③ This novel, which I have read three times, is very touching. 这本小说很动人,我已经读了三遍。
非限制性定语从句还能将整个主句作为先行词, 对其进行修饰, 这时从句谓语动词要用第三人称单数。
① He seems not to have grasped what I meant, which greatly upsets me. 他似乎没抓住我的意思,这使我心烦。
② Liquid water changes to vapor, which is called evaporation. 液态水变为蒸汽,这就叫做蒸发。
③ Solid changes directly to gas, which is called sublimation; gas changes directly to solid, which is called desublimation.
固态直接转为气态,这现象称为升华;而气态直接转为固态,这一现象成为凝华。
说明:引导非限制性定语从句的先行词只能是which,不可以用that。
2.定语从句中,引导词只能用that,不可以用which的情况:
a) 在there be 句型中,只用that,不用which。
There's a restaurant that serves coffee and doughnuts. 有一家餐馆提供咖啡和甜甜圈。
b) 以something, everything, anything, nothing, the one,等作被修饰词(即:先行词)时,引导词只用that,不用which。
Mr. Pan feels like teaching his students all that he knows. 潘老师恨不得把他知道的一切都教给学生。
There's something that I don't quite understand in your talk. 在你的讲座中,有的东西我没有完全听懂的。
The finger I put in the mixture(混合物) is not the one that I put into my mouth. 我插入混合物中的手指并不是我放入嘴里的手指。
c) 当先行词(即:被修饰的词)被all, any, no, little, much, every, the only(唯一的), the very(恰恰;正),just the...修饰时,即:含有上述这些词的时候,只用that。
① He had spent all the money (that) his mother gave him.他把他妈妈给他的钱全花光了。
② If there are any clothes (that) you do want to buy, just let me know. 如果有什么衣服你真的想买的话,直接告诉我。
③ China is no longer the country that it used to be. 中国不再是他以前的那个国家了。
d) 先行词为序数词、数词、形容词最高级时,只用that。
① I'll never forget the first lesson (that) you gave us. 我永远忘不掉你给我们上的第一堂课。
② The two sheep that produce milk are female sheep. 那两头产奶的羊是母羊。
③ Our English teacher is the best teacher (that) I've ever met. 我们的英语老师是我见过的最好的老师。
e) 先行词(即:被修饰的词)既有人,又有物时。
The foreign guests spoke highly of the children and their shows that they saw in the kindergarten.
外国客人对幼儿园里所看到的孩子以及其表演给与了高度赞扬。
3.定语从句中,引导词只能用which,不可以用that的情况:
1)用于"非限制性定语从句"。
She always praised her son, which made the other mothers unhappy.她总是夸奖儿子,这使得其他母亲不高兴。
2)介词位于引导词之前。
① This is the house in which I was born. 这就是我出生的房子
=This is the house where I was born.. =This is the house that I was born in.
② The students are learning different subjects, all of which are of importance.学生们学习不同的科目,这些科目都很重要。
4.如果在such和same后面, 一般用关系代词as。
① I seldom see such people as you describe(描述) in your composition.
② Please lend me the same tools(工具) as were used a few days ago.
定语从句练习50道精选题
1. The place _______interested me most was the Children's Palace.
A. which B. where C. what D. in which
2. Do you know the man _______?
A. whom I spoke B. to who spoke C. I spoke to D. that I spoke
3. This is the hotel _______last month.
A. which they stayed B. at that they stayed C. where they stayed at D. where they stayed
4. Do you know the year ______the Chinese Communist Party was founded?
A. which B. that C. when D. on which
5. That is the day ______I'll never forget.
A. which B. on which C. in which D. when
6. The factory ______we'll visit next week is not far from here.
A. where B. to which C. which D. in which
7. Great changes have taken place since then in the factory _______we are working.
A. where B. that C. which D. there
8. This is one of the best films _______.
A. that have been shown this year B. that have shown C. that has been shown this year D. that you talked
9. Can you lend me the book ______the other day?
A. about which you talked B. which you talked C. about that you talked D. that you talked
10. The pen ______he is writing is mine.