Questions (3 Types)

• In a compound tense — built from an auxiliary verb (the helper avoir or être, conjugated to match the subject) plus a past participle (the main part of the meaning) — only the auxiliary flips with the pronoun.
• The past participle always stays put, right after, unaffected.

Same starting statement, same meaning, three finished questions. Only the shape changes — watch what moves (or doesn't move at all) in each pill diagram below.

Vous avez rendez-vous aujourd'hui. You have an appointment today. (the plain statement we're about to turn into a question)

Three small patches, isolated one at a time. Each diagram below highlights a single moving piece.

a) The hyphen — verb and pronoun, joined

Parles-tu français ? Do you speak French? — the hyphen between verb and pronoun is never optional.

b) The euphonic -t- — a pronunciation patch, not a meaning change

c) The double subject — a noun never moves, a pronoun is added instead

Marie parle-t-elle français ? Does Marie speak French? — Marie stays exactly where it was; a matching pronoun (elle) is added after the verb instead.

Start from the piece of information you're missing, then pick the matching branch below. Every card plugs straight into any of the 3 question styles from section 1.

Follow one question word — où — across all three styles. Watch where it sits: front, front, then all the way to the end.

The same shift happens with qu'est-ce que: Qu'est-ce que vous voulez ? (neutral) becomes Que voulez-vous ? (formal) or Vous voulez quoi ? (casual — quoi lands at the very end).

In the passé composé, only the small helper verb (avoir or être) flips with the pronoun. The past participle — the main chunk of meaning — stays put, right after, unaffected.

Same four questions, three styles each. Notice which question words stay glued to the front no matter what (quel + noun), and which ones are willing to slide toward the end in casual speech (quoi, combien).

• Everything you learned in Learn and Rules is true almost all of the time — but "almost" leaves seven small corners where French does something slightly different from the main pattern.
• None of this is new grammar; it's the same three question types and the same question words, just showing their sharp edges.
• These seven show up constantly on the TEF/TCF and in real conversation, so meet them here with plenty of side-by-side examples.

• When you'll meet itthe moment you invert a question with il, elle, or on — which happens constantly, since these are some of the most common subject pronouns in French (talking about a third person, or saying "we" casually with on).
• How it works
  • a euphonic letter is one added purely so a word is easier to say out loud — it carries no meaning of its own.
  • When the verb form right before il / elle / on ends in a vowel sound (usually written as -e or -a), two vowel sounds would crash into each other back to back — parle + il would sound like "parl-eel" run together with no clean break.
  • French fixes this by slipping a -t- in between, surrounded by two hyphens: parle-t-il.

• The -t- is not needed in two situations:

  1. when the pronoun is tu, nous, vous, ils, or elles instead — because those pronouns don't create the same vowel collision; or
  2. when the verb form already ends in a consonant sound, even with il / elle / on — because the two-vowel problem never existed in the first place.
• Written French already ends some verb forms in -d or -t (pronounced firmly in this position), and that consonant does the same smoothing job all on its own, so nothing extra is inserted.

• When you'll meet itany time you want to ask a question about yourself — "Am I speaking well?", "Am I late?", "May I ask something?" — which comes up in almost every conversation, including the exam interview.
• How it works
  • for most verbs, flipping je to the end sounds clumsy or even impossible to say smoothly — nobody says "Parlé-je bien ?" out loud.
  • The safe, universal fix is the one you already know: reach for est-ce que instead, which works with every single verb, no exceptions, no awkwardness.

• Est-ce que je parle assez fort ? Am I speaking loudly enough?
• Est-ce que je suis en retard ? Am I late?
• Est-ce que j'ai bien rempli le formulaire ? Did I fill out the form correctly?

A handful of fixed phrases with je-inversion break that rule and are still completely normal — memorize them as ready-made chunks rather than trying to build the pattern yourself with other verbs:

• When you'll meet it
  • any time the subject of your question is a name, a thing, or a group — not a short pronoun like tu or elle, but a full noun like Marie, le formulaire, les documents, la banque.
  • This happens constantly when you're asking about a specific document or person named in the TEF speaking task.
• How it works
  • French never lets a full noun jump to after the verb the way a pronoun does.
  • Instead, the noun stays exactly where it was, at the front, and French adds a small matching pronoun — il, elle, ils, or elles — right after the verb, hyphenated, as a stand-in.
  • This gives you two subjects doing one job: the noun names who or what you mean, and the little pronoun after the verb is what actually inverts.

