一、 單獨用作疑問詞.
1． 問身體健康等情況.
How are your parents?你父母身體好嗎?
How are things in your father’s factory?你爸爸廠裡的情況怎麼樣?
2． 問天氣狀況.
How is the weather today?今天天氣怎麼樣?
3．詢問方式.
How does your mother go to work every day?你媽媽每天怎麼去上班?
How can I carry the box upstairs?我怎樣才能把這箱子搬到樓上呢?
4．詢問程度.
How do you like this book?你覺得這本書怎麼樣?
二、 與其它形容詞或副詞搭配使用
1．How old問年齡、年代.
How old is your friend?你朋友多大了?
How old is the bridge?這座橋有多少年代了?
2．How many問可數名詞數量.常將可數名詞複數緊隨其後.如：
How many pictures are there on the wall?牆上有多少幅畫?
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?錢包裡有多少錢?
How much are the apples at the moment?目前蘋果什麼價錢?
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“多久之後”.
How soon will you be back?你多久後回來?
6．How often對錶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用來徵求對方意見.
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?下午放學後做遊戲怎麼樣?
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可以詢問建築物、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?那隻大箱子有多重?
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?
三、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!公園裡的那些花多美啊!
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!（感嘆）
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