that常用作关系代词，可指代某人，也可指代某物，指物时有的时候可用which替换that，指人时可用who替换。

但在下列情况下，一般用that。

一、that指代某物事时
1.先行词为all, few, little, much, the one, something, anything, everything, nothing等时。

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2. 先行词被all, every, no, some, any, (a)few, (a)little, much等限定词修饰时。

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3. 先行词被序数词或形容词最高级修饰时。

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4. 先行词被the only, the very, the right, the last 等修饰时。

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5. 先行词是并列结构，既有人又有物时。

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6. 先行词前有the same 修饰，表示和先行词是同一物时。

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注：如果表示的是与先行词同一类或相似的某物，则用the same…as….如：
7. 先行词为数词时。

8. 如果which引导的定语从句中又含有一个定语从句，为避免重复，第二个定语从句用that。

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9. 以which作主语开头的特殊问句，为了避免重复，定语从句用that。

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10. 关系代词在定语从句中作表语时，而且通常省略。

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11. 关系代词在there be 句型中作主语时,而且常可以省略。

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二、that 指代某人时。

1. 泛指某人时。

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2. 主句是以作主语的who开头的特殊问句，为了避免重复时。

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3. 先行词前有the same时。

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4. 关系代词在定语从句中作表语时。

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另外，that也可用作关系副词，表示时间、地点、原因和方式，在口语中可以用来代替when, where, why 引导的定语从句。

在以下名词day, year, time, moment, reason, place等作先行词时，可用that作关系副词引导定语从句。

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（注：先行词是time,前面有序数词或last修饰时，常用that引导定语从句或者省略。

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当先行词为表示方式的词the way时，可用that引导定语从句, that常可以省略。

我不喜欢你和她说话那种方式。

只能用that
巧记定语从句只用that的情况?
1.?当先行词是everything,?anything,?nothing?,?all,?none,?few,?little,?som，much等不定代词时，或当先行词受every,?any,?all,?some,?no,?little,?few,?much等词修饰时。

2.?当先行词被序数词修饰时。

3.?当先行词被形容词最高级修饰时。

4.?当先行词被the?very,?the?only,?the?first?/?last等修饰时。

5.?当先行词前面有who,?which等疑问代词时。

6.?当先行词为人与动物或人与物时。

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Look?at?the?man?and?his?donkey?that?are?walking?up?the?street.?
7.?当先行词是reason,?way（方法）等词时，关系代词常用that代替in?which,?for?which,?why,?也常可省略
8.?先行词前有the same 修饰，表示和先行词是同一人或者物时。

注：如果表示的是与先行词同一类或相似的某物，则用the same…as….
9. 关系代词在there be 句型中作主语时,而且常可以省略。

巩固练习：
1. This is the same book______ I lost the other day. There's
my name on it.
A. that
B. as
C. /
D. which
2. I hope that the little _______ I have been able to do
does good to them all.
A. which
B. what
C. that
D. when
3. The first place ______ the children were taken to see
was their workshop.
A. that
B. which
C. what
D. where
4. Tell me everything _________ you know.
A. which
B. about that
C. about which
D. that
5. This is the biggest library ______ I have ever seen.
A. which
B. what
C. where
D. that
6. This is the very person _______I am looking for.
A. which
B. that
C. who
D. whom
7. What surprised me was not what he said but _________ he said it.
A．the way B．in the way that
C．in the way D．the way which
8. This is all ________ I can do for you.
A. which
B. what
C. it
D. /
9. The book doesn't say much _______ amuses children.
A. what
B. that
C. whose
D. to which
10. There is nothing about him ________ I know of.
A. that
B. which
C. whom
D. who。