Celebrations: information questions with question word + 'est-ce que'
Learning outcomes
I can form information questions using question words and 'est-ce que'.
I can recognise and pronounce the sound-symbol correspondence [en/an].
Celebrations: information questions with question word + 'est-ce que'
Learning outcomes
I can form information questions using question words and 'est-ce que'.
I can recognise and pronounce the sound-symbol correspondence [en/an].
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Key learning points
- When the nasal sound [en/an] appears before -p or -b it is spelled [em/am], e.g. 'jambe', 'camp'.
- Practising vocabulary 'little and often' helps to strengthen your knowledge.
- To ask information questions with 'est-ce que' the question word comes first.
- The subject and verb stay in the same order, there is no inversion.
- When the question word 'que' (what) is used before 'est-ce que', it becomes 'qu'est-ce que'.
Keywords
[en/an] - sound-symbol correspondence (SSC) like the [en] and [an] sounds in 'enfant'
Est-ce que - French questioning device
Common misconception
When I am forming information questions with 'est-ce que' I put the question word after it.
When forming information questions with 'est-ce que', the question word must come before it, e.g example: 'Qu'est-ce que tu vas faire demain ?' 'What are you going to do tomorrow?'.
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
to help, helping
to share, sharing
can, be able to
to know, knowing
to look for, looking for
célèbre
célébres
célébrons
how much, how many
when
what
who
where
how
février
juin
avril
janvier
mars
mai
Exit quiz
6 Questions
peut-être
désolé (m)
tu sais
savoir
je peux
pouvoir
derrière
devant
entre
dans
sur
sous
Est-ce que tu vas célébrer la Saint-Valentin ?
Qu'est-ce que tu vas faire pour la Saint-Valentin ?
Qu'est-ce que tu penses du café devant le cinéma ?
Est-ce qu'il va aller à la plage aujourd'hui ?
Qu'est-ce qu'elle étudie ?
Est-ce qu'elle étudie le français ?