KS4 · French · Year 11
J'ai dû attendre : irregular past participles, modal verbs present and past
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Your learning goal
I can combine regular, irregular and modal verbs in the perfect and present tenses to describe positive and negative aspects of a trip to town.
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I can combine regular, irregular and modal verbs in the perfect and present tenses to describe positive and negative aspects of a trip to town.
Key learning points
- Adding modal verbs to your written and spoken work broadens communication and adds complexity.
- The irregular past participles of the four modal verbs are: dû, pu, voulu and su.
- It is helpful to practise moving between present and past tense modals e.g je peux- j'ai pu; je veux- j'ai voulu.
Words to know
- modal verb
- verb of necessity or possibility used with a 2nd verb in infinitive e.g. must, can, want
- irregular
- describes a word that does not follow the regular pattern
Common mistakes
You must only use verbs in the same tense as the task question in your answer.
Students should practise combining different tenses of verbs when giving their answers (ensuring they give a relevant response to the task) in order to demonstrate a wider knowledge of language and to give a richer response.
For parents, carers and teachers
- Teachers might wish to adapt task A3 (translation) for students requiring additional support e.g. translate the verbs first, then work through the rest of the text, translating the most familiar vocabulary first.