Subjunctive for wishes and will — practise and choose the right form

Subjunctive for wishes and will: progressive explanation, topic-specific examples, guided exercises and a corrected assessment.

Duration: 25 minPrerequisites: subjonctif-volonte-repererPass mark: 80%

1. Objective

By the end, you will manipulate forms related to “Subjunctive for wishes and will” without copying the model.

2. Discover

Read the examples for “Subjunctive for wishes and will — practise and choose the right form” as language you might use today. What clue helps you choose the right structure?

3. Understand

Here you keep the verb of wish or intention and change the subject of the following clause. Then check the subjunctive form, which carries the requested action.

Je voudrais que vous vérifiiez cette adresse.Nous voulons qu’ils prennent une décision claire.Elle préfère que tu appelles avant de venir.Le client demande que la facture soit corrigée.Ils souhaitent que nous puissions commencer tôt.Tu veux que je fasse quoi exactement ?

Watch out

Start with the subject and time reference. Only then choose the tense or verb form: word-for-word translation often leads to the wrong tense.

4. Guided practice

5. Independent practice

6. Write / speak

Write three sentences you could genuinely say or send. Change the subject, context and at least one lexical element.

7. Check your learning

8. Remember

Here you keep the verb of wish or intention and change the subject of the following clause.

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9. Now I can…

I can recognise “Subjunctive for wishes and will” in a new example.
I can justify my choice and create an example.