疑問(wèn)代詞有what, which, who, whom, whose等,主要用于引出特殊疑問(wèn)句。what除可用來(lái)詢問(wèn)人的身份外,一般指物;which可指人也可指物;who, whom, whose一般指人。
2. what與which的區(qū)別
一般說(shuō)來(lái),沒(méi)有一定的范圍時(shí),用what,其意為“什么”;有一定范圍時(shí),用which,其意為“(其中的)哪一個(gè)”。如:
What is the best book you’ve ever read? 你曾經(jīng)讀過(guò)的最好的書(shū)是哪本?
Which of these books is the best? 這些書(shū)哪一本最好?
3. 疑問(wèn)代詞的綜合考查
在英語(yǔ)考試中有時(shí)命題者會(huì)將疑問(wèn)代詞與其他知識(shí)點(diǎn)進(jìn)行綜合考查,如將疑問(wèn)代詞與強(qiáng)調(diào)句結(jié)合起來(lái)考查。如:
— ________ that he manage to get the information?
—Oh, a friend of his helped him.
A. Where was it B. What was it
C. How was it D. Why was it
解析:答案選C。從四個(gè)選項(xiàng)來(lái)看,似乎只是考查疑問(wèn)詞where, what, how, why的辨析與選擇,其實(shí)它還結(jié)合了強(qiáng)調(diào)句的知識(shí)進(jìn)行考查,根據(jù)答語(yǔ)中的 a friend of his helped him可知,問(wèn)句問(wèn)的是方式,故選how was it。