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Poser des questions

A conversation dies if you only answer. Learn a handful of question words and you can keep any exchange going for a full minute.

Part of your national curriculum
  • Speaking: Ask and answer questions and take part in short role plays on familiar topics

Lesson overview

What you'll learn in this lesson

Ask and answer questions and take part in short role plays on familiar topics

Key learning points

  • • The question words
  • • Three ways to ask the same thing
  • • Bouncing the question back

This lesson at a glance

  • 25 minutes
  • 16 parts to scroll through
  • 4 quick checks
  • Marked quiz at the end
  • Gentle pace: short sittings with pauses

Words to know

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Poser des questions

An English teaching video on this topic from tialela99. Watch it, then scroll down for the lesson.

In a nutshell

Ask and answer questions and take part in short role plays on familiar topics

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Learning cycle

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Learning cycle 1 of 2

Part 1 · The question words

A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.

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Explore the idea

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Learn

The question words

Comment ? how / what (Comment tu t'appelles ?), Où ? where (Tu habites où ?), Quel âge ? what age (Tu as quel âge ?), Pourquoi ? why, Qu'est-ce que ? what (Qu'est-ce que tu aimes ?), Combien de ? how many (Tu as combien de frères ?).

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Explore the idea

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Learn

Three ways to ask the same thing

You can raise your voice at the end: 'Tu aimes le sport ?' You can add est-ce que: 'Est-ce que tu aimes le sport ?' Or you can invert: 'Aimes-tu le sport ?' In speech the first is the most natural; in writing, est-ce que is the safest.

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Quick check

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Quick check

Which question asks where someone lives?

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Quick check

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Quick check

What does 'Et toi ?' do in a conversation?

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Reset break

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Pause

That's sitting 1 of 2 done

Stretch, get a drink, look out of the window. There is no timer and nothing is counting down — your place is saved, so you can come back in five minutes or tomorrow.

Stop here for now
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Learning cycle

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Learning cycle 2 of 2

Part 2 · Bouncing the question back

A short piece of teaching, then a check to make sure it has landed.

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Bouncing the question back

The single most useful phrase in a role play is 'Et toi ?' — and you? Answer, then bounce. 'J'ai un chat. Et toi, tu as un animal ?' That one habit turns a two-line exchange into a real conversation.

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Quick check

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Quick check

Which is the inverted question form?

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Quick check

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Quick check

'Tu as combien de frères ?' asks about...

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Explore the idea

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Worked example

Model role play

A: Salut ! Comment tu t'appelles ? B: Je m'appelle Théo. Et toi ? A: Moi, c'est Savannah. Tu habites où ? B: J'habite à Lyon. Est-ce que tu as des animaux ? A: Oui, j'ai un chat. Four exchanges, three question forms, one bounce-back.

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Challenge round

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Game · Sort it

Which of these are true?

Drag each card into the right column. Tap a card first if dragging is fiddly.

True

Not true

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Challenge round

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Game · Fill the gaps

Finish the sentences

Choose the word that belongs in each gap.

____, then bounce.

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Mastery quiz

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Marked quiz

End of lesson quiz: Poser des questions

4 questions, marked with the reasoning shown. No timer.

  1. 1. Which reply best answers 'Qu'est-ce que tu aimes faire le week-end ?'

  2. 2. Which question asks where someone lives?

  3. 3. What does 'Et toi ?' do in a conversation?

  4. 4. Which is the inverted question form?

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Lesson round-up

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Lesson round-up

Ready when you are

Quiz score

Not sat

Games

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Points this lesson

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Best run

0 in a row

Luna: 0 out of 4 on the practice checks. Only if you feel up to it — one more?

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Do the work

Your written work for this lesson

This is the part you'd do in your book at school. Pick the pieces below, write here or on paper, and photograph anything you draw or work out.

Extract

Une journée à Lyon

Samedi matin, je me lève à sept heures et demie. Je prends le petit déjeuner avec ma sœur — du pain, du beurre et un chocolat chaud. Ensuite, nous prenons le bus jusqu'au centre-ville.

J'aime beaucoup Lyon parce qu'il y a un grand marché près du fleuve. Ma sœur préfère les magasins, mais moi, je préfère le marché : c'est moins cher et c'est plus intéressant. À midi, nous mangeons un sandwich au parc.

L'après-midi, il commence à pleuvoir, alors nous rentrons à la maison en tram. Le soir, je fais mes devoirs et je regarde un film avec mes parents.

Original text written for Good Learning Co.

Reading questions

  1. In English, say what the writer does in the morning, at midday and in the evening.
  2. Find the phrases that give an opinion and a reason, and copy them out.
  3. Write 8–10 sentences about your own Saturday, using at least three phrases from the text.

  • Written practice

    Writing

    Write the sentences out in the language, then translate them back into English.

    8–10 sentences

  • Vocabulary page

    Working out

    Copy the new words, cover them, and test yourself. Note the ones you keep missing.

    15 words

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