语法 定语从句
由关系代词引导的定语从句
引导定语从句的关系代词有 who, that, whom, which, whose ,as. X
The book that / which he is reading was written by LuXun.
She is a student whom / that we should learn from.
Is there anyone in your class whose mother is a doctor
He usually has a short sleep after lunch, as is his habit.
Such a person as you described doesn’t exist.
由关系副词引导的定语从句
引导定语从句的关系副词有: when, where, why, 在定语从句中作状语, 表时间、地点、原因。
He will always remember the day when his father returned from America.
The factory where his father works is the largest one in this city.
I don’t know the reason why he was absent today.
非限制性定语从句
The new house, which is situated at the foot of the mountain, has no electricity.
He has gone to America, where he will stay for two years.
As we know, Canada is the second largest country in the world.
总结: 1. 定语从句修饰名词或代词, 一般放在所修饰词后.
2. 定语从句为缺省的句子, 不完整.
3. 引导词在从句中作成份, 替代它前面的先行词.
分类总结:
关系代词的用法
第一步: 用图展示
用于限制性和非限制性定从 只用于限制性定从
指人 指物 既指人又指物
作主语 who which that
作宾语 who / whom
属格词 whose /of whom whose / of which whose
其中在限从中, 作宾语的引导词可省略.
作主语和作宾语的例子
He read the book which his sister had told him about.
Betty, who has never been abroad, is studying English very well.
The family that I’m staying with lives in town.
A young man, whom I didn’t know, asked me to give you the message.
I met a boatman, who then took me across the river.
His sister has become a lawyer, which she wanted to be.
She is a student whom / that / X we should learn from.
练习:
They can find whatever they need in the supermarket _________ is always busy on Sundays.
A. which B. when C. where D. who
Women ____________ drink more than two cups of coffee a day have a greater chance of having heart disease than those _____________ don’t.
A. who; / B. /; who C. who; who D. /; /
This is Mr.White, ___________ I think has something interesting to tell you.
A. which B. whom C. that D. who
---Do you have anything to say for yourselves
---Yes, there is one point __________ we must insist on.
A. why B. where C. how D. /
Chan’s restaurant on Baker Street, __________ used to be poorly run, is now a successful business.
A. that B. which C. who D. where
The famous basketball star, ______________ tried to make a comeback, attracted a lot of attention.
A. where B. when C. which D. who
用关系代词填空:
I have a friend __________ likes listening to classical music.
Yesterday Emily was wearing the new dress ____________ I gave her.
Kevin is reading a book __________ is too difficult for him.
People _________ study earthquakes think that there will be another big one soon.
A house _________ is built on sand may fall down in an earthquake.
The man in the black coat, ___________ used to be our headmaster, has just come back from Pakistam.
The temple, ____________ was built on the bank of the lake in 1456, was destroyed in an earthquake two years ago.
属格词
举例:
The man whose leg broke in a match used to be a football player.
练习1
I know the student ___________ article was published.
I called a travel agent __________ telephone number I found in a newspaper.
Miss Flower is the teacher ____________ house caught fire last week.
Harry is the boy ____________ mother is our maths teacher.
How do you apologise to your friend ___________ bike you last
注意:
of which 可以代替whose指物, 词序一般是名词+of which 或 of which +名词. of whom可以代替whose 指人, 词序是名词+ of whom. 如:
This is the scientist whose name is known all over the country.
=This is the scientist the name of whom is known all over the country.
Nobody wants the house whose roof has fallen in.
= Nobody wants the house the roof of which (或 of which the roof ) has fallen in.
练习2
Last month, part of Southeast Asia was struck by floods, from ________ effects the people are still suffering.
A. that B. whose C. those D. what
There are two rooms on the first floor, ____________ is used as a guest room.
A. a smaller of which B. a smaller of them
C. the smaller of which D. the smaller of them
The CCTV Tower, ___________ base is an electrical equipment shop, is frequently visited by travelers.
A. which B. whose C. its D. that
The residents, _____________ had been damaged by the fire, were given help by the Red Cross.
A. all of their homes B. all their homes
C. whose all homes D. all of whose houses
Look out ! Don’t get too close to the house __________ roof is under repair.
A. whose B. which C. of which D. /
Recently I bought an ancient Chinese vase, _____________ was very reasonable.
A. which price B. the price of which
C. its price D. the price of whose
The journey around the world took the old sailor nine months, ________ the sailing time was 226 days.
A. of which B. during which C. from which D. for which
第二步: 关系代词前+介词
例题:
The people want leaders in whom they can believe.
Royer, with whom I traveled to Tibet in the Summer, became my best friend soon after that.
Foreigners should observe the laws of the country in which they live.
此处的考点: 1) 是否加介词
2) 用哪一个介词
练习1
The book __________ I heard was written twenty years ago.
