Inversion questions | French | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

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Match the French and the English.
- la mère
  
  ⇔
  
  mother ✓
- le père
  
  ⇔
  
  father ✓
- le frère
  
  ⇔
  
  brother ✓
- la sœur
  
  ⇔
  
  sister ✓
- le fils
  
  ⇔
  
  son ✓
- la fille
  
  ⇔
  
  daughter ✓
Match the adjectives
- sage
  
  ⇔
  
  well-behaved ✓
- jeune
  
  ⇔
  
  young ✓
- grand
  
  ⇔
  
  tall, big ✓
- petit
  
  ⇔
  
  short, small ✓
- heureux
  
  ⇔
  
  happy ✓
- ouvert
  
  ⇔
  
  open ✓
Choose the correct meaning.
- prendre
- dire
- apprendre ✓
- comprendre
Choose the correct meaning.
- prendre
- dire ✓
- apprendre
- comprendre
Add the correct verb ending: Je prend_
- 's' ✓
Add the correct verb ending: il di_
- 't' ✓

Choose the correct translation: Nous sommes jeunes, sages et heureux.
- You are young, short and happy.
- We are young, short and happy.
- I am young, well-behaved and happy.
- We are young, well-behaved and happy. ✓
- They are young, well-behaved and sad.
Match the French and the English.
- apprendre
  
  ⇔
  
  to learn, learning ✓
- comprendre
  
  ⇔
  
  to understand, understanding ✓
- dire
  
  ⇔
  
  to say, saying ✓
- prendre
  
  ⇔
  
  to take, taking ✓
Translate into French: He says hello.
- 'Il dit bonjour.' ✓
Translate into French: I understand the question.
- 'Je comprends la question.' ✓
How do you form an inversion question?
- Raising your voice at the end of a sentence.
- Inverting the subject and the verb.
- Removing the pronoun.
- Inverting subject and the object.
Change this statement into an inversion question: tu aimes le sport.
- 'Aimes-tu le sport ?' ✓

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'Je prends', 'tu prends', 'il, elle prend' are the singular forms of the -re verb 'prendre', to take, taking.
The same verb endings can be applied to the -re verbs 'apprendre', to learn, and 'comprendre', to understand.
'Je dis', 'tu dis' and 'il, elle dit' are the singular forms of the -re verb 'dire', to say, saying.
Like intonation questions, an inversion question is another way to ask a question in French.
To form French yes/no or closed inversion questions, swap the subject pronoun and verb, inserting a hyphen in-between.

A closed question requires 'do/does' or 'am/are/is' at the start in French, like in English.

Closed questions in French do not start with 'do/does' or 'am/are/is', they simply invert the subject and the verb: tu es anglaise, es-tu anglaise ?

Dire - French -re verb meaning to say, to tell
Prendre - French -re verb meaning to take, taking
Inversion question - when the subject pronoun and the verb switch place to form a question