例如:(注意关系代词在定语从句中所充当的成分)
① Do you know the professor who/that will give us a speech next week?  (作主语)
② I read a report about his new novel that/ which will soon be published.  (作主语)
③ The plan that/which they argued about was settled at last.   (作宾语)
④ This is the new secretary (who/whom/that) I would like to introduce to you.    (作宾语)
⑤ The soldier whose legs were badly wounded was operated on without delay.    (作定语)
注意:关系代词在定语从句中充当宾语时可以省略,充当主语时则不能。(见上例③④)
 
(二)关系代词that代替which的一些情况
which, that 在代替物时,一般可以通用。
但在有些情况下,只用 that。
⑴     先行词是最高级形容词或它的前面有最高级形容词修饰时。
例如: