Inquiry-based learning is a new kind of teaching method.Teachers’questioning is a very significant part of inquiry-based classroom teaching;it is an essential activity in English class.In order to pose questions successfully in classroom,teachers must master the art of questioning.This article studies the roles,types,strategies and the like of questioning in English class. Inquiry-based learning is a new kind of teaching method. Teachers’ questioning is a very significant part of inquiry-based classroom teaching; it is an essential activity in English class. In order to pose questions successfully in classroom, teachers must master the art of questioning.This article studies the roles, types, strategies and the like of questioning in English class.