where引导的定语从句和地点状语从句的区别是什么

最简单的办法是看where是否有指代先行词

应到定语从句还是状语从句的区别主要可以从以下三点来看：

一、where引导定语从句时,where是关系副词,在从句中作地点状语,其前面有表示地点的先行词,

where引导的从句修饰先行词.例如:

The bookshop where I bought this book is not far from here.

This is the house where I lived two years ago.

We will start at the point where we left off.

二、where引导状语从句时,where是从属连词,where引导的从句修饰主句的谓语动词, where前面没有表示地点的先行词.例如:

Wuhan lies where the Changjiang River and the Han Jiang Rivermeet.

Make a mark where you have any doubts or questions.

I found my books where I had left them.

有时,where引导的地点状语从句兼有抽象条件含义,可放在主句的前面,而where引导的定语从句则不能.例如:

Where there is a will,there is a way.〔谚语〕有志者事竟成.

Where there is water,there is life.有水的地方就有生命.

三、在有些情况下,where引导的定语从句可转换为where引导的地点状语从句.例如:

A tall building was put up at the place where there used to be a

desert.（＝A tall building was put up where there used to be a

desert.）在以前曾是沙漠的地方盖起了一幢高楼.

Bam boo grows best in places where it is warm and where it rains

often.）温暖而多雨的地方最适合于竹子生长.