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Chapter 16 – Questions and exclamations

The introduction describes the two types of direct questions that may be asked – those requiring the answer yes or no and those introduced by a question word – and indirect questions. The key points box focuses on different ways of formulating questions in French, including the use of est-ce que. Yes/no questions are illustrated extensively in the next section, which includes a description of question tags, such as n’est-ce pas. There follows an explanation of how each of the interrogative pronouns (combien, pourquoi, comment, qui etc.) works, with exemplification. A separate box of key points then explains how interrogative pronouns function in indirect questions; the account of these structures includes the use of si, ce qui and ce que. A final section covers exclamations, which are exemplified using exclamatory words, such as comme, quoi, que, comment and quel etc. The last part of the chapter contains a dialogue passage with many instances of questions and exclamations, which are then analysed. At the end of the chapter there are five exercises for grammar practice.

Exercise 1

Exercise 2

Exercise 3

Exercise 4

Exercise 5

Exercise 6

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