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The Near Future Tense

Objective: To learn how to form and use the near future tense in French.

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Examples in English…

This weekend I am going to go shopping with my friends.

Tonight

we are going to play football on the field.This afternoon Jack is going to play on his PS3.

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How do I do it in French?

1. Take the present tense of ‘aller’ (to go).Je

vais – I am goingTu

vas – You (s.) are goingIl/elle va – He/she is goingNous allons – We are going

Vous

allez

– You (pl.) are goingIls

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How do I do it in French?

2. Plus the infinitive, for example:danser – to dance

chanter – to singécouter - to listen

jouer – to playvivre – to livemanger – to eatfaire – to do

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Note that they all end in ER, IR or RE!

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What’s an infinitive?!?!

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If you look up a verb (doing word) in the dictionary it will give you the

infinitive.

Basic form of the verb before it’s been conjugated.

In French it will either end in ER, IR or RE.

In English it is just a verb with ‘to’ in front of it, for example:

to sing, to play, to run, to dance, to eat, to liveSlide6

Examples

Je vais danser – I am going to dance.

Tu vas habiter

– You (s.) are going to live.Il va manger – He is going to eat.Nous allons jouer

– We are going to play.

Vous

allez faire – You (pl.) are going to do.

Ils vont écouter – They are going to listen.

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Quiz (Write down your answers then check them on the next slide)

How do you say:

I am going to sing.He is going to play.

Jennifer is going to listen. (*same as ‘she is going’)We are going to eat.You (s.) are going to dance.They are going to live.

And some more difficult ones:

I am going to eat a hamburger.

You (pl.) are going to live in Spain.

She is going to listen to music.

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Answers

I am going to sing. –

Je vais chanter.

He is going to play. – Il va jouer.

Jennifer is going to listen.

–

Jennifer

va

écouter.We are going to eat. – Nous allons

manger.You (s.) are going to dance. – Vous allez

danser

.

They are going to live

. –

Ils

vont

habiter

.

And

the more difficult

ones:

I am going to eat a hamburger

. –

Je

vais

manger un hamburger.

You (pl.) are going to live in Spain

. –

Vous

allez

habiter en Espagne.She is going to listen to music. – Elle va écouter de la musique.

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