As students learn to pose questions in French, they will need to master interrogative adjectives. Take advantage of storyboard visuals to provide students with practice asking and answering questions. In this activity, students will use a T Chart to ask questions about scenarios and answer them. Students can create their own scenarios, and must practice inverting their questions and using interrogative adjectives in each question.
Make the assignment more complex by requiring questions and answers to be written in a particular tense or using a variety of pronouns. Simplify the assignment or convert it into a worksheet by providing the images and/or response for your students, asking them only to frame an appropriate question. For oral practice, eliminate the text altogether and have students present their image sets in groups, asking their classmates to invent logical questions and responses.
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Student Instructions
Use a T chart to to practice asking and answering questions with interrogative adjectives (quel, quelle, quels, quelles).
Boost engagement by starting with familiar items in your classroom (like books, pencils, or posters). Show each object and model a question using a French interrogative adjective—for example, “Quel livre est-ce?”—to help students connect the concept to their everyday environment.
Demonstrate how ‘quel’ changes for masculine/feminine and singular/plural nouns. Write examples on the board (quel, quelle, quels, quelles) and highlight the agreement with classroom nouns. This helps students see patterns and apply them confidently.
Pair students and challenge them to write three questions about items in the classroom using different forms of ‘quel’. Encourage creativity and require each question to use a different object, reinforcing variety and agreement rules.
Invite volunteers to ask their questions out loud, while classmates respond in French. Offer immediate feedback on question structure and adjective agreement to reinforce learning in a supportive way.
Have each student write one original question using a French interrogative adjective on a slip of paper before leaving. Collect and review for quick, formative assessment of understanding and to inform your next lesson plan.
French interrogative adjectives (quel, quelle, quels, quelles) are used to ask questions about a specific noun, matching in gender and number. To use them, place the correct form before the noun in your question, such as Quel livre lis-tu ? (Which book are you reading?).
You can help students practice by using visuals like storyboards or T charts where they create scenarios, ask questions with interrogative adjectives, and provide answers. Encourage students to use various tenses and pronouns for deeper understanding.
A T chart activity involves students dividing a chart into two columns: one for questions using interrogative adjectives (like quel) and one for answers. Students create scenes or scenarios, write questions in one column, and provide answers in the other.
To differentiate practice, simplify by providing images or response prompts so students only need to frame questions. For advanced students, require use of specific tenses or pronouns, or remove written text for oral group practice.
Engage students with oral group presentations using images, interactive storyboards, partner work, or role-plays where classmates invent questions and answers using interrogative adjectives. These methods encourage speaking and creative thinking.