UNIT70AdjectiveClauseswithObjectRelativePronounsorWhen70單元與對象的關(guān)系代詞或形容詞子句時

1、UNIT 70 Adjective Clauses with Object Relative Pronouns orWhen and WhereGrammar Explanations1. A relative pronoun can be the object of an adjective clause. Notice that:a. The object relative pronoun comes at the beginning of the adjective clause.b. Object relative pronouns have the same form whether

2、 they refer to singular or plural nouns or to masculine or feminine nouns.c. The verb in the adjective clause agrees with the subject of the adjective clause.Be Careful! Do not use both an object relative pronoun and an object pronoun (me, you, him, her, it, us, them) in the same adjective clause.NO

3、TE. Object relative pronouns are often left out. Examples.Eva is a writer. + I saw her on TV. = Eva, who(m) I saw on TV, is a writer. Thats the man who(m) I met. Thats the woman who(m) I met. Those are the people who(m) I met. I like the columns which he writes. I like the column which they write. S

4、he is the writer who I saw on TV. NOT She is the writer who I saw her on TV. She is the writer I saw on TV.2. Object relative pronouns are:a. whom, who ,or that for people Usage note: Whom is very formal. That is less formal than who. Leaving out the pronoun is the least formal.b. which or that for

5、things Usage note: That is less formal than which.c. whose + noun for peoples possessionsExamplesShes the writer whom I met.Shes the writer who I met.Shes the writer that I met.Shes the writer I met.I read the book which she wrote.I read the book that she wrote.I read the book she wrote.Thats the au

6、thor whose book I read.3. A relative pronoun can be the object of a preposition.Usage note: In informal speaking and writing, we put the preposition at the end of the clause, and we often leave out the relative pronoun. In formal English, we put the preposition at the beginning of the clause. In thi

7、s case, we use only whom and which (not who or that).ExamplesHes the writer. + I work for him. =Hes the writer that I work for.Hes the writer I work for.Hes the writer for whom I work.Thats the book about which I told you.4. Where and when can also be used to introduce adjective clauses:a. Where ref

8、ers to a place.b. When or that refers to a time.ExamplesThats the library. + She works there. =Thats the library where she works.I remember the day. + I met him then. =I remember the day when I met him.I remember the day that I met him.IDENTIFY. Read this part of a book review. Underline all the adj

9、ective clauses with object relative pronouns. Circle the object relative pronouns, when, or where. Then draw a line from the circled word to the noun it refers to.Lost in Tran slati on: A Life in a New Lan guageAt the age of nine, Eva Hoffma n left Pola nd with her family. She was losing: Cracow, a

10、city that she loved as one loves a pers on, the sun-baked villages where they had take n summer vacati ons, and the conv ersati ons and escapades with her frien ds. Disc onn ected from a city where life was lived inten sely, her father would become overwhelmed by the tran siti on to Can ada. Eva wou

11、ld lose the pare nt whom she had watched in lively conv ersati on with friends in Cracow cafes. And nothing could replace her friendship with the boy whose home she visited daily and whom she assumed she would someday marry. Worst of all, however, she would miss her Ian guage. For years, she would f

12、eel no connection to the English name of anything that she felt was importa nt. Lost in Tran slati on: A Life in a New Lan guage (New Y ork: Penguin, 1989) tell how Eva came to terms with her new identity and Ianguage. It sa story that readers will find fascinating and moving.COMPLETE. A school news

13、paper, the Grover Bugle (GB), interviewed a stude nt, Man iya Suarez (MS). Complete the in terview with relative pronouns, when, or where, and the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.The Grover BugleGB: Maniya Suarez is a stude nt 1. many of you already 2. (know).Mani ya, why did your family se

14、ttle in Atla nta?MS: The cousin 3. we 4. (stay) with at first lives here. Thats the reas on we chose Atla nta.GB: What was the most difficult thing about going to school in the U.S.? MS: The class in 5. I 6. (have) the biggest problems at first was English.It was hard to say the things 7. I 8. (want

15、) to.GB: What is the biggest change 9. you 10. (experienee) so far? MS: We used to live in a house 11. there 12. (be) always a lot of people.Here I live with my pare nts and two youn ger sisters 13. I 14. take care of after school. I get a little Ionely sometimes.COMBINE. Read each pair of sentences

16、. Use a relative pronoun, when, or where to combi ne them into one senten ce.1. Thatthe house. I grew up in the house with my sister Emilia.2. The house was beautiful. We lived in the house.3. Emilia and I shared a room. We spent nights talking there.4. Across the hall, I had a good friend. I went t

17、o school with her.5. I took piano lessons from a woman. I met her in the bakery.6. I remember one summer. The whole family went to the lake the n.7. Those were good times. I always miss them.EDIT. Read this studen sessay. Find and correct nine mistakes in the use of adjective clauses with object rel

18、ative pronouns. The first mistake is already corrected.Tai Dong is the small city in southeaster n Taiwa n where I grew up. My family moved there from Taipei the summer when I was born. The house in which I grew up in is on a main street in Tai Dong. My father sold tea, and my mother had a food stand in out front courtyard where s