Hello, I put 'suis-tu' in the first sentence, as 'have you been following' is the present perfect continuous, but it was marked as wrong. The answer in French, 'as-tu suivi', made it seem that the event was already in the past. Which is correct?
Thanks a lot.
Bonjour Andreas,
"Have you been following the Cannes Festival this year?" The original text, as shown, was a question.
Your proposal was not in question form as far as I can see, and needs to be in the passé composé.
This is why the correct answer is "as-tu suivi?
I hope this helps you.
Bonne continuation,
Jim
To add to Jim’s reply, subject-verb inversion as you’ve tried to do, is a formal way to ask a question and at odds with the tone of the exercise. As well as "as-tu suivi", you could use the more informal "tu as suivi le Festival de Cannes cette année ?" - ie take an affirmative sentence and turn it into a question. This only works for yes-no questions.
Asking yes/no questions in French with intonation, est-ce que, n'est-ce pas (French Questions)
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