Forming Questions Flashcards
Est-ce qu’
Use to ask a question: if next word begins with a vowel.
Ex: Est-ce qu’ il a cinq ans?
Is he five years old?
Est-ce que
To ask a question: if next word ends in a consonant
Ex: est-ce que vous prenez des risques?
Do you take risks?
Tag question
Place at the end of a statement to make it a question
Ex: Tu es canadien,n’est-ce pas?
You are Canadian,right?
Inverted questions
You can invert the order of the subject pronoun and the verb.
Add a hyphen whenever you use inversion If the verb ends in a vowel and the subject is il, Elle, or on add -t- between verb and pronoun
Aimes-Tu les maths?
Do you like math?
Preference-t-il le bleu ou le vert?
Does he prefer blue or green?
Interrogative words
Combien(de): how much/ many? Comment: how? Óu?: where Pourquoi: why? Quand?: when? Que/qu': what? (A/avec/pour) qui? ( to/with/for) who(m)? (Avec/de) quoi?:(with/about) what?
Interrogative words ex:
Quand est-ce qu’ils managent?
What are they eating
Combine d’étudiants y a-t-il?
How many students are there?
Interrogative adjective quel
Masculine singular: quel
Masculine plural: quels
Feminine singular: quelle
Feminine plural: quelles
Je suis à l’hôtel.
Quel hôtel?
Carole aime cette chanson.
Quelle chanson?
The interrogative pronoun lequel
Masculine singular: lequel
Masculine plural: lesquels
Feminine singular: laquelle
Feminine plural: lesquelles
Laquelle-which one
Lesquels: which ones?
Lequel with prepositions
À: à+lequel =auquel
a+laquelle= a laquelle
Lequel with prepositions
De
De+lequel=duquel
De + laquelle= de laquelle
Singular contractions Only made in masculine forms
Interrogative words
Used to ask for specific types of information
Combien(de)
How much/ many?
Comment
How
Ou?
Where
Pourquoi?
Why
