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第09讲 疑问词+to do 结构
"疑问词+不定式"结构的用法:
一、构成
由疑问代词who, whom, what, which; 疑问副词when, how, where等+不定式构成。
二 、功能
1. 作主语
作主语时,谓语动词常用单数形式。
☛How to do it is a question. 该怎样做倒是一个问题。
2. 作宾语
①作动词的宾语
☛I asked him how to learn English. 我问他如何学习英语。
②作介词的宾语
☛We must first solve the problem of whom to serve. 我们必须首先解决为谁服务的问题。
3. 作表语
☛The question is where to put it. 问题是该把它放在哪儿才好。
三、替换
"疑问词+不定式"结构相当于一个名词性从句,常常可用同等成分的从句代替。改写时只需在疑问词后加一适当主语,并将不定式改成适当形式的谓语。上述例句可以分别改写成:学科@网
☛How we should do it is a question.
☛I really don’t know what I should write about.
☛I asked him how we should learn English.
☛We must first solve the problem of whom we should serve.
☛The question is where we should put it.
二、五个易错点
易错一:是否用于疑问词why之后
按英语习惯,有一个疑问词不能用于“疑问词+不定式”结构,就是why。
我不明白为什么马上就走。
误:I don't know why to leave at once.
正:I don't know why we must leave at once.
不过,why后面可以跟不带to的动词不定式(即动词原形),用以表示某动作是不必要的或无意义的。
Why pay more at other shops? We have the best value.
为什么花更多的钱到其他商店去买呢?我们这里最物美价廉。
另外,why后面不带to的动词不定式有时也可能是否定的,该结构主要用来提出建议。
You're looking tired. Why not take a holiday?你一脸倦容,怎么不休假呢?
易错二:与动词think连用有何特别之处
“疑问词+不定式”结构,通常不用于动词think的现在式和过去式之后,但可以用于think的其他形式之后(如进行式)。
I'm thinking what to do next.我在想接下来要做什么。
另外,“疑问词+不定式”结构也通常用于还有助动词的think之后。
She couldn't think what to say.她想不出该说什么。
She couldn't think what to give the children for Christmas.她想不出圣诞节该送孩子们什么礼物。
易错三:与动词know连用要注意什么
当要表示知道如何做某事,know之后不能直接跟动词不定式作宾语,此时可改用know how to结构。
我会做西班牙式的摊鸡蛋。
误:I know to make Spanish omelets.
正:I know how to make Spanish omelets.
易错四:与某些只接动名词作宾语的动词连用
有些动词可以接“疑问词+不定式”作宾语,但通常不直接跟不定式作宾语。这类动词主要有consider (考虑), discover (发现), discuss (讨论), explain (说明), find (out) (查到), know (知道), observe (观察), suggest (提议), wonder (怀疑), understand (了解)等。
Have you considered how to get there?你是否考虑过如何到那儿去?
Our teacher explained how to use the machine.老师向我们说明如何使用这台机器。
We discussed what to do and where we should go.我们讨论了该怎么办及到哪里去。
易错五:which to do的两种用法
要注意“which+不定式”结构,其中的which有时是疑问词。
I can't decide which to choose.我不能决定选哪个好。
Did you ask her which to b