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1 A pilot from Northwest Airlines flight was less than pleased
with the food which was to be served on the flight.
He decided to find some better food, so he left his aeroplane,
and then left the airport to find food even though he had
5 a plane to fly. The passengers were left to wait 90 minutes
until the pilot came back and when the pilot came back
he was fired on the spot for “abandoning his plane”.
(Adapted from www.flightglobal.com)
The ordinal form for the number ninety (line 05), in the text, is
1 A pilot from Northwest Airlines flight was less than pleased
with the food which was to be served on the flight.
He decided to find some better food, so he left his aeroplane,
and then left the airport to find food even though he had
5 a plane to fly. The passengers were left to wait 90 minutes
until the pilot came back and when the pilot came back
he was fired on the spot for “abandoning his plane”.
(Adapted from www.flightglobal.com)
The ordinal form for the number ninety (line 05), in the text, is
Resolução comentada
O ordinal de ninety é ninetieth.
Os números terminados em -ty trocam o 'y' por 'ie' e acrescentam 'th': ninety → ninetieth.
Análise das alternativas
A) 'Ninth' é o ordinal de nine (9). B) 'Nineth' é grafia incorreta. D) 'Nineteenth' é o ordinal de nineteen (19).
Referência: Números ordinais em inglês.
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