序數詞的用法在初中階段很重要,也是考試中的高頻考點,現將其用法匯總如下:
1、序數詞前面一般要加「the」;
The first student to come to school is usually Jim.
2、序數詞前面有名詞所有格、形容詞性物主代詞時,不再使用「the」;
He is my first English teacher.
Li Lei's second book is old.
3、a /an+序數詞+名詞:
序數詞前也可以使用a或an, 表示的含義是「又一,再一」,常常有語言環境;
They have two children, and next year they will have a third child.
4、比賽或考試的名次前可省略「the」;
He was second in the exam.
5、the +序數詞+最高級:序數詞之後有形容詞和副詞時,用最高級;
The long river is the second longest river in China.
He ran the third fastest in his class.
6、分數:
母序子基:即分母用序數詞,分子為基數詞,分子大於1,分母加-s.
三分之一 one third
三分之二 two thirds
帶分數:整數+分數
two and three fourths
部分分數可以使用 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
讀作:May (the) fifth, the fifth of May
寫作:May 5, May 5th, May the fifth, 5 May, 5th May
8、固定搭配中的序數詞:
起初 at first
第一次 for the first time
首先 first of all