Mike wants to work in a country in which there are a lot of rain forests.

Is Shanghai the city in which he was born?

This is not a family in which bad behavior goes unpunished.

3. When the noun or the antecedent is the word reason and is used as the adverbial of reason in the attributive clause, why is used to introduce the clause. Here why is used as a relative adverb.

Read the two example sentences in Point 3.

4. Read the sentences in Point 4 and learn how to say the sentences with attributive clauses introduced by when, where or why in more formal English. We can use in which instead of where, on which instead of when and for which instead of why in the three sentences.

Aanswers

(1) why/ for which (2) when (3) in which (4) where/ in which (5) when/ on which

Answers

Part C1 (page 88)

1. whom 2. why 3. that/which 4. whom 5. that/which

6. whom 7. where 8. when 9. that/which 10. where

Part C2 (page 88)

1. that---which/去掉in 2. 去掉it 3. which---why

4. that---where 5. that ---where 6. 在the person 加who/that

7. which---that/在which前加in 8. that---when which---when

10. that---why

Resources

when or where can't be used to introduce an attributive clause if the antecedent is used as the subject or object in the clause though they refer to a time or a place. It is the same with the word reason.

*Shanghai is the first city that Eric visited in China. (The antecedent the first city is used as the object of the verb visit in the attributive clause.)

*The city which/that gives Eric a deep impression in China is Shanghai. (The antecedent the city is used as the subject in the clause.)

*He will always remember the days that/which he spent in China. (The antecedent the days is used as the object of the verb spent in the attributive clause.)

*I must get home before January 22, which is the first day of the Spring Festival. (The antecedent January 22 is used as the subject in the clause.)

*The reason that/which he gave us is good enough. (The antecedent the reason is used as the object of the verb gave in the clause.)