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Complex questions

Questions in which you expect more specific information than a simple choice-answer or a 

straightforward yes or no response are referred to as complex questions. They start with an inter-

rogative pronoun, an interrogative adverb, or any other interrogative word or phrase.

Questions with 

qui

There are several ways to create an interrogative sentence with the interrogative pronoun qui. The 

elements and word order in the sentence will vary according to the function performed by qui, 

which can be either subject or direct object. The various possible structures for an interrogative 

sentence introduced by qui are as follows:

Qui + verb

In this interrogative sentence, qui is the subject and is followed directly by the verb.

Qui était ce monsieur?