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Composing Questions in French

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3 structures available
rising intonation, est-ce que, and inversion
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Rising Intonation
For a Yes/No question, this is just the sentence with a question mark at the end (said with the voice rising at the end)
Tu habites ici? Vous parlez français? Il est en retard?
For an information question, we would have a question word, where the answer would normally be:
Paul arrive quand? Vous faites quoi? C'est le travail de qui?
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Est-ce que
This keeps the sentence structure just like a sentence, but puts the question word up front:
Est-ce que tu as étudié? Est-ce qu'il est en classe?
Pourquoi est-ce qu'elle pleure? Où est-ce que vous habitez?
+this is the equivalent of us saying, "where DOES he work" or "IS she going?" Notice we do NOT translate the helping verb. We use est-ce que instead.
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Inversion
Wit inversion, we switch the subject and verb instead of using est-ce que:
Avez-vous faim? Prenez-vous des notes? Es-tu arrivé à l'heure?
Quel auto as-tu acheté? Quand dormez-vous? Qui allez-vous voir?
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Multiple Choice
Re-write using inversion: Pourquoi est-ce que vous riez?
Pourquoi riez-vous?
riez-vous pourquoi?
Riez-Pourquoi vous?
Riez pourquoi-vous?
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Inversion has one trick we have to remember:
if the subject starts with a vowel: il, elle, on, ils, and elles, we must add a "-t-" between the verb and subject, for sound (as long as the verb doesn't end in t or d.
A-t-elle du pain? Reste-t-elle à la maison? Quand travaille-t-il?
Prend-elle le taxi? Font-ils le travaillent? Choisit-elle la bonne réponse?
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Multiple Choice
Which is correct for "Where did she go?
où a-t-elle allé
où est-elle allée
quand est-t-elle allée
quand a-elle allé
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Multiple Choice
Which is correct for "Who did she see?"
Qui a-elle vu?
Qui a vu-t-elle?
Qui as-t-elle vu?
Qui a-t-elle vu?
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Did you notice?
If there is more than one verb, the inversion happens to the first:
Vas-tu venir en classe? A-t-il fait les devoirs? Pourquoi aimez-vous parler?
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Open Ended
Write the question: What are you going to do, using inversion
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Negative questions?
If you want to use a negative sentence, the ne.... pas still go around the verb, but the subject is inside too (since it is hyphenated with the verb)
N'avez-vous pas fini? N'êtes-vous pas prêts? Pourquoi n'a-t-il pas te donner les papiers?
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Multiple Choice
Which would be correct for "How did he not know?"
Comment n'a-t-il pas su?
Comment n'a pas-t-il su?
Comment n'a-t-il su pas?
Comment a-t-il ne su pas?
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Open Ended
Write the question, "Why doesn't he go?" using inversion:
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One note about answering negative questions:
Don't answer Oui, to agree: Tu n'as pas fait les devoirs? Oui. (yes you did it or yes you didn't do it?
Answer Non to agree (Non, je ne les ai pas finis)
To disagree, answer "Si" (Si, je les ai finis!)
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Multiple Choice
Choose the correct answer: N'avez-vous pas vu le film?
Oui, j'ai bu le film
Non, j'ai vu le film
Si, j'ai vu le film
Oui, je n'ai pas vu le film
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