1. Ask the weather: How about …? = What ... Like what? For example:
What was the weather like yesterday? What was the weather like yesterday?
What was the weather like yesterday?
Second, ask for opinions or suggestions: How about ... = What about ...? For example:
How about going skating?
How about going skating? How about going skating?
Third, ask age: how old ... = what ... age ...? How old are you?
Fourth, ask your opinion: How do you like? = What … Think of/About …? For example:
What do you think of this movie? What do you think of this film?
What do you think of this film?
Ask the price: how much ... = the price of what? For example:
How much is this book?
What's the price of this book? How much is this book?
Six, "How/what+ countable noun singular" constitutes an exclamation sentence: How+adj+a/an+n…! What+a/an +adj
+n. …！ For example:
What a clever girl she is! What a clever girl she is!
What a clever girl she is!
How to distinguish between what and how-guided exclamations?
Exclamation sentences are usually determined by the content and way of expressing admiration, surprise, joy and other feelings.
What modifies nouns and how modifies adjectives, adverbs or verbs. The exclamatory sentence has the following structure:
Mastering its collocation means mastering the key points of exclamatory sentences.
How+ adjective +a+ noun+declarative word order
How+ Adjective or Adverb+Statement Word Order
What+Noun+Statement Word Order
What +a+ Adjective+Noun+Statement Word Order
What+adjectives+plural nouns+declarative word order
What+adjectives+uncountable nouns+declarative word order
What a clever boy he is!
How cute this baby is!
What noise are they making!
What a clever boy he is!
What a great idea!
What cold weather!
The ellipsis form of exclamatory sentences is:
What a clever boy!
How to use it? With what?
What+noun+subject+predicate! Adjectives can be used before nouns. Pay attention to the singular and plural nouns and uncountable nouns. )
How+ adjective/adverb+subject+predicate!
How nice! (adjective)
How fast he runs! (adverb)
What a hot day! (singular noun)
How interesting the movies I have seen are! (singular noun)
How interesting it is to go swimming in the sea! (uncountable nouns)
How nice the weather is today! (uncountable nouns with adjectives)