Modal Verbs

• Some verbs are always followed by an infinitive, we call these modal verbs.
• Pouvoir - to be able to (can)
• Devoir - to have to (must)
• Vouloir - to want to (would)

Je - peux, dois, veux

Tu - peux, dois, veux

Il/Elle/On - peut, doit, veut

Nous - pouvons, devons, voulons

Vous - pouves, devez, voulez

Ils/Elles - peuvent, doivent, veulent

Example:

Je dois aller en ville ce matin.

I must go into town this morning.

Vocabulary for Education Topic

• passer un examen - to take an exam
• réussir (a) un examen -to pass an exam
• étudier - to study
• rater - to fail (colloquial)
• échouer a - to fail
• faire des études - to study
• faire des études supérieurs - to go into higher education
• un controle - an assessment
• un controle continu - continual assesment/ coursework
• une interro(gation) - test
• une épreuve - exam
• redoubler - to retake a year
• faire une demande d'inscription pour - to apply for a university
• se spécialise - to specialise
• approfondir un sujet - to go into a subject deeply
• Obligatoir - compulsory
• facultitatif - optional
• avoir des bonnes notes - to get good grades
• un niveau - level
• un éleve doué - a gifted pupil
• un programme large - a broad based curriculum
• un enseignant - a teacher
• un instituteur/institutrice - primary school teacher
• un concours - competitative exam
• la sélection - selection
• abandonner ses études - drop out of school
• faire une diplome - to do a course
• une licence - a degree
• un cursus - a course
• une note - a grade

Bienvenue

Bonjour, Je m'appelle Michael et j'habite dans Bromley en Angleterre. J'ai seize ans et j'alle au "Chis and Sid".

What Is Grammar?

Grammar is a framework for language. It includes:

• Phrase
• Tense-timeframe
• Clause -main/subordinate
• Verbs- action words
• Nouns - person/name/concept/animal/thing
• Pronouns-replaces a noun (it)
• Infinitive verbs - most common form of a verb "re" "er" "ir"
• Finite verb - when a verb has been altered for tense
• Reflexive pronoun - my/his/herself
• Refelexive verb - the action is done to themselves. Uses a refelexive pronoun.
• Subject(Nom.)-The noun or person who/which does the action
• Object(Acc.)- The noun or person who/which has the action done to it/him/her.
• Indirect Object (Dat.) -The person or thing to/for whom the action of the verb is occurring.
• Adjective - Describes the noun and usually comes after the noun in French.
• Adverb - Describes a verb (-ly at the end)
• Preposition - Tells you where something is (on/in/out)
• Conjunction- Joining words like "and"
• Interrogative - Question words like who/why/how...