Practice Makes Perfect

7·2

EXERCICE

Using appropriate punctuation and capitalization, compose questions with the following 

sentence fragments, making sure to follow the word order of a declarative sentence.

1.  les instructions / tu as compris

2.  à ton avis / étaient claires / elles

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3.  à faire ce travail / on va / arriver

4.  que ce ne sera pas trop difficile / certain / tu es

5.  ce soir / commencer / tu veux

6.  d’échouer / tu ne crains pas

Negative interrogative sentences

Another way of forming a question is to start with a negative declarative sentence. Add a question 

mark to a negative declarative sentence and as a result you have an interrogative sentence.