In this video, We will continue to learn commonly used question words, including 怎么, 怎样, 怎么样, 什么, 为什么, 为何, etc. We will also study some examples to help you better understand sentence structures.
Please pay special attention to word order and function words in example sentences. Function words include adverbs, auxiliaries, conjunctions, aspect particles, and modal particles, etc. They mainly play a grammatical role to organize sentences.
HSK 语法点 🔮 Grammar Points
1. ✨ 怎么 + 了？ | 怎么 + (一)回事？"怎么了？" or "怎么(一)回事？" can be used to ask someone what the problem is, like "What's the matter?" or "What's up?" in English.
2. ✨ 怎么 + Verb...？
The interrogative pronoun 怎么 can be placed before the verb to ask "in what way" or "by what methods".
3. ✨ 怎么…这么/那么 + Adjective
The interrogative pronoun 怎么 can be used to ask about the reason of something. Compared with 为什么, 怎么 can also express surprise or confusion.
4. ✨ 怎么 + 不/没 + Verb/Adjective...?
"怎么不" or "怎么没" appears before the predicate, meaning "why not?".
5. ✨ 怎么 + 就 + 【不/没+Verb】/【Verb+不+Complement】
used to emphasize the tone.
6. ✨ 怎么 + 能 + Verb
怎么能 can raise a rhetorical question which implies the opposite statement, usually to express disapproval, criticism or a strong tone.
7. ✨ 怎么 + 会 + Verb
"怎么 + 会" is used to ask the reason that something has happened or to express various emotions, such as surprise, criticism, disapproval, anger, etc.
8. ✨ 万一/如果/要是/假设…，…怎么办？
In this sentence pattern, 怎么办 is used at the end of a sentence to ask what to do in case of something that might happen in the future, especially something bad.
9. ✨ Subject + 怎么样？
The interrogative pronoun 怎么样 can be used directly after the subject to ask about the state of someone or something.
10. ✨ Verb + 得 + 怎么样？
怎么样 can be used after verb and the complement marker 得 to ask what an experience or event was like.
11. ✨ 怎样 + Verb
怎样 can be used before the verb to ask in what way the action is carried out.
12. ✨ 什么样 + 的 + Noun
The structure "什么样 + 的 + Noun" can be used to ask "What kind of something?".
13. ✨ Subject + Verb + 什么？
The interrogative pronoun "什么" can be used as an object in interrogative sentences, asking for information about people or things.
14. ✨ Subject + Verb + 【什么 + Noun】?
"什么 + Noun" is used to ask for information about people or things.
15. ✨ 什么？
什么 can be used alone to ask someone to repeat something if the speaker doesn’t hear it or understand it. It also can express that the speaker is surprised or does not believe something.
16. ✨ 为什么 + 不/没 + Verb
"为什么 + 不/没" can be used to ask why things did not happen. It can also be used to make suggestions.
17. ✨ 是 + 什么 + Noun？
"什么 + Noun" can be used in 是 sentence to raise a question.
18. ✨ 何时/什么时候 + Verb
什么时候 or 何时, meaning "When", is used to ask about time.
19. ✨ 为何 + Verb | 为何 + 不 + Verb
为何 or 为什么 can be used to ask "for what reason…?". 为何 is a formal expression. 为何不 means "why not…?".
20. ✨ 如何 + Verb + Object
如何 is used to ask "how to" or "in what way". It is more formal than 怎么.
21. ✨ 何 + 人/处/时/用/……？
The interrogative pronoun 何 can be used together with a noun to ask various questions, including: 何时-When? 何处/何地-Where? 何人-Who?……
Now, we have learned 21 grammar points and 113 example sentences. Learning grammar points and being familiar with word order and function words can actually help you do better on sentence structure and pattern.