Reading Strategies: Question Words

When you see ... at the beginning of a question, you must look for a person or a group of people.

(a)  

When you see ... at the beginning of a question, you must look for a thing or a group of things.

(a)  

When you see ... at the beginning of a question, you must look for a place (a street, a city, etc.) or an address.

(a)  

When you see ... at the beginning of a question, you must look for

a moment (a time, a day, a date, etc.) something happened, is

happening or will happen.

(a)  

When you see ... at the beginning of a question, you must look for a reason something happened, is happening or wiIl happen.

(a)  

When you see ... at the beginning of a question, you must choose

one or many objects, animals or people from a group of objects, animals

or people.

(a)  

When you see ... at the beginning of a question, you must find who

the thing in question belongs to.

(a)  

Often, when you see ... at the beginning of a question, you must find

by what means or in what way something is done.

(a)  

How do you say "Who?" in French ?

• Pourquoi?

• Qui?

• Quel/Quelle?

• Quoi?

How do you say " Where?" in French?

• Quand?

• Comment?

• Pourquoi?

• Où?