1. Forming Questions in French 1. Rising Intonation in Voice most common way to ask ?’s in conversational French ex. Richard est américain? S + V + obj …?

2. 2. Est-ce que (qu’) [very common question form] *formation a. Simply add ‘est-ce que’ to beginning of question. ex. Est-ce que Richard est américain? Est-ce que + S + V + obj …?

3. b. ex. Où est-ce qu’elle habite? À quelle heure est-ce qu’il arrive à l’école? Question word + est-ce que + S + V + obj …?

4. 3. Inversion [more formal way of making a ?] a. Can only use when the subject of the sentence is a pronoun ( je, tu, il, elle, nous, vous, ils, elles ) b. formation: reverse S + V and connect with hyphen V - SP +…? or Question Word (QW) + V – S ?

5. Ex. Où est-il? QW V -SP A qui parles-tu? QW V -SP Comment t’appelles-tu? QW V -SP

6. c. NOTE: in the 3 rd Person Singular (il/elle) form, if the verb does not end with a ‘t’ or a ‘d’, you must add a ‘t’ between V + S (for all –er verbs, the 3 rd person Sing. Form always ends with an –e, so you will always insert the ‘t’) V –t- (il/elle)

7. ex. 1. Does she speak French? Parle-t-elle français? V - SP 2. Does he eat (Is he eating) with Marie? Mange-t-il avec Marie? 3. Where is he? Où est-il? QW V -SP

8. d. NOTE: Even though you MUST reverse the verb with a subject pronoun only, you can use inversion with a regular subject noun. Formation: (QW) + (regular subject) + V – S.P + rest… ?

9. ex. 1. Is Marc swimming in Antibes? ( Does Mark swim..) Marc nage-t-il à Antibes? Reg. Sub. V - SP 2. Do the girls have dinner at home? Les filles dînent-elles à la maison? Reg. Sub. V - SP 3. When do the friends enter the classroom? Quand les amis entrent-ils dans la salle de classe? QW reg. sub. V - SP