Microsoft Word – FGB§2 verbs

COMMON AUXILIARY VERBS
The most common are DEVOIR, POUVOIR, VOULOIR and Y AVOIR
DEVOIR
je dois I must, I have to, I am to, I’ve got to
je devais I had to (at that time), I was to, I was supposed to
j’ai dû I had to (and I did), I must have, I’ve had to
j’avais dû I had had to
je dus I had to (literary context only)
je devrai I shall have to
je devrais I would have to, I ought to, I should (obligation)
j’aurai dû I shall have had to
j’aurais dû I ought to have, I should have (obligation), I would have had to
SUBJUNCTIVE FORMS FOR REFERENCE:
il doive il ait dû il dût il eût dû dussé-je
Exercise 50 [use of devoir]
1 He says I’m to read the last chapter.
2 I’ve got to be home by ten o’clock.
3 We were to be outside the station at nine.
4 I was supposed to write an essay.
5 I must have left my textbook on the coach.
6 I had to do eight hours’ work yesterday.
7 I’ve had to give you a zero for your essay.
8 Before he went out he had to lock the house.
9 You shouldn’t get angry.
10 You ought to consider it carefully.
11 We’d have to take this into consideration.
12 You should have told me.
13 We ought to have run faster.
14 For a better salary I’d have had to work harder.
15 We’ll have to find another way to do it.