对于英语学习者来说,单词毫无疑问是基础,而语法则是架构,单词需要依照语法规则组成句子。英语考试中有一个大家都非常熟悉的常客——定语从句,无论是在单项选择、完型填空,还是在阅读理解和书面表达中也是变换着各种形式进行考察。因此,大家一定要学会在听课和刷题中不断揣摩其中存在的规律,再反过来通过题目精炼。
一、定语从句起了形容词的作用,在句子中修饰一个名词或代词。
被修饰的词叫做先行词,引导定语从句的词叫关系词,他的作用一是放在先行词与定语从句中间起了连接作用,二是在从句中担当一个成分,并与先行词要保持数的一致。
关系词 |
先行词 |
从句成分 |
例 句 |
备 注 |
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关关系代 词 |
who |
人 |
主语 |
Do you know the man who is talking with your mother? |
whom, which和that在从句中做宾语时,常可以省略,但介词提前时后面关系代词不能省略,也不可以用that |
whom |
人 |
宾语 |
Mr. Smith is the person with whom I am working |
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whose |
人或物 |
定语 |
I like those books whose topics are about history. |
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that |
人或物 |
主语,宾语 |
A plane is a machine that can fly. |
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which |
物 |
主语,宾语 |
The book (which) I gave you was worth $10. |
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as |
人或物 |
主语,宾语 |
He is such a person as is respected by all of us. |
as做宾语一般不省略 |
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关关系副 词 |
when |
时间 |
时间状语 |
I will never forget the day when we met there. |
可用on which |
where |
地点 |
地点状语 |
This is the house where I was born. |
可用in which |
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why |
原因 |
原因状语 |
I can’t imagine the reason why he turned down my offer. |
可用for which |
二、that与which, who, whom的用法区别
情 况 |
用法说明 |
例 句 |
只用that的情况 |
1.先行词为all, everything, anything, nothing, little, much,等不定代词时 |
1.He told me everything that he knows. 2.All the books that you offered has been given out. 3.This is the best film that I have ever read. 4.We talked about the persons and things that we remembered. 5.He is the only man that I want to see. 6.Who is the man that is making a speech? |
只用which, who, whom的情况 |
1.在非限制性定语从句中,只能用which指代物,用who/whom指人 |
1.He has a son, who has gone abroad for further study. |
三、as、which和that的区别
从句 |
区 别 |
例 句 |
限制性定语从句中 |
名词前有such和the same修饰时,关系代词用as,不能用which |
He is not such a fool as he looks. |
非限制性定语从句中 |
as和which都可以指代前面整个主句。如果有“正如,象”的含义,并可以放在主句前,也可以放在后面,那么用as;而which引导的从句只能放主句后,并无“正如”的意思。 |
They won the game, as we had expected. |
the same... as和 |
the same... as指同类事物 |
That’s the same tool as I used last week.(同类工具,不是同一把) |
四、定语从句与其它从句(句型)的区别
类 别 |
区 别 |
例 句 |
定语从句 与并列句 |
定语从句与并列句的主要区别在于:并列句有像and,but,so等并列连词或两个句子用分号连接,这时就不能再用引导定语从句的关系词了。 |
①Mr Li has three daughters,none of _____ is an engineer. |
定语从句 |
定语从句的前面有名词作先行词,而状语从句没有先行词。 |
This is the place where we used to live a few years ago. |
定语从句修饰、限制、说明名词,只能放在先行词的后面,而状语从句说明动作发生的情况,并且可以放在主句的前面。 |
Do you know the time when the class is over? 你知道下课的时间吗?(定语从句) |
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When, where和why在引导定语从句时可以用“介词+which”的结构来替换,在引导状语从句时却不行。 |
This is the factory in which (where) his father once worked. |
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定语从句中的关系词在从句中充当某种句子成分,因此去掉它则从句成分不完整;而结果状语从句中的连接词在从句中不作任何成分,去掉后从句的成分仍然完整。 |
It is such an interesting book as we all like. 它是我们大家都喜欢的如此有趣的书。 |
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定语从句 |
定语从句在复合句中相当于形容词,对先行词起修饰、描述或限制的作用,与先行词之间有从属关系。同位语的作用相当于名词,对前面的名词给予补充说明或进一步解释,是前面名词的具体内容,与先行词之间是同位关系。 |
The news that she had passed the exam made her parents very happy. |
定语从句 |
强调句的结构为“It is/was+被强调部分+that+从句”。被强调部分可以是除谓语以外的任何成分,当被强调部分是人时,还可用who代替that。这一句型中,一定不能因为被强调部分是表时间或地点的词就用when或where代替 that。 |
①It is on the morning of May 1st _____ I met Liang Wei at the airport. |
注意:由两个简单句合并成一个含定语从句的复句时,对于关系代词、关系副词的取舍是个难点。如下两句话,用起来倒方便,快捷口诀:
代代代①,副代副②;
有介要用代③,无介关副代④。
说明:①是说用关系代词代替定语从句中的代词或名词。即将两个句子合并成定语从句时,在确定先行词后(在主句中),把另一个句子(定语从句)中的代词或名词用关系代词代替,紧跟在先行词之后即可。这里当然要记住,应把被代替的代词或名词去掉。
e.g. The teacher is my brother.
He is teaching.
→The teacher who (代替代词he, 故也须将he去掉)is teaching is my brother.
②与①同理。即用关系副词代替定语从句中的副词(或作状语的介词短语)。这时的关系副词也照样紧跟在先行词之后。eg:
We visited the factory.
She worked in the factory last year.
→We visited the factory, Where (代替相当于副词作状语的介词词组in the factory) she worked last year.
③和④两句是指如果定语从句中有作状语的介词短语,保留介词就要用关系代词,或用关系副词代替整个介词短语。eg:
I still remember that day.
I joined the Party on that day.
→I still remember the day on which I joined the Party.
本文结合定语从句中的高频考点及易混点,运用表格和详实的例句帮助大家进行了系统梳理,希望能够对各位考生理解定语从句有所帮助。
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