1、對“地點”提問用where。 如：
(1).They are studying Chinese in China.→ Where are they studying Chinese?
2、對“時間”提問用when。如：
(2).She came to Japan in 1990.→ When did she come to Japan?
3、對“時刻、點鐘”提問用what time。如：
(3).He often goes to bed at ten.→ What time does he often go to bed?
4、對“誰”提問用who。如：
(4).The girl is standing at the station.→ Who is standing at the station?
(5).They often go home with Tom. → Who do they often go home with?
5、對“誰的”提問用whose。如：
(6).I will meet my father. → Whose father will you meet?
6、對“年齡”提問用how old。如：
(7).The man over there is sixty. → How old is the man over there?
7、對“哪壹個”提問用which。如：
(8).She likes the new skirt. → Which skirt does she like?
8、對“顏色”提問用what colour。如：
(9).Her blouse is white. → What colour is her blouse?
9、對“職業”提問用what。如：
(10).His mother is a teacher. → What is his mother?
10、對“次數”提問用how many times。如：
(11).He has been to England twice. → How many times has he been to England?
11、對“數量”提問用how many (表示可數) 或how much (表示不可數)。如：
(12).There are fifty students in Class 1.→ How many students are there in Class 1? (13).She spent ten
yuan on the book. → How much did she spend on the book?
12、對“方式、方法”或“感覺如何”提問用how。如：
(14).We come to school on foot. → How do you come to school?
(15).She is feeling much better now. → How is she feeling now?
13、對“原因”提問用why。如：
(16).He didnt come here because he was ill yesterday.→ Why didnt he come here?
14、對“做什麽”提問用what…do /doing/done。 如：
(17).They are going to visit the factory next week.→ What are they going to do next week?
(18).You are looking at the blackboard. → What are you doing?
(19).They have seen the film. → What have they done?
15、對“壹段時間”提問用how long。如
(20).We have stayed here for six years. → How long have you stayed here?
(21).He has worked in Beijing since 1980. → How long has he worked in Beijing?
16、對“頻度”提問用how often。 如：
(22).She is late for school once a week. → How often is she late for school?
(23).We sometimes get up at 10:00. → How often do you get up at 10:00?
17、對“將來的壹段時間”提問用how soon。 如：
(24).Lucy will be back in four days. → How soon will Lucy be back?
18、對“高度”提問用how tall(表示人)或how high(表示物)。如：
(25).The man is two metres tall. → How tall is the man?
(26).The hill is 300 metres high. → How high is the hill?
19、對“長度”、“寬度”提問，用how long, how wide。 如：
(27).The desk is four metres long. → How long is the desk?
(28).The river is one hundred metres wide. → How wide is the river?
20、對“星期幾”提問用what day。如：
(29).Today is Friday. → What day is today?
21、對“日期”提問用what…the date。 如：
(30). Yesterday was July 1, 1995. → What was the date yesterday?
22、對“距離”提問用how far。如：
(31).Its 300 metres from my home to school.→ How far is it from your home to school?
23、對“號碼”提問用what size。如：
(32).I want size 42 shoes. → What size shoes do you want?
(33).She bought a size 68 blouse last week. → What size blouse did she buy last week?
24、對“天氣狀況”提問用“What……the weather like?”。如：
(34).Today is rainy. →What is the weather like today?
註意事項：
1．劃線部分作定語時，應連同後面的名詞壹起提到句首。如： (34).Thats our school. → Whose school is that?
(35).She is wearing a white skirt. → What colour skirt is she wearing?
2．劃線部分作主語時，應直接使用特殊疑問詞替換。如： (36).Tom often comes to China. → Who often comes to China? (37).The book is on the shelf. → What is on the shelf?
3．劃線部分是謂語動詞及賓語時，應使用what…do/doing/done替換劃線部分。如： (38).They often read English in the morning. → What do they often do in the morning? (39).He is writing a letter now. → What is he doing now? (40).They have seen the film. → What have they done?
4. 對“there are”句型中的主語劃線用What。
(41). There are two books on the desk.--What's on the desk?