PARTS OF A SENTENCE REVIEW Circle the subject

PARTS OF A SENTENCE REVIEW Circle the subject and underline the verb. a. Il habite à Paris. b. Fred habite à Paris. c. Je pense que ce cours est fantastique. d. Nous partageons le chien. e. Mes amis et moi aimons dessiner. f. Ils arrivent à 5 heures (5 o’clock). g. Claudette et Alice voyagent à Sammammish.

4 ways of forming questions in French Start with a sentence in the present tense. e. g. Tu manges mon ananas (You are eating my pineapple). To make this say Are you eating my pinapple? you have 4 options: 1. Put a question mark on the end and use intonation. Tu manges mon ananas? 2. Put est-ce que at the start & a question mark at the end. Tu manges mon ananas Est-ce que tu manges mon ananas? 3. Swap subject & verb, hyphenate them and put a question mark at the end. Tu manges mon ananas Manges-tu mon ananas? These all mean “Are you eating my pineapple? ”

4 ways of forming questions in French 4. Add a tag question at the end of a statement. • Tu manges mon ananas, N’estce pas ? - You’re eating my pineapple, aren’t you? • Tu manges mon ananas, d’accord? - You’re eating my pineapple, okay?

MORE ABOUT INVERSION Only a subject pronoun (not a proper noun) and a verb can be inverted. Bert et Ernie aiment-ils les canards?

MORE ABOUT INVERSION Only a subject pronoun (not a proper noun) and a verb can be inverted. Bert et Ernie aiment-ils les canards? NOT: Aiment-Bert et Ernie les canards?

MORE ABOUT INVERSION If a verb ends in a vowel, and a subject pronoun il, elle, or on begins with a vowel, add -t- in between the verb and the subject prounoun. Aime-t-il mes oreilles? Does he like my ears? Mange-t-elle mes pieds? Is she eating my feet?

MORE ABOUT INVERSION If you need who emphasize who or what the subject pronoun refers to (i. e. what noun the subject pronoun is replacing), put it at the front of the inversion. Le zombie, mange-t-il mon bras? Is the zombie eating my arm? Les zombies, aiment-ils mes oreilles? Do the zombies like my ears?

MORE ABOUT INVERSION The inverted form of ‘Il y a’ (there is or there are) is ‘y a-t-il’ (is there or are there (any)). Statement Il y a des zombies à Sammammish. There are zombies in Sammammish. Question Y a-t-il des zombies à Sammammish? Are there (any) zombies in Sammammish?

To ask ‘Why…’ and answer ‘Because…’ To ask Why…, simply put Pourquoi at the beginning of questions with intonation or with inverstion. (NOT with est-ce que or tag questions) • Pourquoi les zombies mangent mon bras? • Pourquoi les zombies mangent-ils mon bras?

To ask ‘Why…’ and answer ‘Because…’ To answer Because, simply put Parce que at the beginning of the answer/response to the question Parce que tu es délicieux. – Because you are delicious.

Questions Use the verbs in the box to ask some questions. Write one question for each verb, using a variety of question formations. Have your partner check your grammar, then be ready to mingle and ask your questions to your classmates. regarder oublier écouter étudier dessiner aimer penser que manger travailler donner cher

Questions A. Turn these sentences into questions using the 4 different ways of forming a question in French. 1. Tu manges ma voiture. 2. Elle écoute mon éléphant. 3. Ils mangent ma maison. 4. Vous regardez mes (my) oreilles. 5. Tu travailles avec (with) Tina Fey. 6. Nous dessinons mes chaussures (shoes). 7. Vous oubliez la vache. 8. Vous aimez mieux le canard. 9. Toi et tes amis, vous oubliez la vache. 10. Justin Timberlake et Justin Bieber, ils arrivent à 2 heures (at 2 o’clock).

Le sandwich négatif! ne verb pas

NOT To Say NOT in French, you use the words NE……PAS. They go around the first VERB in the sentence, like a sandwich! NE/N’ (VERB) PAS Je mange ton sandwich = I am eating your sandwich verb Je ne mange pas ton sandwich = I am not eating your sandwich **Get rid of the E in ne if the verb starts with a vowel: Je n’étudie pas la biologie.

It wasn’t me! What is the rule to making negative sentences? Tu mange mon ananas? Non! Je ne mange pas ton ananas! Est-ce que tu aime ma soeur? Non! Je n’aime pas ta soeur! As-tu mes pingouins? Non! Je n’ai pas tes pingouins! Tu aimes manger mes pieds? Non! Je n’ aime pas manger tes pieds! MY YOUR mon ton ma ta mes tes

Questions and answers You will be either student A or B. Student A will ask the A questions and student B will ask the B questions. You will answer eachother’s questions following the prompts (positive for oui, negative for no). Write out the questions and answers first. A Are you washing my squid? Laves-tu mon calmar? B No, I am not… Non, je ne lave pas ton calmar Or… Oui, je lave ton calmar.