Questions about the object. Questions about the object need an auxiliary verb do, have, is, etc. Wren designed this cathedral. What did Wren design? X Which cathedral Wren built? Here is a summary of question words with examples:.
Question word. Who is teaching you? Who do you know here? Whom is very formal. What caused the problem? What film did you see? What kind of people live here? What kind of TV programmes do you watch? Which book sold most? Which picture do you like? Whose book won the prize? Whose book did you borrow? These question words are always placed at the start with inverted forms. Find your French level. Learn more about these related French grammar topics.
Examples and resources. How are you doing that? C'est combien? How much is that? Where is it? C'est quand? When is it? Pourquoi tu rigoles? Are they going to the cinema? Are the children going to the cinema? If the conjugated verb ends with a vowel and the subject begins with a vowel, we put a t in between. Example: Viendra- t -elle avec nous? Will she come with us? Does Eric like romantic films? With whom are you going to the cinema? Pour qui est le pop-corn?
Who is the popcorn for? The subject and the conjugated verb switch positions the verb comes at the beginning of the question. If the subject is a pronoun, it is connected to the verb with a hyphen. Where is the cinema? Quand commence le film? When does the film begin? Whom have you invited? Qui represents the direct object here.
If the subject is a noun , it comes before the verb. The accompanying subject pronoun comes after the verb, they are connected using a hyphen. Why is she going to the cinema alone? Why is Juliette going to the cinema alone? Where did they go? Where did the children go? Example: Que veut voir Juliette en premier? What does Juliette want to see first? What did your friend see at the cinema? Low or short? Man , mankind or people? Maybe or may be?
Maybe or perhaps? Nearest or next? Never or not … ever? Nice or sympathetic? No doubt or without doubt? No or not? Nowadays , these days or today? Open or opened? Opportunity or possibility? Opposite or in front of? Other , others , the other or another? Out or out of?
Permit or permission? Person , persons or people? Pick or pick up? Play or game? Politics , political , politician or policy? Price or prize? Principal or principle? Quiet or quite? Raise or rise? Remember or remind? Right or rightly? Rob or steal? Say or tell? So that or in order that? Sometimes or sometime? Sound or noise? Speak or talk?
Such or so? Towards or toward? Wait or wait for? Wake , wake up or awaken? Worth or worthwhile? Noun phrases: dependent words Noun phrases: order Noun phrases: uses Noun phrases: noun phrases and verbs Noun phrases: two noun phrases together.
Pronouns: possessive my , mine , your , yours , etc. Pronouns: reflexive myself , themselves , etc. Pronouns: indefinite - body , - one , - thing , - where Pronouns: one , you , we , they Relative pronouns Questions: interrogative pronouns what , who Someone , somebody , something , somewhere That.
Dates Measurements Number Time. Geographical places Names and titles: addressing people Nationalities, languages, countries and regions Place names.
Reported speech Reported speech: direct speech Reported speech: indirect speech. British and American English Dialect Double negatives and usage Formal and informal language Newspaper headlines Register Slang Standard and non-standard language Swearing and taboo expressions. Past simple I worked Past continuous I was working Past continuous or past simple?
Past simple or present perfect? Used to Past perfect simple I had worked Past perfect continuous I had been working Past perfect simple or past perfect continuous? Past perfect simple or past simple?
Past verb forms referring to the present Past: typical errors. Present continuous I am working Present perfect continuous I have been working Present perfect simple I have worked Present perfect simple or present perfect continuous? Present perfect: typical errors Present simple I work Present simple or present continuous? Present: typical errors Present verb forms referring to the past.
Finite and non-finite verbs Imperative clauses Be quiet! Infinitives with and without to Infinitive: active or passive? Perfect infinitive with to to have worked Verbs: basic forms Verbs: formation.
Hate , like , love and prefer Hear , see , etc. Get passive Have something done Passive: forms Passives with and without an agent Passive: uses Passive: other forms Passive: typical errors. Conditionals Conditionals: if Conditionals: other expressions unless, should, as long as Conditionals: typical errors If only In case of Suppose , supposing and what if Wish.
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