🍎
- 🐭
- ☁️
- 🚌
- 🦈
D
- 2nd
- 3rd
- 7th
- 9th
- 4th
- 9th
- 6th
E
- A
- B
- B
- A
- A
F
- 3rd
- 7th
- 5th
- 9th
- 4th
G
- Riya
- Jack
- 5 children
- 2 children
- Ravi
- 4th
H
- 5th
- 5th
- 8th
- 10th
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th