4A Interrogative words

Question 1

Use interrogative words with ___________ or inversion.

Answer 1

EST-CE QUE

example
À QUI LE PROFESSOR PARLE-T-IL ce matin?
(whom is the professor talking to this morning?)

POURQUOI EST-CE QUE tu danses?
(why are you dancing?)

Question 2

When the question word ___ (who) is the subject of a sentence, it is followed directly by a verb. The verb in this case is ALWAYS in the _____ person SINGULAR form.

Answer 2

QUI

THIRD

example
QUI invite Patrice à dîner?
(Who is inviting Patrice to dinner?)

Question 3

When the word ___ (whom) is the object of the sentence, it is followed by EST-CE QUE or inversion.

Answer 3

QUI

example
QUI est-ce que tu regardes?
Whom are you looking at?

Question 4

Use _____ to talk about a DAY or DATE, and ____________ to talk about a SPECIFIC TIME OF THE DAY.

Answer 4

QUAND
À QUELLE HEURE

example
QUAND est-ce que le cours commence?
(When does the class start?)

À QUELLE HEURE est-ce que qu’il commence?
(At what time does it begin?)

Question 5

Another way to formulate questions with most interrogative words is by placing them ______ a verb.

VERY informal

Answer 5

AFTER

example
Tu t’appelles COMMENT?
(What’s you name?)

Tu habites OÙ?
(Where do you live?)

Question 6

Note that ____ (what?) must immediately follow a preposition in order to be used with EST-CE QUE or INVERSION. If no preposition is necessary, place it AFTER the verb.

Answer 6

QUOI

example
À QUOI pensez-vous?
(what are you thinking about?)

Tu regardes QUOI?
(What are you looking at?)

Question 7

Use _______ or ______ to indicate that you don’t understand what’s being said.

You may also use “QUOI?” but only in informal situations with friends.

Answer 7

COMMENT?
PARDON?

example
Vous allez voyager cette année?
(are you going to travel this year?) ——–>

COMMENT?
(I beg your pardon?)

Question 8

QUEL means WHAT or WHICH:

Answer 8

MS FS MP FP
—— ——– ——— ———-
quel quelle quels quelles

example
QUEL RESTAURANT aimes-tu?
(which restaurant do you like?)

QUELLES FILLES vont à la boîte de nuit?
(which girls are going to the nightclub?)

Question 9

Use ____ to ask “What is/are…?”

Answer 9

QUEL

example
QUEL EST ton numéro de téléphone?
What is your phone number?

Question 10

________ may be followed directly by a form of être and a noun, in which case the form of __________ agrees with that noun.

Answer 10

QUEL(LE)(S)
QUEL(LE)(S)

example
QUELLES AMIES invites-tu?
(What friends are you inviting?)