Unit 1 Making friends
how many pictures are there on the wall? 墻上有多少幅畫?
how many glasses of milk would you like? 你們想要幾杯牛奶?
3)how much詢問不可數名詞的數量、物品的價格。
how much money is there in the purse? 錢包里有多少錢?
how much are the apples at the moment? 目前蘋果什么價錢?
4)how long提問物體的長度、時間的長短。
how long is the changjia river? 長江有多長?
how long does it take you to do your homework every day?
你每天花多長時間做作業?
5)how soon 對 “in+一段時間 ”提問, 表示“多久之后”。
how soon will you be back? 你多久后回來?
6)how often對表示頻率的副詞或短語提問。
how often does mrs. green go shopping? 格林夫人多久去購一次物?
7)how about用來征求對方意見。
your father is a worker, how about your mother? 你父親是工人,你母親呢?
how about playing games after school this afternoon? 下午放學后做游戲怎么樣?
8)how far 問兩地間的距離how tall問人(樹)的高度;how heavy問重量;how wide問寬度;how high可以詢問建筑物、山峰高度。
how far is it from the earth to the moon? 從地球到月球有多遠?
how tall is yao ming? 姚明身高多少?
how heavy is that big box? 那只大箱子有多重?
how wide is the new street? 這條新街有多寬?
how high is the tower in paris? 巴黎的那座塔有多高?
(3)how可以用來對形容詞、副詞強調構成感嘆句。
how funny the little boy looks! 這個小男孩多有趣啊!
how beautiful the flowers in the parks are! 公園里的那些花多美。
注意以how開頭的感嘆句與以how開頭的特殊疑問句的語序和句末符號是不同的。感嘆句主謂不倒裝,句末是感嘆號,而特殊疑問句主謂要倒裝,且句末為問號。試比較:
how far is the factory from here? 車站離這兒有多遠?(疑問)
how far the factory is from here! 車站離這兒多遠啊。ǜ袊@)
4. what do they do? 他們是做什么的?
此句通常用來詢問別人的職業。本句也可以換為:what are they jobs?
—what does he do? 他是做什么的?