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

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Match the French and English adjectives.
- facile
  
  ⇔
  
  easy ✓
- vieux/vieille
  
  ⇔
  
  old ✓
- beau/belle
  
  ⇔
  
  beautiful ✓
- bon/bonne
  
  ⇔
  
  good ✓
- nouveau/nouvelle
  
  ⇔
  
  new ✓
- difficile
  
  ⇔
  
  difficult ✓
Tick any of the sound spelling correspondences in the sentence, 'Nous habitons dans un nouveau bâtiment avec une belle vue'.
- silent final consonant ✓
- silent final e ✓
- [ou] ✓
- [tion]
- [u] ✓
Add the correct form of the verb in the sentence 'He always tells the truth', 'Il ______ toujours la vérité'.
- dire
- dis
- dit ✓
- disons
- disent
Tick any verbs which could fit in the sentence 'Tu aimes __________ dans ta maison ?'
- dormir ✓
- joues
- manger ✓
- étudies
- lire ✓
What does 'haut' mean in English?
- 'high' ✓
Order the sentence 'I'm going to go on holiday to Germany in the future' in French.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  Je
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  vais
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  partir
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  en vacances
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  en Allemagne
- 6
  
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  à
- 7
  
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  l'avenir.

Which word means 'the ticket' in French?
- le bâtiment
- le billet ✓
- l'église
- le pont
Match the English words with the correct Sound Symbol Correspondence, based on how they are pronounced in French.
- attention
  
  ⇔
  
  [tion] ✓
- we
  
  ⇔
  
  [ou] ✓
- shy
  
  ⇔
  
  silent final e ✓
- you
  
  ⇔
  
  [u] ✓
Match the French words, phrases with their English meanings.
- devoir
  
  ⇔
  
  to have to ✓
- je dois
  
  ⇔
  
  I have to/must ✓
- il/elle doit
  
  ⇔
  
  he/she has to/must ✓
- vouloir
  
  ⇔
  
  to want (to) ✓
- je veux
  
  ⇔
  
  I want (to) ✓
- il/elle veut
  
  ⇔
  
  he/she wants (to) ✓
Put the words in order to make this sentence: 'I must learn a new language in the future'.
- 1
  
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  je
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  dois
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  apprendre
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  une
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  nouvelle
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  langue
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  à l'avenir
Which word is missing in this sentence? 'Elle veut ______ quelle matière au collège ?' What language does she want to study in the future?
- 'étudier' ✓
Put the words in order to make this sentence: 'Sophie wants to come to the cinema with us tomorrow'.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  Sophie
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  veut
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  venir
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  au
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  cinéma
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  avec nous
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  demain

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[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.

You need to conjugate the verb following a modal verb.

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

[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)’