L'interrogation (Asking questions)

In spoken French, the most common ways to ask a question are: 

a. By changing the intonation (rising at the end, the same as in English) or by adding non? or n’est-ce pas? [*but note that n’est-ce pas is rarely used]. These ways are most common in spoken French. 

 b. By putting est-ce que at the start of the sentence.

b. Use inversion for yes or no questions without a question word (see quesion words below). Inversion means switching the place of the pronoun (je, tu…) and the verb in a sentence.

Notes about inversion: 

• Inversion works with all except qui + verb, because qui is often the subject (Qui est…?), so no inversion.
  
  

• With Pourquoi and Comment, inversion is very common in written/formal French.
  
  

• When the subject is a noun, you put it after the verb and repeat the pronoun.

Les mots interrogatifs: Question words