when用作疑问副词,引导特殊疑问句。例如:
When will you come to see me?你什么时候要来看我?
When are they going to visit the Great Wall?他们打算什么时候去游览长城?
用作连接副词,通常用来引导主语从句、表语从句、同位语从句、宾语从句及起名词作用的“ when+动词不定式”结构。例如:
When he comes is not known.他何时来还不知道。
The morning is when I am busiest.早上是我最忙的时候。
I have no idea when the game will begin.我不知道比赛何时开始。
I don't know when the plane takes off.我不知道飞机何时起飞。
I don't know when to leave for London.我不知道该在何时动身去伦敦。
用作关系副词,引导限定性定语从句和非限定性定语从句.例如:
Do you still remember the days when we stayed in America?你还记得我们呆在美国的那些日子吗?
The day will come soon when the Chinese astronauts will go to the moon.中国宇航员登上月球的那一天很快就要到来了。
It happened ten years ago,when I was a child.事情发生在十年前,当时我还是个小孩子。
We will go to the countryside at the beginning of June,when the summer harvest will start.我们将在六月初下乡,那时夏收就要开始了。