What goes wrong if you skip the double subject and move the noun itself instead:

• When you'll meet itany time you're asking about the object of a verb — the thing being wanted, looked for, or discussed — which is one of the most common question shapes in the language.
• How it worksall three words can mean "what," but each one belongs to a different one of the three question styles from section 1, and that decides where it sits.

• All three columns above ask the identical question, only the shape and how formal it sounds change.
• There's one extra rule worth knowing: que can never sit directly after a small linking word like de, à, avec (a preposition) — only quoi can go there.
• So "what are you thinking about" only has two natural forms, not three:

• À quoi pensez-vous ? What are you thinking about? (formal — quoi right after the preposition "à")
• Vous pensez à quoi ? What are you thinking about? (casual — quoi at the very end)

• When you'll meet itconstantly — this is the single most common mix-up in the whole chapter, because both words can translate to English "what."
• How it works
  • quel is an adjective — it must sit directly before a noun and agree with it in gender and number.
  • qu'est-ce que is a fixed phrase that never changes form and is never followed directly by a bare noun — it's followed by a full subject + verb.
  • Mixing the two produces sentences that sound broken to a French ear, even though the individual words are all real French words.

• When you'll meet it
  • whenever you want to check that someone agrees with you — "isn't that right?", "don't you think?" — tacked onto the end of a statement you already believe is true.
  • This is common in friendly conversation and in the speaking sections of the exam, where it makes you sound natural and confident.
• How it works
  • n'est-ce pas is a single frozen chunk — literally "is it not," but you should learn and use it as one piece, the way you'd learn "isn't it?"
  • in English, rather than trying to build it word by word from the grammar rules in this chapter.
  • Just say a normal statement, then add n'est-ce pas at the very end, unchanged, no matter what the subject or tense of the statement is.

• Vous habitez à Montréal, n'est-ce pas ? You live in Montreal, don't you?
• Il fait beau aujourd'hui, n'est-ce pas ? It's nice out today, isn't it?
• Vous avez rempli le formulaire, n'est-ce pas ? You filled out the form, didn't you?
• Le rendez-vous est à 14h, n'est-ce pas ? The appointment is at 2pm, isn't it?

• When you'll meet it
  • mostly in reading and listening, when someone has already named a group of things and now wants to know which specific one you mean — a stack of documents, a list of job postings, several available appointment times.
  • You don't need to produce this yourself yet at this level; just recognise it.
• How it works
  • lequel and its three other forms are pronouns (a short word that stands in for a noun instead of sitting next to one) meaning "which one."
  • Unlike quel, which sits beside a noun, lequel replaces a noun you've already mentioned — so it stands completely alone.
  • It still agrees in gender and number with the noun it's replacing, and it contracts (fuses into a shorter combined word) when it follows the small linking words à or de.

• Lequel de ces documents avez-vous ? Which one of these documents do you have?
• Duquel de ces formulaires avez-vous besoin ? Which one of these forms do you need? (de + lequel → duquel)
• Auquel de ces postes voulez-vous postuler ? Which one of these positions do you want to apply to? (à + lequel → auquel)
• À laquelle de ces formations voulez-vous vous inscrire ? Which one of these training programs do you want to enrol in? (feminine — no fusion, "à" stays separate)
• Auxquels de ces documents faites-vous référence ? Which of these documents are you referring to? (à + lesquels → auxquels)

• • No new rules here — just volume.
  • Every question below is something you could actually ask or hear in Canada: at the bank, at an immigration appointment, hunting for an apartment, at a job interview, in a grocery store, or in the TEF speaking exam room.
• Tap 🌐 EN up top to see every translation at once.
• Colour key: violet text marks a question word, a violet pill marks a piece that flips or moves.

One meaning, three finished sentences each. Read across each row — casual, then neutral, then formal — and notice the meaning never budges.

As a subject, qui changes nothing about word order. As an object, it pairs with inversion or est-ce que.

