CHAPITRE 3 Formation des questions
OUI/NON Yes/No questions may be formed using: EST-CE QU(E) at the beginning of a statement Est-ce que tu connais Jean-Claude? N’EST-CE PAS at the end of a statement INTONATION –making your voice go UP at the end of a statement. INVERSION—Reversing the order of a subject and a verb* Vas-tu au mariage de Sylvie et Éric? *Remember that inversion is not done into a proper noun—only into pronouns
QUESTIONS D’INFORMATION QUESTION WORDS/INTERROGATIVES: COMBIEN (DE)=HOW MANY/HOW MUCH COMMENT=HOW OÙ= WHERE POURQUOI=WHY QUAND=WHEN QU’EST-CE QUE=WHAT (FOLLOWED BY A SUBJECT & VERB) QUE=WHAT (FOLLOWED BY INVERSION QUEL(S), QUELLE(S)=WHAT, WHICH QUI=WHO
CONTINUED… ORDRE: 1. Put the question word at the beginning of the sentence (SUBJECT---VERB), then put in ‘EST-CE QUE’ Quand est-ce que tu arroses les plantes? 2. Put the question word at the beginning of the sentence and then do INVERSION Où mets-tu les carottes?
PRATIQUE Créez des questions: 1. Where is the neighborhood? 2. Who gets along well? 3. Why do you have a tense relationship? 4. When does on use the VOUS form? 5. What is the value of a private life? VERIFICATIONS SUIVANTES……
VERIFICATIONS 1. Where is the neighborhood?= Où est le quartier? Or Où se trouve le quartier? 2. Who gets along well?= Qui s’entend bien? 3. Why do you have a tense relationship? =Pourquoi avez-vous un rapport tendu? or Pourquoi est-ce que vous avez un rapport tendu? 4. When does on use the VOUS form? Quand se vouvoie-t-on? Or Quand est-ce qu’on se vouvoie? 5. What is the value of a private life? Quelle est la valeur d’une vie privée?