(1)疑问词可以是疑问代词who,whom,what,which和疑问副词when, how,where等。
(2)该结构在句中可作主语、宾语、表语等成分。
(3)在句中当名词用,可以写成相应的从句。如:I am not sure how to behave at the dinner table. (= I am not sure how I should behave at the dinner table.)(对餐桌礼仪,我心中没底儿。)
(4)疑问代词(who,whom,what,which)后必须接及物动词或相当于及物动词的短语(who, which作不定式中动词的主语时除外)。如:I don’t know what to talk about. We haven’t decided who/which to go.(我们还没定谁/哪个去。)(这里who/which是go的逻辑上的主语)
(5)疑问副词(when,how,where等)后要接不及物动词;若接及物动词,要有动词的宾语。如:I don’t know how to talk.(我不知如何谈。)I wonder if you could tell me how to do it.(不能说how to do)(不知您能否告诉我如何去做这件事。)