• Qui parle anglais ici ? Who speaks English here?
• Qui travaille le samedi à la banque ? Who works Saturdays at the bank?
• Qui voyez-vous à votre rendez-vous ? Whom do you see at your appointment? (inversion)
• Qui s'occupe de mon dossier d'immigration ? Who is handling my immigration file?
• Qui a les clés de l'appartement ? Who has the keys to the apartment?
• Qui habite à cette adresse ? Who lives at this address?
• Qui est-ce que vous voyez à votre rendez-vous ? Whom do you see at your appointment? (neutral)
• Qui cherchez-vous dans cet immeuble ? Whom are you looking for in this building?
• Qui est-ce que je dois contacter pour mon dossier ? Who should I contact about my file?
• Qui avez-vous rencontré à l'entrevue d'embauche ? Whom did you meet at the job interview?
• Qui peut m'aider avec ce formulaire ? Who can help me with this form?
• Qui a signé le bail ? Who signed the lease?
• Qui gère les réservations pour ce cours ? Who manages reservations for this course?
• Qui dois-je appeler en cas d'urgence ? Who should I call in case of emergency?
• Qui a préparé ce document ? Who prepared this document?

Same meaning, three shapes: que + inversion, qu'est-ce que neutral, quoi standalone / after a preposition / at the end in casual speech.

• Que voulez-vous savoir sur ce programme ? What do you want to know about this program? (formal)
• Qu'est-ce que vous voulez savoir sur ce programme ? What do you want to know about this program? (neutral)
• Vous voulez savoir quoi sur ce programme ? You want to know what about this program? (casual)
• Que cherchez-vous exactement ? What are you looking for exactly?
• Qu'est-ce que vous cherchez exactement ? What are you looking for exactly?
• Vous cherchez quoi exactement ? You're looking for what, exactly?
• Que faites-vous dans la vie ? What do you do for a living?
• Qu'est-ce que vous faites dans la vie ? What do you do for a living?
• Vous faites quoi dans la vie ? You do what for a living?
• Que dois-je apporter à mon rendez-vous ? What must I bring to my appointment?
• Qu'est-ce que je dois apporter à mon rendez-vous ? What must I bring to my appointment?
• De quoi avez-vous besoin pour ouvrir un compte ? What do you need to open an account? (quoi after the preposition "de")
• À quoi sert ce formulaire ? What is this form for?
• Vous avez besoin de quoi pour ce dossier ? You need what for this file? (casual — quoi at the end)
• Qu'est-ce qui ne va pas avec ma demande ? What's wrong with my application?
• Que signifie ce mot sur le formulaire ? What does this word on the form mean?
• Qu'est-ce que ça veut dire ? What does that mean?
• Que recommandez-vous pour ce genre de dossier ? What do you recommend for this kind of file?
• Qu'est-ce que vous recommandez pour ce genre de dossier ? What do you recommend for this kind of file?
• Avec quoi dois-je remplir cette section ? What should I use to fill out this section?

• Où habitez-vous ? Where do you live?
• Où travaillez-vous ? Where do you work?
• Où est la banque la plus proche ? Where is the nearest bank?
• Où puis-je trouver ce formulaire ? Where can I find this form?
• Où dois-je signer ? Where should I sign?
• Où se trouve le bureau d'immigration ? Where is the immigration office located?
• Où est-ce que je dois envoyer mes documents ? Where should I send my documents?
• Où est situé cet appartement ? Where is this apartment located?
• Vous habitez où ? You live where? (casual)
• Où peut-on stationner près de la clinique ? Where can one park near the clinic?
• D'où venez-vous ? Where are you from?
• Où en est mon dossier de demande ? What is the status of my application file?

• Quand est votre rendez-vous ? When is your appointment?
• Quand ouvre la banque ? When does the bank open?
• Quand puis-je commencer ce travail ? When can I start this job?
• Quand devons-nous soumettre les documents ? When must we submit the documents?
• Quand est-ce que le magasin ferme ? When does the store close?
• Quand avez-vous déménagé au Canada ? When did you move to Canada?
• Quand recevrai-je ma réponse ? When will I receive my answer?
• Vous partez quand ? You're leaving when? (casual)
• Quand est la date limite pour ce formulaire ? When is the deadline for this form?
• Quand aura lieu l'entrevue ? When will the interview take place?
• Depuis quand habitez-vous ici ? Since when have you lived here?
• Quand est-ce que je dois renouveler mon permis ? When do I need to renew my permit?

