Modal Verbs

Pouvoir:
je peux
tu peux
il peut
nous pouvons
vous pouvez
ils peuvent

Devoir:
je dois
tu dois
il doit
nous devons
vous devez
ils doivent

Vouloir:
je veux
tu veux
il veut
nous voulons
vous voulez
ils veulent

Vocab

passer un examen - to take an exam
reussir (a) un examen - to pass
etudier - to study
rater - to fail (colloquial)
echouer a - to fail
faire des etudes - to study
faire des etudes superieurs - to go into higher education
un controle - assessment
le controle continu - continual assessment, coursework
une epreuve - exam
redoubler - to retake a year
faire une demande d'inscription pour - to apply (to university)
se specialiser - to specialise
Je me specialise pour/en...
approfondir un sujet - to go into a subject deeply
obligatoire - compulsory
facultatif - optional
avoir de bonnes notes - to get good marks
un niveau - a level
un eleve doue - a gifted pupil
un enseigment - teacher
un professeur - teacher (at nursery, secondary school)
un instituteur/trice - primary teacher
un concours - competitive exam
la selection - selection
abandonner ses etudes - to drop out
faire une diplome - to do a course
un programme large - a broad-based curriculum
une note - grade
un cursus - course
une licence - degree

What is Grammar?

Phrase - meaningful group of words linked
Clause - meaningful group of words containing a verb
Main clause - clause that can stand on its own
Subordinate clause - cannot stand on its own
Sentence - containing more that one clause
Vowels - a/e/i/o/u
Consonants - any other letter
Verb - doing word
Infinitive form - version found in dictionary
Finitive form - version altered by a tense
Tense - relates verb to timeframe
Noun - a person, name, concept, animal, or thing
Pronoun - stands in place of noun (he/she/it)
Reflexive pronoun - myself, yourself etc.
Gender - masculine and feminine
Number - singular and plural
Definite article - 'the'
Indefinite article - 'a'