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When the interrogative pronoun replaces the noun and its position does not change, use quoi as opposed to que.

  Ils servent à quoi? What are they used for?
  Tu aimes manger quoi?
You like eating what?

Use que as opposed to quoi when the pronoun has been moved to the front of the sentence unless a preposition comes before it.

  Qu'aimes-tu manger? What do you like to eat?
  À quoi sert-il? What is it used for?
  De quoi avez-vous peur? What are you scared of?

When que is the subject of a sentence, est-ce qui must be appended to it- qu'est-ce qui. When an object, continue to attach est-ce que.

  Qu'est-ce qui cause le hoquet?
What causes hiccups?
  Qu'est-ce que tu fais avec ça? What are you doing with that?
  Qu'est-ce que tu attends? What do you expect?
  Qu'est-ce que c'est? What's that?

The same is true for qui- when it is the subject of a sentence attach est-ce qui and continue to attatch est-ce que when an object.

  Qui est-ce qui m'appelle?
Who is calling me?
  Qui est-ce que tu aimes? Who do you love?

Quel? Which?

 
Singular Plural
Masculine
quel quels
Feminine
quelle quelles

  Quelle heure est-il? What time is it? (Which hour is it?)
 
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Il est neuf heures et demi.
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Il est minuit.
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It is half past 9.
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It is midnight.
  A quelle heure est la fête?
What time is the party?(At which hour is the party?)
  Quel est le serpent le plus vénéneux d'Asie?
What is the most venomous snake of Asia?
  Quelles sont tes secrets pour séduire les femmes?
What are your secrets for picking up women?

Lequel? Which one?

 
Singular Plural
Masculine
lequel lesquels
Feminine
laquelle lesquelles

  Voici deux chemins.
Nous devons prendre lequel?
Here are two paths.
We should take which one?
  - Lesquelles voulez-vous?
- celles-là, s'il vous plait
Which ones do you want?
-these , please
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