• Comment allez-vous ? How are you? (fixed greeting)
• Comment vous appelez-vous ? What is your name?
• Comment puis-je vous aider ? How can I help you?
• Comment dois-je remplir ce formulaire ? How should I fill out this form?
• Comment se rend-on à la clinique ? How does one get to the clinic?
• Comment payez-vous, en argent comptant ou par carte ? How are you paying, cash or card?
• Comment avez-vous trouvé cet appartement ? How did you find this apartment?
• Comment fonctionne ce programme d'immigration ? How does this immigration program work?
• Comment est-ce que je peux réserver un rendez-vous ? How can I book an appointment?
• Vous venez ici comment ? How do you get here? (casual)
• Comment s'appelle votre employeur ? What is your employer's name?
• Comment savez-vous que le dossier est complet ? How do you know the file is complete?

Pourquoi stays up front in all three registers — it's answered with parce que (because).

• Pourquoi étudiez-vous le français ? Why are you studying French? (formal)
• Pourquoi est-ce que vous étudiez le français ? Why are you studying French? (neutral)
• Pourquoi tu étudies le français ? Why are you studying French? (casual — still up front)
• Pourquoi voulez-vous immigrer au Canada ? Why do you want to immigrate to Canada?
• Pourquoi ce formulaire est-il incomplet ? Why is this form incomplete?
• Pourquoi le magasin est-il fermé aujourd'hui ? Why is the store closed today?
• Pourquoi avez-vous besoin de ce document ? Why do you need this document?
• Pourquoi est-ce que ma demande a été refusée ? Why was my application refused?
• Pourquoi cherchez-vous un nouvel appartement ? Why are you looking for a new apartment?
• Pourquoi dois-je fournir une preuve de résidence ? Why must I provide proof of residence?
• Pourquoi la banque demande-t-elle ce document ? Why is the bank asking for this document?
• Pourquoi avez-vous changé d'emploi ? Why did you change jobs?

• Combien coûte ce programme ? How much does this program cost?
• Combien de documents dois-je apporter ? How many documents must I bring?
• Combien de temps dure l'entrevue ? How long does the interview last?
• Combien d'argent avez-vous besoin ? How much money do you need?
• Combien de personnes habitent dans l'appartement ? How many people live in the apartment?
• Combien coûte le loyer par mois ? How much is the rent per month?
• Combien d'années avez-vous travaillé dans ce domaine ? How many years have you worked in this field?
• Combien de frais dois-je payer pour ce formulaire ? How much in fees must I pay for this form?
• Combien de temps faut-il pour recevoir une réponse ? How long does it take to receive an answer?
• Ça coûte combien ? How much does it cost? (casual)
• Vous avez combien d'enfants ? How many children do you have? (casual)
• Combien de places sont disponibles pour ce cours ? How many spots are available for this course?
• Combien de fois dois-je remplir ce formulaire ? How many times must I fill out this form?
• Combien coûtent les frais de scolarité ? How much are the tuition fees?
• Combien de semaines dois-je attendre pour mon permis de travail ? How many weeks must I wait for my work permit?

Same word, four spellings — it must agree with the noun standing right beside it.

Quel — masculine singular

• Quel jour sommes-nous ? What day is it?
• Quel est votre nom ? What is your name?
• Quel est le numéro de votre dossier ? What is your file number?
• Quel autobus dois-je prendre pour aller au centre-ville ? Which bus should I take to go downtown?
• Quel formulaire dois-je remplir en premier ? Which form should I fill out first?

Quelle — feminine singular

• Quelle heure est-il ? What time is it?
• Quelle est votre adresse actuelle ? What is your current address?
• Quelle est la date limite pour ce programme ? What is the deadline for this program?
• Quelle formation avez-vous complétée ? What training have you completed?
• Quelle est votre date de naissance ? What is your date of birth?

Quels — masculine plural

• Quels documents avez-vous apportés ? Which documents have you brought?
• Quels sont vos horaires de travail ? What are your work hours?
• Quels papiers dois-je fournir pour ma demande de résidence ? Which papers must I provide for my residence application?
• Quels sont les frais pour ce service ? What are the fees for this service?
• Quels cours voulez-vous suivre ? Which courses do you want to take?

Quelles — feminine plural

• Quelles informations cherchez-vous ? What information are you looking for?
• Quelles sont les conditions pour ce poste ? What are the conditions for this position?
• Quelles pièces d'identité avez-vous ? Which pieces of ID do you have?
• Quelles sont les heures d'ouverture de la clinique ? What are the clinic's opening hours?
• Quelles options avez-vous pour ce type de compte ? What options do you have for this type of account?

