Starter quiz
- Match the parts of 'aller' in the present tense.
- je⇔vais ✓
- tu⇔vas ✓
- il⇔va ✓
- nous⇔allons ✓
- vous⇔allez ✓
- elles⇔vont ✓
- Which verbs are infinitives?
- étudie
- chercher ✓
- développer ✓
- finir ✓
- fais
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- Write the missing verb in this sentence: 'J'______ faim' I am hungry.
- 'ai' ✓
- What is the correct translation of 'vais' in this sentence? 'Je vais en ville chaque samedi.'
- am going
- go ✓
- went
- am going to go
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- What does this verb phrase mean in English? 'Nous allons étudier'.
- 'We are going to study' ✓
- Put the words in order to make a sentence.
- 1⇔aujourd'hui,
- 2⇔mes
- 3⇔amis
- 4⇔vont
- 5⇔faire
- 6⇔une
- 7⇔promenade
Exit quiz
- Match the French and English vocabulary.
- seconde⇔Year 11 ✓
- l'enseignement⇔education, teaching ✓
- le niveau⇔level ✓
- la bourse⇔grant ✓
- l'échec⇔failure ✓
- mériter⇔to deserve, deserving ✓
- Which words can follow 'je vais'?
- choisir ✓
- fait
- travail
- travailler ✓
- écouter ✓
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- What is the simple future stem for most -er verbs?
- 'infinitive' ✓
- How many words are needed in French to write I will do?
- 2 ✓
- 3
- 4
- 5
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- Match the simple future verb ending with the subject pronouns.
- je⇔-ai ✓
- tu⇔-as ✓
- il, elle⇔-a ✓
- Write the missing verb in this sentence: J'______ les langues au lycée, l'année prochaine. (I will study languages at high school next year).
- 'étudierai' ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- [r] sounds like 'rue' and [a] sounds like 'animal'.
- Aller + infinitive is a 2-verb structure to express what is going to happen.
- The simple future in French is a 1-verb future tense meaning will + verb. It's 'simple' as it's formed with one word.
- We conjugate the future tense of -er verbs for je, tu, il/elle/on by adding the endings -ai, -as, -a to the infinitive.
Common misconception
When saying what you will do in French, a separate word is needed for 'will'.
The simple future in French is a simple tense because it is made of one word. The idea of 'will' is created through the correct verb stem and ending. Most -er verbs use the infinitive as stem for the simple future.
Keywords
Aller + infinitive - 2-verb future structure meaning 'going to + infinitive'
Simple future - French 1-verb future tense meaning 'will + verb'
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