地点状语是一种修饰词，从句表示地点、 方位， 这类从句通常由where引导。

简介

　　例如:

　　Where there is a will, there is a way.

　　有志者， 事竟成。

　　They will go where they are happy.

　　他们想到他们觉得快乐的地方去。

例句解析

1. 地点状语从句由where，wherever，引导，如:We must camp where we can get water. 我们必须在能找到水的地方露营。
2. 地点状语从句与定语从句的区别where引导定语从句时，从句前应有一个表示地点的名词作先行词;而状语从句前则无需先行词。如:Go back where you came from.(where引导地点状语从句)你从何处来到何处去。Go back to the village which you came from.(此处先行词为从句中宾语，所以要用which)回到你来的那个村子里去。This is the town where I spent my childhood.(where引导定语从句，先行词为town)
3. 地点状语从句的省略，如Fill in the blanks with articles necessary. (necessary前省略了where it is)在需要的地方填上冠词。

考题解析

1. - Mom, what did the doctor say?- He advised me to live ____ the air is fresher. (2006四川)A. in where B. in which C. the place where D. where[答案] D[解析] where引导修饰谓语live的地点状语从句。
2. In peace, too, the Red Cross is expected to send help ____ there is human suffering. (2006江西)A. whoever B. however C. whatever D. wherever[答案] D[解析] where引导修饰谓语send的地点状语从句。
3. If you are traveling ____ the customs are really foreign to your own, please do as the Romans do. (2006天津)A. in which B. what C. when D. where[答案] D[解析] where引导修饰谓语are traveling的地点状语从句。