Verb ends in a vowel sound, pronoun is il / elle / on → the -t- slips in to keep the sound smooth.

• Parle-t-il français couramment ? Does he speak French fluently?
• Habite-t-elle près d'ici ? Does she live near here?
• Travaille-t-il à temps plein ? Does he work full-time?
• A-t-elle rempli le formulaire ? Has she filled out the form?
• Arrive-t-il à l'heure au rendez-vous ? Does he arrive on time for the appointment?
• Le train part-il à midi ? Does the train leave at noon?
• Va-t-on à la banque aujourd'hui ? Are we going to the bank today?
• Le magasin ferme-t-il à 21h ? Does the store close at 9pm?
• Cherche-t-elle un nouvel appartement ? Is she looking for a new apartment?
• Mange-t-on ici ou apporte-t-on le lunch ? Do we eat here, or bring our lunch?
• La clinique accepte-t-elle les nouveaux patients ? Does the clinic accept new patients?
• Reste-t-il des places disponibles pour ce cours ? Are there still spots available for this course?

Only the auxiliary (avoir / être) flips with the pronoun — the past participle stays put, right after.

• As-tu reçu la lettre de l'immigration ? Have you received the letter from immigration?
• Avez-vous rempli tous les documents ? Have you filled out all the documents?
• Est-elle arrivée à temps pour l'entrevue ? Did she arrive on time for the interview?
• Es-tu allé à la banque hier ? Did you go to the bank yesterday?
• A-t-il trouvé un appartement ? Has he found an apartment?
• Avez-vous payé les frais de demande ? Have you paid the application fees?
• Ont-ils signé le bail ? Have they signed the lease?
• As-tu apporté ton passeport ? Did you bring your passport?
• Marie a-t-elle terminé sa formation ? Has Marie finished her training?
• Sont-ils partis avant midi ? Did they leave before noon?
• Avez-vous appelé la clinique pour confirmer ? Have you called the clinic to confirm?
• As-tu compris les instructions sur le formulaire ? Did you understand the instructions on the form?

The exact task the exam gives you: a flyer for a French course lands in front of you, and you must ask the interlocutor everything missing from it. These 20 questions are a ready-made model for that task.

• Est-ce que ce cours est offert le soir ? Is this course offered in the evening?
• Quel est le prix de l'inscription ? What is the registration price?
• Combien de temps dure la formation ? How long does the training last?
• Où se donnent les cours ? Where are the classes held?
• Quels documents dois-je apporter pour m'inscrire ? Which documents must I bring to register?
• Est-ce qu'il y a des places disponibles pour ce trimestre ? Are there spots available this term?
• Quelle est la date limite d'inscription ? What is the registration deadline?
• Avez-vous des places pour les débutants ? Do you have spots for beginners?
• Combien coûte le matériel scolaire ? How much does the school material cost?
• Est-ce que le certificat est reconnu pour l'immigration ? Is the certificate recognized for immigration?
• Quels sont les horaires disponibles pour ce cours ? What are the available schedules for this course?
• Pouvez-vous m'envoyer plus d'informations par courriel ? Can you send me more information by email?
• Est-ce que le stationnement est inclus ? Is parking included?
• Quelle formation dois-je avoir avant de m'inscrire ? What training must I have before enrolling?
• Combien d'étudiants y a-t-il par classe ? How many students are there per class?
• Est-ce que je peux annuler mon inscription si nécessaire ? Can I cancel my registration if necessary?
• Quels sont les modes de paiement acceptés ? What payment methods are accepted?
• À quelle heure commence la première session ? What time does the first session start?
• Est-ce qu'il y a un rabais pour les nouveaux arrivants ? Is there a discount for newcomers?
• Puis-je visiter les lieux avant de m'inscrire ? May I visit the premises before enrolling?

• Each slip below comes from a habit in your first language — completely natural, and worth noticing once so you can catch it before the exam.
• The last one isn't really tied to Hindi or Punjabi at all — it trips up everyone, whatever language they grew up speaking.

• These are the question-building slips that cost the most marks, sorted by type.
• Read the wrong version, then the fix, then the why — then practise the same pattern live in the Drills tab.
• Sections C and D below deserve extra attention: they're the two most common slips in this chapter, and both come back in the deep-dive at the end.