The people ____________ the man spoke weren’t listening.
The film __________ I fell asleep was very boring.
The pen __________ she wrote that book can now be seen in a museum.
The little creature __________ scientists are interested is known as ET.
The gun __________ he was shot was never found.
练习2
We saw several natives advancing towards our party, and one of them came up to , ___________ we gave some bells and glasses.
A. to which B. to whom C. with whom D. with which
---Why does she always ask you for help
---There is no one else ___________, is there
A. who to turn to B. she can turn to
C. for whom to turn D. for her to turn
I saw a woman running toward me in the dark. Before I could recognize who she was. She had run back in the direction ________ she had come.
A. of which B. by which C. in which D. from which
The schools themselves admit that not all children will be successful in the jobs _________they are being trained.
A. in that B. for that C. in which D. for which
Alec asked the policeman ________ he worked to contact him whenever there was an accident.
A. with him B. who C. with whom D. whom
The old man __________ yesterday is a scientist.
A. I spoke B. I spoke to
C. whom I spoke D. that I spoke to him
Mark was a student at this university from 1999 to 2003, __________ he studied very hard and was made chairman of the Students’ Union.
A. during which time B. for which time
C. during whose time D. by that time
He was educated at the local high school, ___________ he went on to Beijing University .
A. after which B. after that
C. in which D. in that
第三步:
关系代词 as, which引导的定从
as 与which 都可以代指主句中的一部分或整个句子的内容, 有时可以互换.
He married her, as ( which) was natural.
但在下列情况下一般只用as.
as可以放在句首, 而which则不能. 如:
As we know, more than seventy percent of the earth is covered with water.
as 表示 “正如; 正像”, 而which “这件事”
此时,as 从句中常有know, expect, happen, point out, plan, suggest等词语. 如
He came back home late, as we expected.
As is pointed out, this is grammar problem.
People generally agree that American English differs from British English a bit, as is said above.
当先行词被the same, such, so修饰时, 定语从句需用as引导. 如
I bought the same book as you have.
I’ll give you such things as you may need.
He’ll marry so pretty a girl as he can find.
但当先行词被the same, such , so修饰时, that也可以引导从句, 但意义不同. 如:
This is the same watch as I lost. ( 指同类或同样的)
This is the same watch that I lost. ( 指同一个)
The book is written in such easy English as I can read. ( 定语从句, as作宾语)
The book is written in such easy English that I can read it. ( 状语从句)
Here is so difficult a question as nobody can answer. ( 定语从句, as作宾语)
Here is so difficult a question that nobody can answer it. ( 状语从句)
关系代词that . which的区别.
只用that 引导的定从
先行词被序数词修饰时.
The first English novel that I read was A Tale of Two Cities.
先行词被形容词的最高级修饰时
It is the best film that I have ever seen.
先行词是all , everything, something, anything, nothing, none等不定代词时
Is this all that is left
I’ll do everything that I can to help you.
先行词被 the only, the very修饰时
The only thing that matters is to find our way home.
This is the very book that I’ve been looking for.
当特殊问句由who或which引导时, 为避免重复, 常用that代替who或which
Who is the man that is standing by the door
Which is the dictionary that you bought yesterday
先行词既指人也指物.
Look at the man and his donkey that are walking up the street.
只能用which引导的定从
① which 可以引导非限制性定从, that 则不能
He had failed in the maths exam, which made his father very angry.
② 在介词提前的定从中, 只用which, 而不用that
This is the house in which Luxun used to live.
练习:
__________ is reported in the newspaper, talks between the two countries are making progress.
A. It B. As C. That D. what
He is such a lazy man ___________ nobody wants to work with__________.
A. as; him B. that ; / C. as; / D. whom; him
A container weighs more after air is put in, __________ proves that air has weight.
A. as B. it C. that D. which
By serving others, a person focuses on someone other than himself or herself, _______ can be very eyeopening and rewarding.
A. who B. which C. what D. that
___________ I explained on the phone, your request will be considered at the next meeting.
A. when B. After C. As D. Since
There is such a problem_________ we all should _____________.
A. as; pay attention to it B. that; attract our attention
C. as; pay attention to D. that; attract our attention to it
This is all ____________ I know about the matter.
A. what B. which C. that D. whether
He wrote a letter to me, telling me everything ____________ he saw on the way to Beijing.
A. that B. what C. which D. where
Who is the person _________is standing at the gate of Beijing Tourism Tower
A. who B. that C. which D. whom
Tell us the people and the places ___________ are different from ours.
A. that B. who C. which D. whom
关系副词的用法
引导定语从句的关系副词有when, where, why. 在句子中作状语.
I still remember the day when I first came to Beijing.
We’ll never forget the happy time when we worked on the farm.
This is the house where we lived last year.
The factory where his father works is in the west of the city.
There are several reasons why we can’t do that.
