'Est-ce que...'
French: AQA GCSE (2025 Exams), topic 6.3.3
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'.
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?
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?
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?
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