Unité 6 Leçon B
Forming yes/no questions To form a yes/no question in French in the simplest way, add a question mark at the end of the sentence, and raise your voice at the end Modèle: Tu viens de France?
Add ‘n’est-ce pas’ if you think you already have the correct information Modèle: Tu viens de France, n’est-ce pas?
Est-ce que Add ‘est-ce que’ to the front of a sentence to help indicate a yes/no question Est-ce que does NOT mean anything by itself-it is only an indicator of a question Est-ce que MUST be followed by a subject and a verb.
Modèles: Est-ce que tu viens de France? Est-ce que vous venez d’Espagne? Est-ce que Mark est allemand? Est-ce que tu aimes chanter? Est-ce que je peux aller aux toilettes?
In front of a vowel, drop the –e in ‘est-ce que’ Est-ce qu’Anne est française? Est-ce qu’il est chinois?
Create questions using the following verbs. Modèle: skierEst-ce que tu skies? 1. jouer au basket 2. nager 3. danser 4. aller au cinéma 5. manger au fast-food 6. regarder la télé 7. étudier 8. téléphoner
Activité ask different people the questions that you formed. If they answer ‘oui’, have them sign their name next to your question. If they answer ‘non’, move on and find someone else
For more information To ask questions that need more information than yes/no, add the correct question word/interrogative expression to the sentence
Interrogative expressions Comment= how Quand = when Pourquoi = why À quelle heure = At what time Combien = how much Où= where D’où= from where
more Avec qui= with whom De qui= from/about whom Pour qui= for whom À qui= to whom
With est-ce que Place the question word/expression at the beginning of the sentence, then est-ce que, subject, verb Modèle: D’où est-ce que tu viens?
Prepare some follow-up questions to ask the people who answered “yes” to any of your original questions. Modèle: skier (pourquoi) Pourquoi est-ce que tu skies? 1. jouer au basket (avec qui) 2. nager (quand) 3. danser (comment) 4. aller au cinéma (avec qui) 5. manger au fast-food (pourquoi) 6. regarder la télé (à quelle heure) 7. étudier (où) 8. téléphoner (à qui)
Without est-ce que Place the questions word/expression at the front or at the end of the sentence. Modèles: Comment tu t’appelles? Tu t’appelles comment? D’où tu viens? Tu viens d’où?
Exceptions Qu’est-ce que= what Since it already has ‘est-ce que’ built into it, this expression can ONLY be placed at the beginning of a sentence and MUST be followed by a subject and a verb Qu’est-ce que tu regardes? Qu’est-ce que vous mangez?
Qui Qui is the subject of the sentence, so it must be at the beginning. The verb is the ‘il/elle’ form Qui parle francais? Qui skie?