KS3 · French · Year 7

Want and must: 'vouloir' and 'devoir' 1st and 3rd persons singular

Summer activities: modal verbs in two-verb structures

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Your learning goal

I can use the modal verbs 'devoir' and 'vouloir' in the 1st and 3rd persons in the context of summer activities.

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What you’ll learn

I can use the modal verbs 'devoir' and 'vouloir' in the 1st and 3rd persons in the context of summer activities.

Key learning points

[tion] sounds like 'attention'
To talk about what you have to, or want to do, use modal verbs 'devoir' and 'vouloir'.
The 1st person (I) of 'devoir' is 'dois'; the 3rd person (she, he) is 'doit'.
The 1st person (I) of 'vouloir' is 'veux'; the 3rd person (she, he) is 'veut'.
Modal verbs are usually followed by another verb which must be in the infinitive form.

Words to know

[tion]: pronounced as in ‘attention’
modal verbs: verb of necessity or possibility used with a 2nd verb in infinitive e.g. must, can, want
devoir: modal verb meaning ‘to have to, must’
vouloir: modal verb meaning ‘to want (to)’

Common mistakes

You need to conjugate the verb following a modal verb.

The second verb following a modal verb must be in the infinitive form.

For parents, carers and teachers

There is no separate audio for this lesson, however, if you feel that your class needs more listening and writing practice, you could do the final task as a listening instead, where you read Amir's messages and students transcribe the French or make notes in English.