定语从句The Relative Clause(2)

3. Have you asked her the reason why may explain her absence?

Have you asked her the reason that /which may explain her absence? Relative clause Ⅲ relative adverbs Notes.

1. The relative adverbs ( where , when , why ) refer to the place, time, and the reason. 2. The relative adverbs must be used as adverbials in the sentence.

Cf. A) Do you remember the place (that/which) we visited a few years ago? Do you remember the place where we worked a few years ago? B) We’ll never forget the days (that/which) we spent together. We’ll never forget the day when we joined the Party. 3. Whether we use the relative pron. or adv. decides on its function in the clause. 4. All the relative adverbs can be replaced by prep.+which. 5. A special relative adv.-----that

When the anticedent is time, place, or way, “that” can also be used instead of where,when, in which. Here that is adv.

Eg. A) There was a time that/when/during which we left our bikes here. B) This was the place that/where/in which I used to study. C) I like the way that /in which/--- you make the experiment. 1. After living in Paris for fifty years, he returned to the small town ____ he grew up as a child.

A. which B. where C. that D. when

2. He made another wonderful discovery ____ of great importance of science. A. which I think is B. which I think it is C. which I think it D. I think which

3. The hours _____ the children spend in their one-way relationship with television people undoubtedly affect their relationships with real-life people. A. that B. when C. in which D. on which

4. Finally, the thief handed everything _____ he had stolen to the police. A. which B. what C. whatever D. that

5. In the dark street, there wasn’t a single person ______ she could turn for help. A. that B. who C. from whom D. to whom 6. Is this the factory _____ you visited the other day?

that B. where C. in which D. the one 7. Is this factory _____ some foreign friends visited last Friday?

A. that B. where C. which D. the one 8. Is this the plane _____ he came to New York?

A.which B. by which C. that D. in which 9. The day I had been looking forward ______ at last.

A.To come B. to came C. to coming D. will come

10. He is the only one of the teachers who ________ French in our school. A. know B. knows C. that know D. to know

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