Starter quiz
- Which words are nouns?
- plein
- sorte ✓
- retour ✓
- bienvenue !
- quart ✓
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- Match the parts of 'aller' with the subject pronouns.
- je⇔vais ✓
- tu⇔vas ✓
- nous⇔allons ✓
- elle⇔va ✓
- ils⇔vont ✓
- vous⇔allez ✓
- Translate the missing piece in this sentence. 'Nous allons bientôt quitter le collège. ______ school soon.
- 'we are going to leave' ✓
- What is the missing word in this 2-verb future sentence? Elles ______ préparer le bac l'année prochaine.
- 'vont' ✓
- Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- 1⇔nous
- 2⇔allons
- 3⇔passer
- 4⇔des
- 5⇔examens
- 6⇔en
- 7⇔juin
- If 'passer un examen' means to take an exam, what is the French for to pass an exam?
- 'réussir un examen' ✓
Exit quiz
- Match the French and English vocabulary.
- l'enseignement⇔education, teaching ✓
- l'étude⇔study ✓
- la bourse⇔grant ✓
- le bac⇔high school final exam ✓
- prêt⇔ready ✓
- le niveau⇔level ✓
- When is 'aller + infinitive' commonly used to refer to the future?
- to describe planned events ✓
- to talk about things that are going to happen in the near future ✓
- to talk about possible future intentions
- when writing
- when speaking ✓
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- When is the simple future commonly used?
- when communicating in a formal way ✓
- when writing ✓
- to describe planned events
- to talk about possible future intentions ✓
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- Which verbs gain a grave accent to create the simple future stem?
- améliorer
- protéger ✓
- étudier
- acheter ✓
- compléter ✓
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- How should the simple future form of 'améliorer' be spelled in this sentence? 'Il ______ les méthodes de production.
- 'améliorera' ✓
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Key learning points
- Aller + infinitive describes what is going to happen; it tends to be used in more informal conversation and writing.
- The simple future expresses what will happen; it tends to be used in more formal contexts for predictions or promises.
- Most consonants at the end of words are silent e.g. tu mangeras.
- It is helpful to practise verb manipulation, e.g. jouer, je joue, je vais jouer, je jouerai.
Common misconception
All -er verbs use the infinitive as the stem for the simple future tense.
Some -er verbs require a small change to the stem before adding the correct simple future ending, for example 'acheter', 'compléter' and 'protéger'. For each verb, the first -e changes to -è.
Keywords
Aller + infinitive - 2-verb future structure meaning 'going + infinitive'
Simple future - French 1-verb future tense meaning 'will + verb'
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