微友：凌老师，what shape和 what shapes的区别？ 凌哥：如果仅仅看词组，就是它们字面上的区别：单数和复数。如果是其他问题，需要在语境中来看区别。 微友：The biscuits are stars. 对stars划线部分提问用what shape 还是what shapes？ 凌哥：两个都是可以的。What shape are the biscuits?意味着提问者知道这些饼干只有一种形状。What shapes are the biscuits?意味着提问者知道饼干有多种形状。您的句子The biscuits are stars.其实并非一个完整的或者逻辑严密的句子，请比较：The biscuits are in the shapes of stars. 但是，从教学的角度说，The biscuits are stars.更适合低年级的学生。 微友：What ____(shape) are they？They are rectangles. 这边两者也都可以？ 凌哥：是一样的道理。但是，不确定单复数的时候，通常使用复数来问。比如：-- How many boys are there in your class? -- There is only one. 微友：I have a big circle对a big circle划线提问 what do you have?还是what shape do you have? 凌哥：两个问句都可以的。
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您好，凌老师，请教两个问题。
1. They are circles. 对circles提问，用What shape 还是What shapes？还是两者均可？
2. I like tigers. 对tigers 提问，用What animal do you like？还是What animals do you like？还是两者均可？
您好！ 回答1：两个问句都是可以的。如果提问者确认所有物件只有一个形状，可以问What shape are they? 如果不确认有几种形状，则问What shapes are they?回答都是They are circles. 因为They are a circle.语义不通。 回答2：What animals do you like?是问不确定有几个种类的。回答可以是I like tigers.或I like tigers and pandas. What animal do you like?则通常期待回答者回答一种动物。回答可以是I like tigers.或者I like the tiger. 但是，答复之后，凌哥还是想要再找一找其他的答案。有没有第三方答案呢？ 凌哥好奇地将“What shapes are real stars?”输入了“必应”的搜索框。 What shapes are the faces of a square pyramid?What shapes are the faces on a triangular prism?LESSON 14: Surface Area of a Square Pyramid - What shapes are the faces?What shapes are the faces of the house you have made? What shapes are the faces of the 3D shapes?What shapes are the faces of the larger pieces? What shape are the faces of a cylinder?In a prism what shape are the faces that are not the base? 一个用法完全相同的词是colour。所以凌哥也搜了colour的情况： What Are The Colors of the Planets?What are the Colors of the 9 Planets in Our Solar System?What are the colors of the Infinity Stones? What colors are the 8 planets in our solar system?What color(s) are the most attractive to the human eyes? What Color Is Each Planet?What colour is the sky? 总结一下第三种提问方法： 问相同形状的很多饼干：What is the shape of the biscuits? 问不同形状的很多饼干：What are the shapes of the biscuits? / What shape is each of the biscuits? 如果您的孩子们已经学习过of结构，建议使用第三种提问方法。如果还没有学过of结构，则根据情况使用What shape(s) are the biscuits?
