Yes/No Questions

Question 1

What is the confirmation tag?

Answer 1

N’est-ce pas?

Question 2

Which:

• precedes question
• keeps subject/verb order

Answer 2

Est-ce que

Question 3

What does a change in word order usually mean?

Answer 3

Written or formal language

Question 4

When is ‘je’ usually inverted?

Answer 4

With irregular verbs like:

• suis-je
• puis-je
• dois-je

Question 5

When is ‘-t-‘ inserted between the verb and pronoun?

Answer 5

In an inverted question with the third person singular (il, elle, on)

Question 6

How do you invert a pronoun subject(je, tu, il, nous, etc.) and a verb?

Answer 6

Insert a hyphen between the pronoun and the verb

Ex:
Avons-nous assez d’argent?
Sont-elles au travail?

Question 7

How do negativly invert a pronoun and verb?

Answer 7

Ne/n’ precedes conjugated verb and pas follows pronoun

Ex:
N’as-tu pas envie de manger?
Ne sommes-nous pas à la gare?

Question 8

What is the inversion of ‘il y a’?

Answer 8

Y a-t-il

Question 9

What is the negative inversion of ‘il y a’?

Answer 9

N’y a-t-il pas

Question 10

What happens to ‘des’ in a negative inversion?

Answer 10

It becomes de/d’

Question 11

What happens in an inverted question when a NOUN subject is used?

Answer 11

Both the noun and inverted pronoun are used

Ex:
Ce monieur est-il français?
Simon a-t-il une moto?