12.11.1

Asking Questions

Test yourself

What, Which, Where?

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Key vocab

  • Qui? - who?
  • Quoi? - what?
  • Où? - where?
  • Que, qu'est-ce que? - what?
  • Quel/quelle? - which, what?
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Examples of questions

  • Qui parle?
    • Who is speaking?
  • Que pensez-vous?
    • What do you think?
  • Où travaille ton père?
    • Where does your dad work?
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Examples of questions

  • De quoi s'agit-il?
    • What is it about?
  • Quelle est la prochaine étape?
    • What is the next step?

Why? When? How? How Much?

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Combien? - how much, how many?

  • C'est combien?
    • How much is it?
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Comment? - how? / what... like?

  • Comment vas-tu?
    • How are you doing?
  • Comment est ta maison?
    • What is your house like?
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Pourquoi? - why?

  • Pourquoi tu es toujours triste?
    • Why are you always sad?
  • Pourquoi vous faites ça?
    • Why are you doing that?
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Quand? - when?

  • Quand voudrais-tu partir?
    • When would you like to leave?

Est-ce que...

'Est-ce que...?' can be put before any positive sentence to make a question. 'Est-ce que...?' literally means 'is it that'.

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Key vocab

  • Qu’est-ce que...? - what is it that?
  • Qu’est-ce qui...? - what is it that?
  • Qu’est-ce que c’est? - what is it?
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With a positive sentence

  • Est-ce que tu aimes danser?
    • Do you like to dance?
  • Est-ce qu'elle est arrivée?
    • Has she arrived?
  • Est-ce que tu veux faire un tour?
    • Do you want to take a walk?
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With question words

  • Qu'est-ce que tu vas faire?
    • What are you going to do?
  • Comment est-ce que je me sens le lendemain matin?
    • How do I feel the next morning?
  • De quoi est-ce que tu parles?
    • What are you talking about?

Jump to other topics

1The Changing Nature of Family

2The 'cyber-society'

3The Place of Voluntary Work

4Diverse Society

5The Marginalised

6How Criminals Are Treated

7A Culture Proud of its Heritage

8Cinema: the 7th Art Form

9Demonstrations, strikes – who holds the power?

10Politics & Immigration

11Conjugation & Use of Tenses

11.1Present Tense

11.2Perfect Tense

11.3Imperfect Tense

11.4Future Tense

11.5Conditional Tense

11.6Future Perfect Tense

11.7Conditional Perfect Tense

11.8Pluperfect Tense

12Extra Grammar

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