地点状语从句与定语从句的区别

地点状语从句与定语从句的区别
地点状语从句表示地点、方位，这类从句通常由where引导。

例如：Where there is a will, there is a way. 有志者，事竟成。

// They will go where they are happy. 他们想到他们觉得快乐的地方去。

(1)地点状语从句由where，wherever，引导，如：
We must camp where we can get water.
我们必须在能找到水的地方露营。

(2)地点状语从句与定语从句的区别 :
在于分句在句中作什么成分。

作状语，则是状语从句；作定语修饰名词，则是定语从句
where引导定语从句时，从句前应有一个表示地点的名词作先行词；而状语从句前则无需先行词。

如：
Go back where you came from.(where引导地点状语从句）
你从何处来到何处去。

Go back to the village where you came from.(where引导定语从句，修饰village)
回到你来的那个村子里去。

(3)地点状语从句的省略，如:
Fill in the blanks with articles necessary.(necessary前省略了where it is)
在需要的地方填上冠词。

考题解析
[考题1] — Mom, what did the doctor say?
— He advised me to live ____ the air is fresher. (2006四川)
A. in where
B. in which
C. the place where
D. where
[答案] D
[解析] where引导修饰谓语live的地点状语从句。

[考题2] In peace, too, the Red Cross is expected to send help ____ there is human suffering. (2006江西)
A. whoever
B. however
C. whatever
D. wherever
[答案] D
[解析] where引导修饰谓语send的地点状语从句。

[考题3] If you are traveling ____ the customs are really foreign to your own, please do as the Romans do. (2006天津)
A. in which
B. what
C. when
D. where
[答案] D
[解析] where引导修饰谓语are traveling的地点状语从句。

地点状语从句考题透析
请看下面一道题：When you read the book, you’d better make a mark _________ you have any questions.
A. at which
B. at where
C. the place where
D. where
【分析】此题正确答案选D，where 在此意为“在……的地方”，用以引导地点状语从句，全句意为“当你读这本书时，你最好在有问题的地方作一个记号”。

但是有的同学却根据试题所提供的选项想当然认为这是一道考查定语从句关系词的选择与辨析的试题，于是在A、B、C三项中绞尽脑汁，当然最终不可能得出正确答案。

请做以下试题，看看是考查定语从句还是状语从句：
(1) She found her wallet _________ she lost it.
A. where
B. when
C. in which
D. that
答案选A，where 意为“在……的地方”，引导地点状语从句。

(2) The school was built _________ there had once been a church.
A. where
B. when
C. in which
D. that
答案选A，where 意为“在……的地方”，引导地点状语从句。

(3) You should let your children play _________ you can see them.
A. where
B. when
C. in which
D. that
答案选A，where 意为“在……的地方”，引导地点状语从句。

(4) Now he works in the factory _________ his father used to work.
A. where
B. when
C. in which
D. that
答案选A，where引导定语从句，表示地点。

(5) You should make it a rule to leave things _________ you can find them again.A.
when B. where C. then D. there
答案选B，where 意为“在……的地方”，引导地点状语从句。

(6) After living in Paris for fifty years, he returned to the small town _________ he gre w up as a child.
A. where
B. when
C. in which
D. that
答案选A，where引导定语从句，表示地点。

比较以下两句，含义大致相同，但where 的用法不同：第一句中where 引导的是状语从句，第二句引导的是定语从句：
We’ll go where working conditions are difficult. 我们要去工作条件艰苦的地方。

We’ll go to the place where working conditions are difficult. 我们要去工作条件艰苦的地方。