一、 Relative Clauses (关系从句)
1、限定性关系从句
作用：对先行词进行限制和确定，从句前后没有逗号。
--The house in which/where she lives now is in the city center.
--2011 is the year when Linda was admitted to a university.
关系代词：
人：who, whom, that, whose, when, where, why
E.g. --The man who/that is standing behind the counter is a shop assistant.
-- The girl whom/that we talked to just now is our teacher.
-- This is the hotel where/in which we lived last year.
物：which, that, when, where, why
E.g. –The book which/that /- I bought yesterday is so expensive.
-- I still remember the day when / on which I graduated.
Exercises
1. The hotel during my holiday was poorly managed.
A. as I stayed B. which I stayed C. Where I stayed
2. Our library has a large collection of books are in English.
A. many of which B. many of them C. many ones
3. The book is designed for the learners native language is not English.
A. which B. whose C. who D. what
2. 非限定性关系从句
与主句关系较为松散，对先行词起说明、描绘作用，一旦删除，不影响主句的意义。一般用逗号分开。
My neighbour, whose son is now in the USA, is a doctor.
引导词：who (人)，which(物/整个句子)
-- I told the news to Philip, who later told it to his parents.
-- Susan has been ill for about a week, which made her suffer a lot.
Exercises
1. The only games which I play are football and tennis.
2. He is the only student who can understand English well.
3. He is a writer whose book is seldom read.
4. 这是你丢的钱吗?
5. 他是我认识的人中最聪明的一个.
6. 你借我的那本书不是很有趣.
