What others want or have to do: 'vouloir' and 'devoir' singular | French

Starter quiz

Match the vocabulary in French and English.
- devoir
  
  ⇔
  
  to have to, having to ✓
- prendre
  
  ⇔
  
  to take, taking ✓
- aller
  
  ⇔
  
  to go, going ✓
- visiter
  
  ⇔
  
  to visit, visiting ✓
- voyager
  
  ⇔
  
  to travel, travelling ✓
- vouloir
  
  ⇔
  
  to want to, wanting to ✓
Choose the correct preposition to complete the sentence 'I live in Paris.' 'J'habite __________ Paris.'
- en
- pour
- sur
- à ✓
- dans
Match the French and English adjectives.
- nouveau
  
  ⇔
  
  new (m) ✓
- nouvelle
  
  ⇔
  
  new (f) ✓
- vieux
  
  ⇔
  
  old (m) ✓
- vieille
  
  ⇔
  
  old (f) ✓
- haut
  
  ⇔
  
  high, tall ✓
- facile
  
  ⇔
  
  easy ✓
What's the missing word in the sentence 'I don't understand'? 'Je ne comprends ______.
- 'pas' ✓
Put the French words in the correct order for the sentence, 'I have to show my ticket on the train'.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  je
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  dois
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  montrer
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  mon
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  billet
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  dans
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  le train
What's the French word for 'to ask'?
- 'demander' ✓

Match the sound spelling correspondence to its key word.
- [tion]
  
  ⇔
  
  attention ✓
- silent final consonant
  
  ⇔
  
  dans ✓
- [e]
  
  ⇔
  
  je ✓
- [ch]
  
  ⇔
  
  chercher ✓
- {è/ê]
  
  ⇔
  
  tête ✓
- silent final e
  
  ⇔
  
  timide ✓
Choose the missing word to go in the sentence 'Tu __________ trouver la réponse'. You have to find the answer.
- devoir
- dois ✓
- doit
- veut
- veux
Tick any phrases that could go in the gap in the sentence 'Je veux __________ aujourd'hui'.
- aller au cinéma ✓
- fais les magasins
- reste à la maison
- sort
- dormir ✓
What's the feminine form of the adjective 'good' in French?
- 'bonne' ✓
Order the sentence 'You want to sleep but she wants to go out' in French.
- 1
  
  ⇔
  
  tu
- 2
  
  ⇔
  
  veux
- 3
  
  ⇔
  
  sortir
- 4
  
  ⇔
  
  mais
- 5
  
  ⇔
  
  elle
- 6
  
  ⇔
  
  veut
- 7
  
  ⇔
  
  dormir
What word is missing from the sentence 'She wants to go on holiday but she has to take the plane' 'Elle veut partir en vacances mais elle doit ______ l'avion'.
- 'prendre' ✓

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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'.
'Devoir' changes to 'dois' in the 2nd person singular. 'Vouloir' changes to 'veux' in the 2nd person singular.
If modal verbs are followed by another verb it must be in the infinitive form.

You need to conjugate the verb following the modal verb.

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

[tion] - sound-symbol correspondence (SSC) 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)'