二、序数词的用法:序数词在句中可作主语、宾语、定语和表语。
例如:①The second is what I really need. 第二个是我真正需要的。(作主语)
②He chooses the second. 他挑选了第二个。(作宾语)
③We are to carry out the first plan. 我们将执行第一个计划。(作定语)④She is the second in our class.在我们班她是第二名。(作表语)
注:序数词在使用时,通常前面要加定冠词the;但是如果序数词前出现不定冠词a或an时,则表示"再......","又......"。
例如:①We'll go over it a second time. 我们再念第二遍。
②We've tried it three times.Must we try it a fourth time? 我们已经试过三遍了,还必须再试一次(第四次)吗?
三、序数词不与定冠词the连用的情况:
1.当序数词前有形容词性物主代词或名词所有格修饰时,序数词前不用 the。例如:①Mother was my first teacher in my life.妈妈是我生命中的第一个老师。②Tom is Lily's third boyfriend. 汤姆是莉莉的第三个男朋友。
2.当表达分数时,序数词前不用 the。例如:①One fifth of the students here are from the country. 这儿1/5的学生来自农村。②Three fourths of the students here are from the country. 这儿的3/4的学生来自农村。
3.当表达"又一,再一"时,序数词前不用 the,但可加不定冠词。例如:①Please give me a second chance. 请再给我一次机会。②The poor woman had a third baby. 那个可怜的妇女又生了第三个宝宝。
4.当表达"年月日"时,序数词前不用the。例如:He was born on June 6th, 1974. 他出生在1974年6月6日。
5.当序数词在句中作状语时,序数词前不用 the。例如:①Who got there second? 谁第二个到那儿的?②I finished the work first. 我最先完成那项工作。
6. 当表达比赛中获得的名次时,序数词前不用 the。例如:She stands first in her class. 她在班上成绩排名第一。
7. 当表示某人的多少岁 生日时,序数词前不加the。例如:Mary's twelfth birthday.玛丽的十二岁生日。
序数词的用法 知识点题库
Monday is the ______day of the week.
A . secondB . firstC . the firstD . one
We were shocked to hear the news that ________ two Chinese engineers were shot to death in Pakistan. Worse still, ________ one died in hospital afterwards.
A . /; a thirdB . the; the thirdC . the; a thirdD . /; the third
—David, how old is your father this year?
—______. And we just had a special party for his _____ birthday last weekend.