定语从句,关系副词练习when, where why

定语从句II（where, when, why ）

1. when 指时间，在从句中作时间状语，它的先行词为time, day, date, morning, night, week, year, moment, period, age等，亦可用“介词+which”替代。

The time when I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my life. We went through a period when everything was expensive in the market.

I still remember the time when I first traveled by plane.

2. where指地点，在从句中作地点状语。它的先行词通常为place, spot, street, house, room, city, town, country等，亦可用“介词+ which”替代。

Can you tell me the company where he works?

China is the only country where wild pandas can be found.

This is the house where I lived two years ago.

3. why 指原因或理由，它的先行词只有reason，在定语从句中作原因状语，亦可用“介词for+ which”替代。

Can you tell me the reason why you didn’t come to his birthday party?

Please give me the reason why you were late this time.

4. Give a little display of your great talent:

I will never forget the days when I worked in the countryside.

I will never forget the days that/which I spent in the countryside.

He remembered the day when I arrived in this big city.

I went back to the place where I was born and grew up.

This is the factory where my father worked last year.

This is the factory that/which my father visited last year.

The school where I study French is very large.

We don't know the reason why they didn't attend the meeting.

The reason that/which he gave us was hard to accept.

The reason why he was late for school is that he missed the first bus.

That is the reason why she doesn’t come to work as usual.