Exercise 2. Choose the correct numerals. Once, people around the world were asked which food they preferred if they were very hungry. The one/first place was given to pasta. Place number second/two belonged to chips – not very healthy but appetizing. The fourteen/fourteenth place was taken by muffins. The twentieth/twenty in order were sandwiches with cheese, ham or sausages and bread. Surprisingly, hot dogs and burgers came fortieth/forty. Place sixty-nine/sixty-ninth went to popcorn or homemade meatballs. The one hundred/one hundredth was an apple or orange. What would your preferences be?

Перевод задания: Выберите правильные числительные. В конце ответьте, какими были бы ваши предпочтения.

Completed text: Once, people around the world were asked which food they preferred if they were very hungry. The first place was given to pasta. Place number two belonged to chips – not very healthy but appetizing. The fourteenth place was taken by muffins. The twentieth in order were sandwiches with cheese, ham or sausages and bread. Surprisingly, hot dogs and burgers came fortieth. Place sixty-ninth went to popcorn or homemade meatballs. The one hundredth was an apple or orange.

Выполненный текст: Однажды людей по всему миру спросили, какую еду они предпочли бы, если бы были очень голодны. Первое место заняла паста. Второе место досталось чипсам — не очень полезным, но аппетитным. Четырнадцатое место заняли маффины. Двадцатыми в списке были бутерброды с сыром, ветчиной или колбасой и хлебом. Удивительно, но хот-доги и бургеры заняли сороковое место. На шестьдесят девятом месте оказались попкорн или домашние фрикадельки. На сотом месте было яблоко или апельсин.

My preference: I would choose pasta first, fruit second and ice cream third.

Мои предпочтения: На первое место я бы поставил(а) пасту, на второе — фрукты, а на третье — мороженое.