J'aurai bientôt faim : present and future tense of avoir and être | French

Starter quiz

Match the French to the English.

la peur

⇔

fear ✓

la piscine

⇔

swimming pool ✓

le voyage

⇔

journey ✓

le mur

⇔

wall ✓

la raison

⇔

reason ✓

les vacances

⇔

holiday(s) ✓
Which is the correct translation for 'You are wrong'.

Tu as soif.

Tu as tort. ✓

Tu as raison.

J'ai tort.

Tu as peur.
Translate into English 'demain, il y aura du brouillard'.

'Tomorrow, it will be foggy.' ✓
Order these French expressions of 'time' from least often to most often.

1

⇔

jamais

2

⇔

rarement

3

⇔

de temps en temps

4

⇔

quelquefois

5

⇔

souvent

6

⇔

toujours
Translate into English 'le fils manquera à sa mère'.

'The mother will miss her son.' ✓
Which word/phrase means 'I don't mind'.

ouais

j'ai raison

ce n'est pas mon truc

C'est dommage

Ça m'est égal ✓

Exit quiz

Which is the correct translation for 'he will be thirsty'.

il aura tort.

il aura raison.

il aura soif. ✓

tu auras soif.

il aura mal.
Match the French to the English.

j'aurai

⇔

I will have ✓

tu auras

⇔

you will have ✓

il aura

⇔

he will have ✓

elle aura

⇔

she will have ✓

nous aurons

⇔

we will have ✓

vous aurez

⇔

you (plural, polite) will have ✓
Which word means a 'return ticket'?

un aller-retour ✓

une appli

une gare

un port

un aller
Translate into English 'j'ai envie d'aller en Écosse'.

'I want to go to Scotland' ✓
Order the sentences from the shortest time length to the longest.

1

⇔

Elle sera là-bas dans un instant.

2

⇔

Elle sera là-bas dans cinq minutes.

3

⇔

Elle sera là-bas dans une heure.

4

⇔

Elle sera là-bas plus tard.

5

⇔

Elle sera là-bas ce soir.

6

⇔

Elle sera là-bas demain.

7

⇔

Elle sera là-bas dans deux jours.
Translate into French 'I will visit the mountains'.

'Je visiterai des montagnes.' ✓

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Key learning points

'Avoir + noun' is sometimes used to translate the English 'be + adjective' e.g. j'ai faim, j'aurai faim.
The simple future stem for the verb être is 'ser-'. Regular future endings are added to this stem.
The simple future stem for the verb avoir is 'aur-'. Regular endings are added to this stem.
[au] sounds like 'gauche'.

Common misconception

When talking about being hungry, thirsty, right, wrong or afraid, use 'être' as the verb.

In French, ideas like hungry and thirsty are expressed using 'avoir' plus a noun. In French, 'j'ai faim' is correct. It translates literally as 'I have hunger'. Ideas like thirst and fear are expressed the same way.

Keywords

Stem - part of the verb that appears in all forms
Simple future - 1-verb future tense meaning 'will + verb'