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Information Question words in French

Information Question words in French

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World Languages

9th - 12th Grade

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Information Questions in French

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Most information questions can be used alone as a single word or expression OR with more words to create a more in-depth question.

Like in English, you can just ask: What? Who? Why?

Or you can get more in-depth:
What do you like to eat for dinner?
Who makes dinner at your house?
Why are we having meatloaf again?

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To create more in-depth questions, you can usually:
*add it to est-ce que

*use inversion

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Who do you like?

With whom are you going to the park?

Qui est-ce que tu aimes?

Qui aimes-tu?
Avec qui est-ce que tu vas au parc?

Qui = Who?
Avec qui = With whom
De qui = About whom
Pour qui? = For whom?
À qui = To whom?

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What are you doing?



What?

Qu'est-ce que tu fais?

Que fais-tu?

Quoi?

Qu'est-ce que = What is OR What does/do...? (*hint* This is literally
QUE + EST-CE QUE smushed together to make a question. DO NOT add another est-ce que)
Que = What? (used with inversion only)
Quoi? = only used as a one word question = What?

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Why do you like pop music?





Because it's fun!

Pourquoi est-ce que tu aimes la musique pop?


Pourquoi aimes-tu la musique pop?

Parce que c'est amusant!

Pourquoi = Why?
parce que (turns to parce qu' in front of a word that starts with a vowel) = because

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When do you arrrive at home?





At what time do you arrive?

Quand est-ce que tu arrives à la maison?

Quand arrives-tu à la maison?

À quelle heure est-ce que tu arrives?

À quelle heure arrives-tu?

Quand = When
À quelle heure = At what time?

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Where do you live?

Where are you going?

Where do you come from?

Où habites-tu?

Où est-ce que tu vas?

D'où viens-tu?



Où = Where
D'où = From where

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How are you?


How do you get to school?

Comment ça va?

Comment est-ce que tu arrives à l'école?

Comment arrives-tu à l'école?

Comment = How?

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How much money do you have?




How many brothers and sisters do you have?

Combien d'argent as-tu?

Combien de frères et soeurs est-ce que tu as?

Combien de/d' = How much / how many?

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Quel film préfères-tu?

Quel
s films préfères-tu?

Quelle couleur préfères
-tu?

Quelle
s couleurs préfères-tu?

Quel / Quels = Which (masc. sing. / masc. plural)
Quelle / Quelles = Which (fem. sing. / fem. plural)

*The form of QUEL that you use will depend upon the gender and the number of the noun that follows it.*

​Which movie do you prefer?
Which movies do you prefer?


Which color do you prefer?
Which colors do you prefer?

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Multiple Choice

Where?

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Qui

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Comment

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Pourquoi

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Multiple Choice

Why?

1

Pourquoi

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Qu'est-ce que

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Pour qui

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Combien

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Multiple Select

What?

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Qu'est-ce que

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Quoi

3

Que

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Multiple Choice

How many?

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Comment

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Quels

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Combien

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Qui

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Multiple Choice

With whom?

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Avec qui

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Quelle

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Pour quoi

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Quand

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Multiple Choice

At what time?

1

Quand

2

Quelles

3

Combien

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À quelle heure

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Multiple Choice

Who?

1

À qui

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Que

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Qui

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Quel

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Multiple Choice

How?

1

Pourquoi

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Qu'est-ce que

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Combien

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Comment

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Multiple Choice

When?

1

Quand

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Qui

3

Que

4

Quelles

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Multiple Select

Which of the following says WHICH?

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Quel

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Quels

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Quelle

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Quelles

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Multiple Choice

What factors decide which form of QUEL you use?

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the gender and the number of the noun that follows it

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the gender and the meaning of the noun that follows it

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whatever I feel like using

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the number and word order

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