数 词
【要点提示】
数词有两种:基数词和序数词。基数词表示人或事物的数量,如one,twenty-two等;序数词表示人或事物的次序,如first,twelfth等。
一、数词的构成
1. 基数词
在基数词的书写中,1—12要特别记忆,13—19都是以-teen结尾,整十的数都是以-ty结尾。在表示“几十几”时,十位数和个位数之间要加连字符“-”。
2. 序数词
1—19的序数词中除first,second,third外,其余均由基数词加-th构成,但是fifth,eighth,ninth,twelfth有变化。两位数的基数词变为序数词时,只需将个位数变成序数词,十位数不变。
二、数词的用法
1. hundred,thousand,million,billion前面有具体的数字修饰时用单数形式,后面的名词要用复数形式。如:five thousand teachers如果前面没有具体的数,可用“其复数形式 + of + 可数名词的复数”。如:hundreds of students,millions of workers
2. 数词可以用来表示编号或次序。如:Lesson Ten = the tenth lesson (第十课)
3. 数词可以表示年代、年龄等。如:
in the 1990s (在二十世纪九十年代)
in his thirties (在他三十多岁时)
4. 数词常与名词等一起构成复合定语,这时,它们中间一般有连字符,并且只用名词的单数形式。如:a five-week holiday
5. 表示分数时,分子用基数词,分母用序数词。当分子大于1时,分母要用复数形式。如:2/3 two thirds, 1/5 one fifth
6. 数词可以表示时间。
(1)钟点 + 分钟(顺读法)如:11.56 eleven fifty-six
(2)分钟 + to / past + 钟点(倒读法)如:
4.30 half past four 5.05 five past five
6.45 fifteen to seven (a quarter to seven)
【数词专练】
Ⅰ. 请从各题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案。
( )1. The old building was founded____________.
A. in 1820s B. in the 1820 C. in the 1820s’ D. in the 1820s
( )2._____________ of the ten boys is the best singer of all.
A. The fourth B. The four C. Fourth D. Four
( )3. _______________ third of the milk is bad.
A. One B. First C. Two D. Second
( )4. Twelve and_____________ is forty-one.
A. twenty-eight B. twenty-nine C. thirty-nine D. thirty-eight
( )5. If you take a bus, it will only take you 10__________, but it’s about 30_____________walk if you go there on foot.
A. minutes, minutes B. minutes, minutes’
C. minutes’, minutes’ D. minutes, minute’s
Ⅱ. 请根据句意及汉语提示完成句子,每空词数不限。
1. We are the master of the _________________ (二十一) century.
2. ________________ (三分之一) of the land is covered with snow.
3. Two ______________ (百万) dollars is enough.
4. Ann received a lot of presents on her ____________ (第十二) birthday.
5. Do you know that ____________ (八十岁的) man?
6. _________________ (成千上万的) people were hurt in the accident.
7. About_______________ (两千) men and women are in the square.
8. There are 2,000 boys in this shool, and _____________(他们当中五百人) like playing football.
9. About _____________ (五分之三) of the students in the class are girls.
10. He is olny a ______________(九岁的) boy.
参考答案
数词专练
Ⅰ. 1-5 DAABB
Ⅱ. 1. twenty-first / 21st 2. One third 3. million
4. twelfth / 12th
5. 80-year-old / eighty-year-old
6. Thousands of 7. two thousand
8. five hundred of them
9. three fifths
10. 9-year-old / nine-year-old