①. 先行词为不定冠词all, few, little, much,
everything, nothing 等.
All (that) you have to do is to practise every day.
There isn’t much (that) I can do.
②. 先行词被序数词或形容词的最高级所修饰时.
The first
lesson (that) I learned will
never be forgotten.
This is the best film (that ) I have ever seen.
③. 先行词被all, any, every, few, little, no,
some 等不定代词修饰时.
I have read all the books (that) you gave me.
④. 先行词被the only, the very, the last, the
same 等修饰时.
The white flower is
the only one that I really like.
This is the very book
that I want to read.
This is the same book
that I want to read. (同一本书)
----This is the same book as I want to read.
⑤. 当主句以who或 which 开头的特殊疑问句时,定语从句that 引导.
Who is the man that
is standing there ?
Which of us that
knows something about physics doesn’t know this ?
⑥先行词既有人又有物时。
We talked about the persons and things that we could remember.
⑦time做先行词,前面如果有序数词或 last 来修饰时,定语从句用 that 来引导或省略;如果没有序数词或 last 来修饰时,既可用 when 也可用that来引导。
This is the last time
( that ) I shall give you a lesson.
The first time ( that
) I saw him was in 1972.
It’s time ( that ) we
got up.