Jianhu Foreign Language SchoolBy Yang cheng

Harry Potter

a boy with glasses

a boy who is clever and wears glasses

a clever boy

attribute attributive clause

relative adverb

关系副词

1. Harry Potter is a boy who wears glasses.

2. This is we saw last Friday.

3. Jianhu Foreign Language School where we study is a beautiful school.

4. 15th Oct. 2003 was Yang Liwei was sent into the space.

antecedent

先行词relative pronoun

关系代词

antecedent 先行词

the film that/ which

the day when

Relative pronouns:

Relative adverbs:

which ,that, who, whom , whose

when, where, why

Read the article on P. 9 and underline the attributive clauses in it.1.David was one of the most helpful students that we ever had.2.In 1998, he went to Oxford University where he got interested in Chinese culture.3.Some of the cities in China which he likes most are Beijing, Shanghai, Harbin and Nanjing .

4. Most of the students that he taught

have become his friends.

5. Some of the books were gifts that he

got from his Chinese friends and

students.

6. The paintings that David donated to

the school are being displayed in the

assembly hall.

In the attributive clauses, the relative words usually function as subject( 主语 ), object( 宾语 ), predicative( 表语 ), attribute( 定语 ), and adverbial( 状语 ). (P. 8)

☻That / which 指物，作主语或宾语 .

☻who/that 指人 , 作主语或宾语 .

1. All my classmates enjoyed the cake that /which I made.

2. The book that /which I borrowed from the library is very interesting.

3. I am going to see a friend who has just come back from the UK 4. She is the teacher who taught us English Literature.

☻whom 指人 ,作宾语 ( 可省略） , 比 who 作宾语更正式

5. The student whom we saw at the school gate is from America.

☻whose 指人或物 ,作定语 ( 不可省略 )

He is the character in the book. His name is Harry Potter.

6.He is the character whose name is Harry Potter in the book.

7.I have read the book whose character I like very much .

指代对象 人 事物从句中做 主语

who/that which/that （☆不可以省略）

从句中做 宾语

who(m)/that which/that （☆做宾语时可省）

从句中做 定语

whose whose（☆不可以省略）

Do Exs C1&C2 on page 88;

C1 answers: 2.4.5.6.7.9.are

attributive clauses.

Exercises:

Which baby do you like best ?

I like the baby who/that/whose…

gnaw his fingers

grovel on the ground

Which is your

favorite monkey ?

Complete the conversation with relative pronouns on P.11.

“That” is usually used in the following situations.

I am sure she has nothing that you can borrow.

I’ve read every book that is borrowed from the library.

This is the first book that he has read.This is the most interesting book that I have ever read.

This is the very book that belongs to him.

(1) 先行词为 all, everything, nothing, anything, little, much 等不定代词时。

(2) 先行词被 all, every, no, some, any, little, much等修饰时。

(3) 先行词被序数词或形容词最高级修饰时。

(4) 先行词被 the only, the very 修饰时。

I’ve read all the books that are about this matter.

Guessing games

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

Antecedent

Subject ObjectPossessi

veNote

personswho/that

whom/who/that

whoseA relative pronoun can be omitted when it is used as the object in an attributive clause

thingswhich/

thatwhat/that

whose/of which

Relative pronouns used in attributive clauses