序数词的用法在初中阶段很重要,也是考试中的高频考点,现将其用法汇总如下:
1、序数词前面一般要加“the”;
The first student to come to school is usually Jim.
2、序数词前面有名词所有格、形容词性物主代词时,不再使用“the”;
He is my first English teacher.
Li Lei’s second book is old.
3、a /an+序数词+名词:
序数词前也可以使用a或an, 表示的含义是“又一,再一”,常常有语言环境;
They have two children, and next year they will have a third child.
4、比赛或考试的名次前可省略“the”;
He was second in the exam.
5、the +序数词+最高级:序数词之后有形容词和副词时,用最高级;
The long river is the second longest river in China.
He ran the third fastest in his class.
6、分数:
母序子基 : 即分母用序数词,分子为基数词,分子大于1,分母加-s.
三分之一 one third
三分之二 two thirds
带分数: 整数+分数
two and three fourths
部分分数可以使用 half 和 quarter。
四分之一 one fourth=a quarter
四分之三 three fourths =three quarters
二分之一 one second=a half
7、日期:
5月5日
读作:May (the) fifth, the fifth of May
写作:May 5, May 5th, May the fifth, 5 May, 5th May
8、固定搭配中的序数词:
起初 at first
第一次 for the first time
首先 first of all