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高中英语定语从句
一、三个概念
1.定语从句: 2.先行词: 3.关系词:
例:The boy who is singing at the stage is only nine years old.
先行词 关系词 定语从句
Anyone that is willing to help others is welcome to our group.
先行词
定语从句
关系词
二、关系词的用法
关系代词: who/whom/that/which/whose
whose:表所有格,先行词既可以是人,也可以是物
The worker whose arm was broken was sent to hospital.
The river whose banks are covered with trees is very long.
关系副词:when/where/why
1. when: 指时间,其先行词表示时间,在句中作时间状语。
例:This was the time when he arrived.
I will never forget the day when I met my favorite star.
2. where指地点,其先行词表示地点,在句中作地点状语。
例:This is the factory where he works.
Nanjing is the place where I was born.
3. why 指原因,其先行词是原因,起原因状语作用。
例:Nobody knows the reason why he is often late for school.
Is this the reason why he refused our offer?
注意:关系副词when, where, why, 的含义相当于“介词+which”结构,因此常常和“介词+which“结构交替使用。
例:I will never forget the day on which I met my favorite star.【when】
Nanjing is the place in which I was born.【where】
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