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定语从句 （Relative Clause）

Exercise 1: Underline the attributive(定语) in the following sentences.

1. When people grow up, they will take up different occupations in various work places.

2. People from all walks of life make up a society.

3. The following suggestions might give you some ideas. 4. I’m sorry. I don’t know the man over there.

5. I’m sorry. I don’t know the man who is over there.

The Use of Relative Pronouns(关系代词) 作主语 作宾语 作定语 作表语 指人 指物 who, that which, that who, whom, that which, that whose whose, of which the that that Exercise 2: 划出下列句子中的定语从句并指出关系代词在句中担任的成分 1. The school board interviewed all the candidates who/that applied. 2. Anyone who/that saw the car accident please get in touch with us.

3. In the garden I saw an army of ants which/that were busily eating a dead snail. 4. The girl (whom/that) he employs is often complaining about her pay. 5. I have learned to look carefully at everything (that) I see. 6. Mrs. Lee is a widow whose husband was killed in war. 7. He is no longer the man (that) he used to be

8. Look at the way (that/in which) John tackled the job.

Practice 1: Combine each pair of the following sentences into one as shown in the example.

Example: The bed had no mattress. I slept on that bed in the evening. Combined: In the evening I slept on the bed which/that had no mattress.

1. John liked chocolate very much. He never received any chocolate from his mother because of his decayed teeth.

2. Tom’s leg is still in bandages. He will have to watch the match in a wheelchair.

3. This evening I am going to meet Mr. White. I have heard a great deal about Mr. White.

4. I have just got a letter from my sister. The letter is full of interesting news.

5. We vacationed at the lake. Our friends own a cottage at the lake.

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6. All the men were experienced. He worked with these men.

Exercise 3: Complete the following sentences according to the Chinese given in the brackets.

1. There is nothing in the world _____________________________. ( 是完美的)

2. Professor Li has told us something _____________________________________ (暑假应该做的事)

3. Much _________________________________(我在那本书中学到的) is very useful.

4. The first thing __________________________________(我今晚要做的第一件事) is to write to my parents.

5. This is the most interesting film ______________________________(近几年出品的).

6. Snow White and Seven Dwarfs is the very cartoon ________________________

____________( 吸引了许多少年儿童).

7. You can take any seat_____________________________(空着的)

8. John lent her a few books______________________(极其珍贵的).

9. They talked about the things and persons that ___________________________

___________( 他们访问过的).

10. Who is the person __________________________________( 站在那边的)?

11. Which of us __________________________________________( 懂得物理知

识的人) does not know this?

12. The modern aeroplane is not the machine ________________________________

____________( 刚发明时的那一种).

13. Chemists and biologists have found that __________________________(大脑工作的方式) is far more complicated than they thought.

(all, any, every, (a) few, no, only, some, very, ordinal numbers, superlative degree of adj.)

Exercise 4: Fill in the blanks with a proper proposition:

1. Last night I had a dream ______which I became a Nobel Prize winner. 2. The incident ______which the film is based is of historic Importance. 3. This is the pan ______which I boiled the milk.

4. Please tell me ______whom you borrowed the English novel.

5. The palace ______ which I often pay a visit was built in the 17th century.

6. The ship ________ the Europeans sailed to the American continent was called the Mayflower.

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7. The family _________ I stayed in Rome is coming to England soon. 8. He has written a book, the name ________ I have completely forgotten. 9. It is a family of eight children, all _______ are studying music.

10. Can you suggest a time ________ it will be convenient for us to meet. 11. The town ________ they came was in the north of the province. 12. Here are some clothes, none ________ suits me.

13. The fur coat ________ the lady was dressed was very expensive. 14. The emperor, _______ the place was built, was very cruel.

15. He spent a wonderful summer _________ he joined us in the camping trip. 16. The money ___________ he bought the bike was given by his grandfather. 17. The buses, most _________ were already full, left the school one after another. 18. Ann White ________ we received the invitation lives next door to us.

“Prep” + “Relative Pronoun”

about which we wrote to you.

which we wrote to your about. 1. This is the motel that we wrote to you about. we wrote to you about.

to whom the tourists will complain?

whom the tourists will complain to? 2. Do you know the tourist authorities who the tourists will complain to? that the tourists will complain to? the tourists will complain to?

(Expressions such as come across, search for, look at, look for, care for, agree with ask for , laugh at, hear from, die of, mention to , respect for...can’t be separated!) Your efficiency, which we have put up with far too long, is beginning to annoy our customers.

That was the business meeting during which I listened carefully and kept taking notes.

3. The tourists chose a south-facing room, the windows of which opened to a spacious lawn.

4. Their sons, both of whom study in Switzerland, ring them up every week.

Practice 4: Translate the Chinese into English, using relative clause with prepositions.

1. The old woman has three children, __________________________ (他们全都是研究生).

2. Water is a liquid, _____________________ (它的沸点是摄氏100度).

3. In his mind’s eye, John was able to see _____________________________ (他曾经居住过的房子) when he was a child.

4. Granddad’s will, ________________ (细节不祥), is going to be read by the

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lawyer.

5. She designed and supervised the building of the house, (其中大部分由当地的一位木匠建的) ______________________________________________________. 6. The teacher asked us several questions, _______________________________ ______________( 这些问题的答案都很有意思)(the answers to which proved very interesting.)

7. There are over 100 natural elements, _________________________________ ________________( 其中有一些是非常有趣的)(some of which are very familiar.) 8. The twenty passengers were killed in the accident, ____________________( 其中有十个是学生)(ten of whom were students.)

The Use of Relative Adverbs(关系副词)

Exercise 5: Underline the relative clause and translate the sentences into Chinese.

1. Winter is usually the season when/in which many animals have sleep, called “winter sleep.”

2. He showed me the house where/in which his grandfather had made cigars.

3. The reason why/for which more streetlights are being fixed is the people feel safe in the well-lit streets.

Practice 5: Fill in the blanks with proper words.

1. He went to the bank _________he kept all his money.

2. I still remember the day _________Mr. Zhu for the first time stepped into our classroom with a book in his hand.

3. That was the reason ________a large audience attended the fashion show. 4. Put the book back to place _______you first got it. 5. Pyramid is a tomb ______ a king or a queen is buried. 6. Pyramid is a tomb ______ is built for a king and a queen.

7. He arrived in New York on the day ______ the WTC was attacked. 8. He arrived in New York on the day ______ will never be forgotten.

9. When turning down an invitation, you had better offer a reason _______ you can’t accept it.

10. That is the reason _______ he gave us. Features for Non-Restrictive Relative Clause 1. There must be a “Comma” before the clause. 2. No “that” and “why” can be used. 3. Relative pronoun can’t be omitted. 4. Relative pronoun can refer to the main clause.

Exercise 6: Underline the relative clause and translate the sentences into Chinese.

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