英语特殊疑问句的构成

英语特殊疑问句的构成

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在英语中，以特殊疑问词开头的问句叫做特殊疑问句。常用的特殊疑问词有what, who, whom, which, whose, when, where, how, why。其构成方式如下：

一、如提问主语或主语的修饰词，被提问的部分变成疑问词放在句首，其余部

分语序不变。其结构为：疑问词（＋主语）＋陈述句？。如：

1My sister plays the piano well.

Who plays the piano well?

2Only six students could answer this question.

How many students could answer this question?

3The girl sitting next to me is good at painting.

Which girl is good at painting?

二、如提问的部分是除主语和谓语之外的其他部分，则将其变成疑问词，放在

句首，其余部分按一般疑问句的语序。其结构为：疑问词＋一般疑问句？。

如：

1Yesterday the children played games quietly in their room.

When did the children play games quietly in their room?地区（提问yesterday）What did the children play quietly in their room yesterday?（提问games）

How did the children play games in their room yesterday?( 提问quietly)

Where did the children play games quietly yesterday?( 提问in their room)

三、如提问的是修饰词部分，则将其变成疑问词，放在句首，同时将被修饰的

部分提前放在疑问词之后。其结构为：疑问词＋被修饰词＋一般疑问句？。

如：

1There are four people in my family.

How many people are there in your family?

2Last week the scientist gave us a talk on modern science.

What talk did the scientist give you last week?

四、如提问的部分包括谓语动词在内，则疑问词用what，放在句首，被提问的

动词用do代替，其余部分按一般疑问句的语序。其结构为：疑问词(what)＋一般疑问句？。（注意：问句中的时态必须和原句保持一致。）如：

1He was playing computer games this time yesterday.

What was he doing this time yesterday?

2They have cleaned the classroom.

What have they done?

3We’re going to have a sports meet next week.

What are you going to do next week?

练习：对下列句中的划线部分提问。

1The first class begins at eight o’clock.

2I go to work by bike.

3They often had meetings in his room

4The jacket costs six yuan.

5His flat is on the third floor.

6They go to the movies twice a week.

7My teacher can speak four foreign languages.

8He comes to my house every evening to help me with my English.

9It takes you three hours to go to Hong Kong by air.

10This wallet belongs to him.

11I reviewed my lessons yesterday.

12Wei Fang is doing her lessons.

13She has just got a letter from her brother in the U.S.

14He will be thirteen next year.

15Tom was absent because of the rain.

16Li Pin’s handwriting is the best in his class.

17I have been in Beijing for about 20 years.

18There is a little water in the glass.

19I am going to tell you a story.

20The Changjiang River is the longest river in China.

练习：按提示回答下列问题

1What do they play every day? (tennis)

2Where were you last night? (at the cinema)

3Why was she late for school? (because she got up late)

4What were you doing this time yesterday evening? (watch TV) 5When did you turn on the TV? (after supper)

6How many days are there in a week? (seven)

7How long has she lived in the house? (since 1970)

8Who is going to answer the question? (David)

9Why did she get up so early? (to catch the first bus)

10Whose dictionary have you borrowed? (Tom’s)