Question

lesson 4 smart grammar question words comment ? how? lequel/laquelle ? which one? (m/f, sing.) lesquels/lesquelles ? which ones? (m/f, pl.) où ? where? pourquoi ? why? quand ? when? quel/quelle ? what/which? (m/f, sing.) quels/quelles ? what/which? (m/f, pl.) qui est ? who is? qui sont ? who are? quoi ? what? activity a fill in the blanks with the correct question word. choose the word from the word box. qui où quel/quelle quoi quand 1 ____ est - ce que vous habitez ? 2 __ est votre adresse ? 3 __ est cette fille ? 4 __ est - ce que vous allez au cinéma ? 5 __ sont vos amis ? 6 __ heure est - il ? 7 de __ est - ce que vous avez envie de boire ? 8 __ de ces filles est votre soeur ? activity b ask questions using the following question words. 1 quelle __ ? 2 quand __ ? 3 qui est __ ? 4 où __ ? activity c what question word do you use to ask... 1 ...for a reason? __ 2 ...who someone is? __ 3 ...when an event is going to happen? __ 4 ...which object someone is pointing to? __ 5 ...where someone lives? ____ your turn read the following answers. then ask a question for each answer. practice this in front of a mirror. 1 ma mère sappelle marie. 2 il est trois heures de laprès - midi. 3 ce sont les cousins dhenri. 4 jhabite à paris. smart tips - to begin an open - ended question, start with a question word and then use a conjugated verb. note that est - ce que should be added after the question word, except with qui, quel and lequel. examples: qui est votre ami ? who is your friend? quand est - ce que nous mangeons ? when do we eat? pourquoi est - ce que vous travaillez chaque jour ? why do you work every day? - quel/quelle and quoi both mean “what” in french, but they are used for different grammatical functions. quel/quelle comes before the noun, agrees in gender and number and acts as the english “which”: quel livre est - ce que tu aimes le plus ? (which book do you like the most?). quoi is an informal form of “what” and usually comes after the verb: cest quoi, ça ? (whats that?)

Explanation:

This problem is about French question words, which falls under the Arts discipline, specifically Languages (since it's related to learning a language, French). We'll solve Activity A by matching the context of each sentence with the appropriate question word from the word box (qui, où, quel/quelle, quoi, quand).

1. The sentence is about where you live ("habitez" means live), so the question word for "where" is "Où".
2. The sentence is about what your address is. "Quelle" (feminine, since "adresse" is feminine) is used for "what/which" before a noun. So "Quelle".
3. The sentence is about who this girl is, so the question word for "who" is "Qui".
4. The sentence is about when you go to the cinema, so the question word for "when" is "Quand".
5. The sentence is about who your friends are, so the question word for "who (plural)" is "Qui".
6. The sentence is about what time it is. "Quelle" (feminine, since "heure" is feminine) is used here, so "Quelle".
7. The sentence is about what you want to drink. "Quoi" is used after the preposition "de" for "what", so "Quoi".
8. The sentence is about which of these girls is your sister. "Quelle" (feminine, plural "filles" but "quel/quelle" agrees with the noun; here "de ces filles" so we use "Quelle" (since "filles" is feminine plural, but "quel/quelle" for "which one" in feminine singular? Wait, no, "lesquelles" is plural, but the word box has "quel/quelle". Wait, maybe a typo, but from the word box, "quel/quelle" is available. Since "filles" is feminine plural, but the options are "quel/quelle", maybe it's "Quelle" (feminine singular, but context is "which of these girls" – maybe the book uses "quel/quelle" for singular and plural in some cases, or maybe it's "Quelle" as the closest. So "Quelle".

Answer:

1. Où
2. Quelle
3. Qui
4. Quand
5. Qui
6. Quelle
7. Quoi
8. Quelle