定语从句:所谓从句就是一个主谓结构相当于整个句子的一个成分,因此从句不能单独使用。在复合句中修饰名词或者代词,做定语的句子叫定语从句
如 1) The man who lives next to us is a policeman
2) You must do everything that I do.
上面两句中的man和everything 是定语从句所修饰的词。定语从句修饰的词叫先行词,因为它总是处在定语从句的前面,比定语从句先行一步.引导定语从句的词叫关系词,包括关系代词that, which, who( 宾格whom, 所有格whose)和关系副词where, when, why.
关系词常有三个作用:1. 引导定语从句 2. 代替先行词 3.在定语从句中担当一个成分
二 关系代词引导的定语从句
1. who指人,在从句中做主语
The boys who are playing football are from Class One.
2. whom指人,在定语从句中充当宾语,常可省略
Mr. Liu is the person whom you talked about
关系代词whom在口语和非正式语体中常用who代替,可省略
3. which 指物,在定语从句中做主语或宾语,做宾语时可省略
Football is a game which is liked by most boys.
This is the pen which he bought yesterday.(做宾语可省略)
4. that 指人时,相当于who或者whom, 指物时相当于which在定语从句中做主语或者宾语,做宾语时可省略
The people that/ who come to visit the city are all here.
Where is the book that/ which I read this morning?
5. Whose通常指人,也可指物,在定语从句中做定语
He has a friend whose father is a doctor.
三 关系副词引导的定语从句
I will never forget the day when(on which) I joined the League.
He will go back to the school where(in which) he studied next week.
I don’t know the reason why( for which) he quarreled with Zhanglin