Grammar and Usage

1. Grammar and Usage By Zong zhishan

2. LEARNING GOALS 1. Learn the Attributive Clause with prepositions. 2. Learn the Attributive Clause introduced by relative adverbs “where, when and why”.

3. REVISION

4. Choose the proper relative pronouns to fill in the blanks. 1. October 1,1949 is the day ____ we’ll never forget. A. when B. whose C. that D. it C 2. Is this the shop ___ sells children’s clothing? A. which B. where C. in which D. what A

5. 3. His parents wouldn’t let him marry anyone ____ family was poor. A. of whom B. whom C. of whose D. whose D 4. Do you know the boy _____ is standing at the gate of our school? A. who B. which C. whom D. whose A 5. The woman ____ you saw just now is my aunt. A. who’s B. whom C. which D. whose B

7. When did you come here? When did you come here? When did you come here? When did you come here?

8. We came here on Oct.12 , 2005. It was the day _____________ we were sent into the space. (on which) when

9. hi Where do you work and live?? Where do you work and live?? Where do you work and live?? Where do you work and live??

10. We work and live in a space capsule(太空舱). space capsule It is a place ______________ an astronaut works and lives. where (in which)

11. What are you doing now? I’m taking pictures. I’m having my blood pressure(血压) taken.

12. Can you tell me the reason______________ you are taking pictures? why /for which

13. Rewrite the following sentences with preposition+which/whom : 1. A. The person ( who/ that /whom) you should write to is Mr. Ball. B. The person to whom you should write is Mr.Ball. 2. A. The games ( which /that) he took part in were swimming and shooting. B. The games in which he took part were swimming and shooting.

14. How to choose the right prepositions 1. Find out which verb the preposition is used with. For example: • Have you met the person _____________whom he was speaking? with/to/about B. He is the man ____whom you should give your thanks. to

15. 2. Find out which noun or pronoun the clause modifies(修饰).For example: on A. The farm ____which we worked ten years ago isn’t what it used to be. B. This is the tree ______which we used to play games. under

16. 3. Find out the meaning of the clause. For example: A. The pen _____which he is writing now was bought yesterday. with (He is writing with the pen.) B. The gas _______which we can not live is called oxygen. without (We can not live without the gas.)

17. Fill in the blanks using “prep+whom/which”. 1. The book _____________ I heard was written twenty years ago. of/about which 2. The people ____________ the man spoke weren’t listening. to/with whom 3. The film ____________ I fell asleep was very boring. during which

18. 4. The pen __________ she wrote that book can now be seen in a museum. with which 5. The little creature ________ scientists are interested is known as ET. in which 6. The gun __________ he was shot was never found. with which

19. Do Exercise B on Page 29

20. Some tips: 1.当关系代词作 look for,look after, take care of等不能 拆开使用的短语动词的 宾语时,介词不能提前。

21. 2.根据先行词与介词搭配的常规来确定介词的使用。2.根据先行词与介词搭配的常规来确定介词的使用。 3.根据整个从句句意的要求来确定介词的使用。

22. 这就是我在找的那本书. This is the book (which/ that) I’m looking for. 在我上一封信中提到的那个男孩已经参军了。 The boy (who/whom/that )I referred to in my last letter has joined the army．

23. Do Exercise A on Page 29

24. Relative adverbs: when, where, why

25. 1. We use the relative adverb whento begin attributive clauses after nouns like time, moment, day, season, year, etc. 你还记得我们让你负责的那一天吗？ Do you remember the day when we left you in charge? 我经常想起我看到飞碟的那一时刻? I often think of the moment when I saw the UFO.

26. 2. We use the relative adverb where to begin attributive clauses after nouns like place, house, city, country, world, etc. 警方搜查了那个小偷待过的房子。 The police searched the house where the thief had stayed. 上海是他出身的城市吗？ Is Shanghai the city where he was born?

27. 3. We use the relative adverb whyto begin attributive clauses after reason. 我不知道房子为什么如此脏的原因。 I don’t know the reason why the house is to dirty.

28. 4. In more formal English, when, where and why can be replaced by a preposition + which. 书房是我经常跟我老爸谈话的地方。 The study is the place where/in which I often have talks with my father.

29. Complete the following sentences using which/that, why,where , when or preposition+which(whom). where/to which 1. Hangzhou is the place ______________ I went last summer. which/that 2. He read the book __________ his sister had told him about. 3. The reason _____________ Peter is so happy is that he passed the exam. why/for which

30. 4. I remember the day _____________ my father died. I was only ten years old at that time. when/on which 5. Please give me the reason ____________ you were late this time. why/for which 6. I will go back to the place ______________ I grew up and live there forever. where/in/at which

31. Homework : page96 C1, C2

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33. 高考定语从句回顾 ( )1.Carol said the work would the done by October, ____personally I doubt (怀疑) very much. (NMET1999) A. it B. that C. when D. which ( )2.Dorothy is always speaking highly of her role (角色) in the play, ____,of course, made the others unhappy. (NMET2000) A. who B. which C. this D. what D B

34. ( )3.John said he’d been working in the office for an hour, ____was true. (NMET2001) A. he B. this C. which D. who ( )4.The film brought the hours back to me, ____I was taken good care of in that far-away village.(NMET 2001) A. until B. that C. when D. where ( )5.____is known to everybody, the moon travels round the earth once every month. (2001) A. It B. As C. That D. What C C B

35. ( )6.The English play ____my students acted at the New Year’s party was a great success.(2004) A. for which B. at which C. in which D. on which ( )7.York,_______last year, is a nice old city. (NMET 2003) A. that I visited B. which I visited C. where I visited D. in which visited ( )8.George Orwell, ____was Eric Arthur, wrote many political novels and essays. (2004) A. the real name B. what his real name C. his real name D. whose real name C B D