A · Relying on intonation alone in formal writing instead of est-ce que or inversion

B · Forgetting the hyphen in inversion, or forgetting the double subject with a noun subject

C · Missing the euphonic -t- (and over-adding it where it doesn't belong)

D · Confusing quel (agreeing adjective) with qu'est-ce que (fixed phrase)

E · Wrong gender/number agreement on quel/quelle/quels/quelles

F · Misplacing the question word — stuck at the front casually, or dragged to the end formally

G · Que without inversion, or qu'est-ce que glued together incorrectly

H · Inversion errors in the passé composé — flipping the participle instead of the auxiliary

I · Trying inversion with "je"

J · Combien vs. combien de — the missing (or wrongly added) "de"

• In the speaking exam there is no time to build a question piece by piece in your head — a question only earns points when it comes out whole and fast.
• So do everything here out loud: say the line, swap one word, say it again.
• Your target is est-ce que that fires automatically for any full question, plus clean inversion (avez-vous, pouvez-vous) when you want to sound more polished.
• This whole tab points at one thing: the TEF Expression Orale Section A, where you ask an interlocutor a series of formal vous questions about a document to fill in what's missing.
• Tap 🌐 EN up top for translations.

• Cover the right column. Read the English cue on the left and ask the French question out loud immediately — a full, correct question, not half of one.
• Then uncover and compare. Why it helps: Section A gives you no thinking time either — you see a gap on the document and must turn it into a clean vous question on the spot.
• Any correct form counts; the safe est-ce que version is shown, with a formal-inversion alternative in brackets.

• This is the exact task you'll face. Below is a short document with gaps — information it doesn't give you.
• Your job: play the candidate and ask the receptionist 8–10 questions out loud, in the formal vous style, to fill those gaps.
• Ask everything you'd need to actually sign up.
• Give yourself no more than 3 seconds between questions — then tap the button to compare with a full sample set.

Same idea, smaller. Ask your questions out loud first, then tap Show a sample response to compare. Stay in the formal vous the whole way through.

• Writing is the one place you can slow down and check your work.

• So build up in safe steps:

  • one correct question in est-ce que form
  • the very same question flipped into inversion
  • a short set of 5 connected questions about a document (the exact shape of the TEF Section A task)
  • a timed mini-interview against the clock
• Short and correct beats long and broken — a missing hyphen or a quel that doesn't agree costs more than a plain, safe est-ce que question ever will.

• Both sets below are complete, natural Section A interviews on a document.
• Notice how each one leans on est-ce que for the full-sentence questions, reaches for quel/quelle the moment it asks about a specific named thing, and uses combien de for the numbers — the same three-tool plan every time.

• Quick-fire practice on the 3 question types and every question word, checked as you go — reorder scrambled words into a full est-ce que question, turn a statement into a casual question, build the same question with est-ce que and with inversion, add the euphonic -t- when the sound needs it, then work through each question word (qui, que / qu'est-ce que / quoi, où and quand, comment and pourquoi).
• Two modes: 🟢 Pratique shows the answer straight away; ⏱️ Examen keeps the answers for the end.

Change one thing at a time: turn a statement into a question, swap casual for formal, add a question word, or shift the tense — and keep the sentence perfectly correct every step of the way.

A 50-question quiz covering the 3 question types and every question word — coming in the next pass of this workflow.

• Five stages, in order. Each stage is a different kind of work, and each one needs the one before it.
• Finish a stage before you open the next, and tick it when it is done.
• Your ticks are saved on this device, so you can close the page and come back.

• One honest rule: check a box only when it has been true for 3 days in a row.
• One good day can be luck — you might have just gotten lucky with easy sentences.
• Three days in a row means the three question forms are really yours.
• Your checks are saved on this device, so you can close the page and come back any time.

• Learning a rule is not one jump — it is a ladder with 7 steps.
• Each step is a little harder than the one before it.
• For questions, that means moving from just recognising a correct question when you read one, all the way to catching yourself the moment a hyphen or a quel agreement slips out wrong.
• Climb the steps in order. It is completely normal to sit on step 2 or 3 for a while.

Read each line out loud. If it is true — and has been true for 3 days — check it. If you hesitate, that's useful too: it tells you exactly which tab to visit next.