He couldn’t give the teacher a good reason why he was late for school.
when和 where 引导词可以换成介词+which的结构.
上面的前4句可换成:
I still remember the day on which I first came…
We’ll never forget the happy time (at/ in ) which we…
This is the house in which we lived last year.
The factory in which his father works is…
练习1.
Hangzhou is the place ________ I went last summer.
The reason _________ Peter is so happy is that he passed the exam.
I remember the day ___________ my father died. I was only ten years old at that time.
Please give me the reason __________ you were late this time.
I’ll go back to the place _________ I grew up and live there forever.
Yesterday we went to visit the house __________ the great writer used to live.
I’ll never forget the day _________ I first met you at the airport.
Kunming is a beautiful city _________ flowers are seen all the year round
The old black man has never forgotten the day _________ he was taken away from his mother and sold.
考点:
比较下面的句子
Do you remember the days that / which / X we spent in Qingdao
Do you remember the days when we spent the summer holidays in Qingdao
引导定从的关系代词及关系副词除了起连接先行词和从句的作用外.它们还有一个最重要的作用, 那就是它们分别在从句中担当成份. 具体地说, 关系代词在从句中作主语、宾语或表语, 而关系副词在从句中作状语。 因此, 在选择引导词时, 最重要的是分析一下从句中的成份, 若从句中缺主语、宾语、表语,那必须用关系代词, 如例1); 若从句中不缺主、宾、表,或从句中的谓语动词为不及物动词, 则用关系副词, 如例2)。若从句是被动语态, 也用关系副词, 如例8. 9.
练习2:
Some pre-school children to to a day care center, _________ they learn simple games and songs.
A. then B. there C. while D. where
The village has developed a lot ___________ we learned farming two years ago.
A. when B. which C. that D. where
New York, ___________ last year, is a nice old city.
A. that I visited B. which I visited
C. where I visited D. in which I visited
A fast food restaurant is the place ___________, just as the name suggests, eating is performed quickly.
A. which B. where C. there D. what
Do you still remember the chicken farm____________ we visited three months ago
A. where B. when C. that D. what
The place___________ the bridge is supposed to be built should be __________the cross-river traffic is the heaviest.
A. which; where B. at which; which
C. at which; where D. which; in which
Last year the Browns moved to Toronto, ___________ they had long dreamed of living in.
A. where B. which C. in which D. /
There are moments in life___________ you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them up from dreams and hug them for real.
A. where B. how C. why D. when
Europe has achieved more in controlling the AIDS virus than Asia in the past ten years, _____________ the number of people infected with the virus is going up sharply.
A. when B. that C. so that D. where
They can find whatever they need in the supermarket, _____________is always busy on Sundays.
A. which B. when C. where D. who
You’ll have to wait for one more week, ___________ the manager will be back from his trip.
A. before B. when C. as D. until
三. 其它几种定语从句
way后面的定从
I think the way that / which / X he told me is best.
Please tell me the way that / in which / X you did the job .
situation, case作先行词, 从句引导词用 where / in which
Today, we’ll discuss a number of cases __________ beginners of English fail to use the language properly.
A. which B. as C. why D. where
Can you think of some cases __________ drivers obviously knew the traffic rules but didn’t obey them
a. why B. where C. as D. which
He was driving so fast as to get himself into a dangerous situation________ he is likely to lose the control over his car.
A. why B. where C. how D. which
当先行词是time时, 若time作“次数”讲,应用that, 也可省略; 若time作“一段时间”, 应用when或at/during + which
This is the second time ( that) the president has visited the country.
This was at a time when/during which there were no radios, no telephones or no TV sets.
There was a time when women had no right to vote.
特殊句子
I, who am your teacher, will try my best to help you.
To own a computer in families, which we thought was impossible twenty years ago, now becomes true.
四.定语从句在改错中的常考点
主谓一致
one of + n.+引导词+复数动词
The Great Wall is one of the world-famous buildings that draw lots of visitors.
Titanic is one of the most wonderful movies that have been produced in Hollywood.
the one of + n. +引导词+单数动词
The Great Wall is the only one of the buildings on the earth that is seen from the moon.
Titanic is the only one of the wonderful movies that has been produced in Hollywood.
This is the second time that the President has visited the country.
This was the second time that the President had visited the country.
用哪一个引导词, 或漏用引导词
定从的引导词在从句中作成份, 从句中的代词应省略.
例子:
I was only about six that he held his hand out to me.
I was not lucky enough to have a teacher which didn’t take my bad grades as a judgement of my abilities.
Everyone sleeps in tents, that is very exciting.
Most public libraries also have a reading-room, that you can sit at the desk.
It was a nice day for Peter’s hometown, where was a mountain city.
You should stay on busy roads in the areas in which have good lighting.
The English corner is the place which I can practise my spoken English.