关系代词在从句中充当主语、宾语、定语(whose,which)。表示人时用who(主格/宾格),whom(宾格,也就是动词或介词的宾语),that,whose(所有格);表示物时用which,that,whose。(注意that和whose既可表人也可表物),另外which可以指代前面整个句子;注意,介词后宾语表人用whom,表物用which,若是表所有格,用whose。特别注意:what不能引导定语从句,只能引导名词性从句。我们来看以下几个例句:Thegirlwho/thatisstandingatthegateisanEnglishteacher.(who或that作从句的主语,表人)That’snotTomwho/thatissittingnexttoJohn.(who或that作从句的主语,表人)=That’snotTom.TomissittingnexttoJohn.Thegirlwhom/who/thatPeteristalkingtoisateacher.(whom作从句宾语,表人)ThegirltowhomPeteristalkingisateacher.(介词可以前置)Thegirltowho/that×Peteristalkingtoisateacher.×(当介词前置时,表人只能用whom)(人)Thegirl(whosemotherisanurse)isateacher.(whose与它所修饰的名词一起构成一个名词短语在从句中担当成分)(物)Thebook(whosecoverismissing)isveryfunny.(不可分割的一部分,指物时可用ofwhich来代替)=Thebook,thecoverofwhichismissing,isveryfunny.Theroom(whosedoorfacessouth)isverybright.(物质所属)=Theroom,thedoorofwhichfacessouth,isverybright.Thebook(which/thatbelongstome)ismissing.(which/that作从句主语,表物)Idon'tlikethenovel(that/whichyouarereading).(that/which作从句动词的宾语,表物)