Ordinal Numbers ESL Unscramble the Words Worksheet - Free Printable

Let’s solve this step by step.

We are given a list of scrambled words (A through T), and we need to unscramble them to match ordinal number vocabulary — like “first”, “second”, “third”, etc. Then, we’ll match each unscrambled word to the correct number shown in the image (like 1st, 2nd, 3rd, up to 20th).

First, let’s unscramble each lettered item:

A. hrufto → fourth
B. rhehteint → thirteenth
C. wtnhteeti → twentieth
D. etelhnve → eleventh
E. iffh → fifth
F. tnhni → ninth
G. eeeinthnt → nineteenth
H. odcesn → second
I. ethnt → tenth
J. efeitnfth → fifteenth
K. tewlfth → twelfth
L. drith → third
M. eehixsttn → sixteenth
N. srfti → first
O. hnseveeteen → seventeenth
P. isxth → sixth
Q. ietheghtne → eighteenth
R. thgeih → eighth
S. rftntheueo → fourteenth
T. evnsieht → seventh

Now, let’s write them in order from 1st to 20th:

1st → N. srfti → first
2nd → H. odcesn → second
3rd → L. drith → third
4th → A. hrufto → fourth
5th → E. iffh → fifth
6th → P. isxth → sixth
7th → T. evnsieht → seventh
8th → R. thgeih → eighth
9th → F. tnhni → ninth
10th → I. ethnt → tenth
11th → D. etelhnve → eleventh
12th → K. tewlfth → twelfth
13th → B. rhehteint → thirteenth
14th → S. rftntheueo → fourteenth
15th → J. efeitnfth → fifteenth
16th → M. eehixsttn → sixteenth
17th → O. hnseveeteen → seventeenth
18th → Q. ietheghtne → eighteenth
19th → G. eeeinthnt → nineteenth
20th → C. wtnhteeti → twentieth

Now, looking at the image, we see numbers with circles next to them — those are where you’d write the matching letter (A–T) for each ordinal word.

For example:
- The big “1” with “st” should be matched with “first” → which is N
- The big “2” with “nd” should be matched with “second” → which is H
- And so on...

But since the user didn’t ask to fill in the blanks or label the pictures — just to solve the problem — and the main task is to unscramble the words correctly, our final answer is the list of unscrambled words in order from 1st to 20th, matched to their letters.

Final Answer:
1st - N, 2nd - H, 3rd - L, 4th - A, 5th - E, 6th - P, 7th - T, 8th - R, 9th - F, 10th - I, 11th - D, 12th - K, 13th - B, 14th - S, 15th - J, 16th - M, 17th - O, 18th - Q, 19th - G, 20th - C