Work experience: modals 3rd person plural
I can use present tense modal verbs in all forms and with negation to talk about work experience.
Work experience: modals 3rd person plural
I can use present tense modal verbs in all forms and with negation to talk about work experience.
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- For third person plural forms of modal verbs 'vouloir', 'devoir', 'pouvoir' and 'savoir', add -ent to the stem.
- The stems of 'devoir' and 'pouvoir' are their singular stems 'doi' and 'peu' plus 'v'; 'doiv-' and 'peuv-'.
- The stem of 'vouloir' is singular stem 'veu' plus 'l'; 'veul-'.
- The stem of 'savoir' is 'sav', the same as its other plural 'nous' and 'vous' forms.
- To make a sentence with two or more verbs negative, add 'ne … pas' around the first verb.
Keywords
3rd person plural - form of pronouns and verbs used to refer to 'they'
Negation - two elements e.g. ne … pas around the main verb expressing negative meaning
Common misconception
All modal verbs follow the same pattern in the 3rd person plural.
'Devoir' and 'pouvoir' are formed the same way, 'vouloir' is the same with the addition of an 'l' instead of a 'v' and 'savoir' is different; it follows the same pattern as the nous/vous forms.
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