The Attributive ClauseThe Attributive Clause

Oct. 2005

I. Relative pronounswhich

who

that

whom

whose

A tank is a machine which is very powerful in a war.

I lost the glasses that/which I bought in Beijing.

1.which

A plane is a machine. The machine can fly.A plane is can fly. the machinea machine

Join the following sentences:A plane is a machine. The machine can fly.

A plane is can fly.a machine that /which

Do you find the pen? I wrote with it just now.

Do you find the pen with which I wrote just now?

Do you find the pen (which/that) I wrote with just now?

1.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 ismade in Japan. Is this the library from which you borrowbooks?

2. 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.

The girl who/that is raising her hand is my sister.

He is the policeman who/that told me the way yesterday.

Join the following sentences:The girl is Mary. We saw her yesterday.

Join the following sentences:The girl is Mary. We saw her yesterday.

we saw yesterday is Mary.herThe girl

Join the following sentences:The girl is Mary. We saw her yesterday.

we saw yesterday is Mary.herThe girl

Join the following sentences:The girl is Mary. We saw her yesterday.

we saw yesterday is Mary.herThe girl

Join the following sentences:The girl is Mary. We saw her yesterday.

we saw yesterday is Mary.herThe girl

Join the following sentences:The girl is Mary. We saw her yesterday.

we saw yesterday is Mary.herThe girl

Join the following sentences:The girl is Mary. We saw her yesterday.

we saw yesterday is Mary.herThe girl

Join the following sentences:The girl is Mary. We saw her yesterday. (whom/that / who) we saw yesterday is Mary.The girl

The man is kind. Everyone likes him.

The man (who/that) everyone likes is kind. ( 宾语 )

The woman got the job. We saw her on the street.

The woman (whom) we saw on the street got the job.

The teacher will give us a talk. We met the teacher yesterday.

The teacher (whom) we met yesterday will give us a talk.

The boy is in the lab. You want to talk to him.

The boy (whom) you want to talk to is in the lab.The boy to whom you want to talk is in the lab.

This is the boy. I sit behind him.This is the boy (whom) I sit behind.

This is the boy behind whom I sit.

关系代词 : 3. 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.

4. 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.

指人 指物 主语 宾语that

whichwho

whom

关系代词的用法

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关系代词在从句中可以：

何时可以省略？ 做宾语时可以省略

The teacher praised the student. His English is the best in our class.

The teacher praised the student whose English is the best in our class.

Join the following pair of sentences.

whose =the student’s/His关系词 whose 实际上是先行词的所有格

难用的 whoseThe house is mine. The window of the house is broken.

Join the following pair of sentences.

The house whose window is broken is mine. whose=the house’s window

The house is mine.the window of which is brokenof which the window is broken

5.whose 在定语从句中作定语 ,表示引导词与 whose 后的名词为所属关系。 whose多指人，也可指物，指物时可与 of which互换使用。This is the book whose cover is blue.This is the book of which the cover is blue. This is of which the book the cover is blue.

Game

1. A bookworm is . .2. A couch potato is . .3. A sports fan is . .4. A workaholic is . .

a person who likesreading very much

a person who spendsa lot of time watching TV

a person who loves toplay or watch sports

a person who oftenworks hard

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