Starter quiz
- Which word means 'the ticket'?
- le billet ✓
- le pont
- l'erreur
- la vérité
- l'église
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- Match the prepositions in French and English.
- devant⇔in front (of) ✓
- dans⇔in(side) ✓
- derrière⇔behind ✓
- sur⇔on (top of) ✓
- sous⇔under ✓
- à⇔at, to with cities, places ✓
- 'He wants to visit the old building.' : 'Il ______ visiter le vieux bâtiment'.'
- veux
- veut ✓
- dois
- doit
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- How many silent final consonants (SFCs) are in this sentence? 'Je dois faire mes devoirs et après je vais voir mes chiens.'
- '8' ✓
- Write the missing word: 'Modal verbs are always followed by ______ verbs.'
- 'infinitive' ✓
- Order the words to say: 'I must ask my parents'.
- 1⇔je
- 2⇔dois
- 3⇔demander
- 4⇔à
- 5⇔mes
- 6⇔parents
Exit quiz
- Match up the verbs in French and English.
- aider⇔to help, helping ✓
- chercher⇔to look for, looking for ✓
- partager⇔to share, sharing ✓
- partir⇔to leave, leaving ✓
- pouvoir⇔to be able to ✓
- savoir⇔to know how to ✓
- Select the words with the sound-symbol correspondence [ien].
- pain
- deviens ✓
- algérienne
- combien ✓
- dessin
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- Choose the correct missing word: 'Tu sais ______ ?'
- écrire ✓
- écris
- écrit
- lis
- lit
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- Choose the correct missing word: 'Can he come too?' - 'Il ______ venir aussi ?'
- peux
- peut ✓
- sais
- sait
- pouvoir
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- Write the missing word: 'I can watch TV in my bedroom.' - 'Je ______ regarder la télé dans ma chambre.'
- 'peux' ✓
- Order the words to say: 'You can listen to music and you can play the piano'.
- 1⇔tu peux
- 2⇔écouter
- 3⇔de la musique
- 4⇔et
- 5⇔tu sais
- 6⇔jouer
- 7⇔du piano
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- [ien] sounds like 'bien'
- Use 'pouvoir' to talk about ability or permission; use 'savoir' to talk about skills or things you have learned to do.
- 'Pouvoir' changes to 'peux' in the first and second persons singular and 'peut' in the 3rd person singular.
- 'Savoir' changes to 'sais' in the first and second persons singular and 'sait' in the 3rd person singular.
- If modal verbs are followed by another verb it must be in the infinitive form.
Common misconception
There is one verb for 'can' in French like in English.
The verb for 'can' changes depending on whether you need specific skills/knowledge to be able to do it. If not, use 'pouvoir', if it does, use 'savoir'.
Keywords
[ien] - pronounced as in 'bien'
Modal verbs - verb of necessity or possibility used with a 2nd verb in infinitive e.g., must, can, want
Pouvoir - modal verb meaning 'to be able to, can'
Savoir - modal verb meaning 'to know how to, can'
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