Un nouvel élève : yes/no questions with inversion, intonation and est-ce que | French

Starter quiz

Match the verbs to their English meaning.

produire

⇔

to produce, producing ✓

rendre

⇔

to return, give back ✓

défendre

⇔

to defend, defending ✓

promettre

⇔

to promise, promising ✓

perdre

⇔

to lose, losing ✓

comprendre

⇔

to understand, understanding ✓
Which of the following translate: Est-ce que tu dessines des animaux rares ?

Do you draw rare animals? ✓

Are you drawing rare animals? ✓

You are drawing rare animals.

You draw rare animals.
Match the infinitives to the vocabulary.

échanger

⇔

des SMS ✓

jouer

⇔

au basket ✓

nager

⇔

à la piscine ✓

danser

⇔

dans un spectacle ✓

produire

⇔

des films ✓
Which is the first language of most people living in Quebec in Canada?

English

Spanish

French ✓

Portuguese
What is the negative form of 'il y a'?

'il n'y a pas' ✓
Identify the short form of the verb in this statement: tu vas arriver en France.

'vas' ✓

Match the vocabulary to the English translation.

oser

⇔

to dare, daring ✓

inquiétant

⇔

worrying ✓

ne...personne

⇔

nobody ✓

rencontrer

⇔

to meet, meeting ✓

accompagner

⇔

to accompany, accompanying ✓

surtout

⇔

above all, especially ✓
Yes/no questions in French can be formed using intonation, est-ce que or...

'inversion' ✓
True or False? We directly translate the English 'do' or 'does' at the start of a yes/no question.

True

False ✓
Make the statement into a question using 'est-ce que': tu danses.

'Est-ce que tu danses ?' ✓
Make this statement into a question using inversion: il est canadien.

'Est-il canadien ?' ✓
Translate into French: Does he know Jean?

'Il connaît Jean ?' ✓

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Yes/no questions can be formed by raising the intonation at the end of the sentence.
Yes/no questions can be formed by inversion, which means swapping the position of the subject and the verb.
Yes/no questions can also be formed by adding est-ce que to a statement. Est-ce que becomes est-ce qu' before a vowel.
In French there is no word for 'do/does' in yes/no questions.

When forming yes/no questions, we need to translate the English 'do' or 'does' into French.

There is no equivalent to 'do' or 'does' in French. Use inversion, intonation or est-ce que to form yes/no questions.

Intonation - rise and fall of the voice in speaking
Inversion - when the subject pronoun and the verb switch place to form a question
Est-ce que - a questioning device