French exercises / A1 / Sentence structureRebuild questions with est-ce que and with inversion.
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Savoir vs connaître
Savoir is for facts, information and skills: things you could state or do. Connaître is for acquaintance with people, places and works, and it must always be followed by a noun. If what follows is que, si, où, comment or an infinitive, the verb is savoir every time.
Read the full explanationTu vs vous
Vous is the safe default with any adult you do not know, and it is also the plural you. Tu is for friends, family, children, colleagues you are close to, and anyone who has invited it. Getting it wrong in the vous direction is never rude; getting it wrong the other way can be.
Read the full explanationQuel vs lequel
Quel comes before a noun: quel livre ? which book? Lequel stands in place of the noun: lequel ? which one? Both have four forms that agree with what they refer to, and only lequel contracts with à and de, giving auquel and duquel.
Read the full explanationPoser une question: worked examples
Five from the set, with the answer filled in and the rule that decides it.
- 01
Est-ce que tu viens avec nous ?
Est-ce que makes a question without touching the word order.
- 02
Où est-ce qu'on se retrouve ?
Before a vowel est-ce que becomes est-ce qu': est-ce qu'il, est-ce qu'on.
- 03
Parlez-vous français à la maison ?
Inversion joins verb and pronoun with a hyphen. Formal register.
- 04
Où habitez-vous en ce moment ?
- 05
Que fait-il dans la vie ?
Que + inversion is the written equivalent of qu'est-ce que.