Stage 0 · A1 découverte
Question intonation — identify and understand
Question intonation: progressive explanation, topic-specific examples, guided exercises and a corrected assessment.
1. Objective
By the end, you will identify and explain “Question intonation” in new examples.
2. Discover
Read slowly: Tu viens ?, Vous avez réservé ?, Il est prêt ?, On part maintenant ?. Which sound or spelling feature recurs?
3. Understand
The focus is intonation montante de la question. Read the whole word, then notice spelling and sound: in French, the same letter is not always pronounced the same way in every context.
Do not pronounce French letter by letter: pay attention to letter groups and whole words.
4. Guided practice
5. Independent practice
6. Write / speak
Say what you want to mean first, then express it with “Question intonation”. Read it again as if you were receiving it.
7. Check your learning
8. Remember
Key point: intonation montante de la question. Listen, read, then copy the whole word so sound and spelling are learned together.
9. Now I can…
- I can recognise “Question intonation” in a new example.
- I can justify my choice and create an example.
