The Attributive Clause

Which baby is Jack?

Jack

穿红裤子的baby是Jack。 The baby whose trousers are red is Jack. The baby who is wearing red trousers is Jack.

Which house is mine?My house

房顶是棕色的房子是我的。 The house whose roof is brown is mine.

定语从句 用作定语的从句叫定语从句。定语从句所修饰的 名(代)词叫作先行词。定语从句一般紧跟在先 行词的后面。 1. The students (who don’t study hard) will not pass 先行词 定语从句 the exam. 主句: The students will not pass the exam. 2. The woman (who you saw in the park) is our 先行词 定语从句 English teacher. 主句: The woman is our English teacher. 从句的主语： you 从句的宾语： whom

3. A shoe shop is a shop (which sells shoes). 主句：A shoe shop is a shop. 从句的主语: which 4. The book (that you want) is on the desk. 主句 The book is on the desk. that 从句的主语: you 从句的宾语： 引导定语从句的关系代词常见的有that, which,who whom等。关系代词放在先行词和定语从句之间， 起连接作用，同时又作定语从句的一个成份。 The man (that/who told us a funny story) is in the next room. 主语 I lost the book(( that/which ) you gave me). 宾语

关系代词:1. who指人,作主语或宾语 (作宾语可省略)

The man who I talked with is our teacher. A person who steals things is called a thief.2. whom指人,作宾语 (作宾语可省略,如介词提 前则不能省) The man (whom/who) I nodded to is Mr. Li. The man to whom I nodded is Professor Li.

3. which 指物，作主语或宾语 (作宾语可省 略, 如介词提前则不能省)

These are the trees which were planted last year.This recorder (which) he is using is made in Japan. Is this the library (which) you borrow books from? Is this the library from which you borrow books?

4. that 指人/物，作主语或宾语 (作宾语可省略)

A plane is a machine. It can fly. A plane is a machine that can fly.

He is the man. I told you about him. He is the man (that) I told you about.

归纳：that,即指人又指物，作主语或宾语。 which,指物，作主语或宾语。 who, whom指人,who作主语,whom作宾语。 that, which, whom在定语从句中作宾语时，可省去。

1) A plane is a machine ________________ which/that can fly. which/that/ / / 2) The car ____________________ my uncle bought last week was stolen. who/that 3) The students ________________ don’t study hard will not pass the exam. 4) The woman ___________________ whom/that/ / / you saw in the park is our English teacher.

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The house __________ we live in is very old. which/ that which/ that Those are the shoes __________ I lost last week. That is the man __________ found my handbag. that has Lucy can’t eat food who/ __________ chocolate in it. which/ that The car __________ my uncle bought last month is very beautiful. which/ that

6. The village __________ Guo

Peng lives in is very which/ that far away. who/ thatis wearing the black jacket is 7. The boy __________ very clever. who/ that 8. I hate people __________ talk much but do little. 9. The detective found the thieves __________ who/ that robbed the Bank of Hawaii. 10. My aunt works in a university __________ has which/ that over five thousand students.

that 1. The books _____ I borrowed from the library was newly published. which I lost last week was found 2. The ID card _____ in a supermarket. which 3. The newspapers ____ we have collected will be recycled. which 4. Most of the cars ____ were stolen have not been found yet. who are visiting the natural 5. The students ____ museum are very interested in the dinosaurs.

Exercises

who is taking care of the baby is my aunt’s baby6. The girl _____ sitter. who 7. All the women _____ were working in that factory had a day off on Women’s Day. 8. 吉姆住的房间看起来很漂亮 which Jim lives in The room _________________ looks very nice. 9. 那就是刚才偷我钱包的那个人 stole my purse just now That is the man who ___________________________. 10. 昨天抢银行的小偷被抓住了 who robbed the bank yesterday The thieves _______________________________ were caught.

11. He talked happily about the men and books____ __________ that interested him greatly in the school. (which/that)

以下情况只能用that 1 先行词既有指人又有指物 2 当先行词前有序数词或形容词最高级 时，有the only,the very 等修饰时 3 先行词是all, much,anything,something, nothing等不定代词 4 主句是以who/which开头的特殊疑问句 时

Fill in the blanks: 1.The terrible typhoon killed the people and cattle _______ were in the fields. that that 2.The wind blew down the tallest tree _______ is in front of our school gate. 3.This is the very thing ______ that// I was looking for. that// I have ever read. 4.This is the second novel ______ 5.There is nothing in the world _______ can frighten that me. that 6.Who is the man _______ is reading under the tree? 7.My hometown is not the same one _______ that it used to be twenty years ago.

Corrections: 1. The man just said hello to me is my chemistry teacher. who 2. Who is the man you just shook hands with him. ( where which) 4. This is the best dictionary which I have ever used. ( which that) 5. The house where we live in is not very large. ( where which/that) 6. The house that it was built in 1970 stayed up in the earthquake.

3. Egypt is a country where is famous for its pyramids.