6.5.4
Immediate future
The immediate future
The immediate future
To form the immediate future in French, you use the present tense of 'aller' followed by an infinitive. Here is an example with 'lire' (to read):


Tu vas lire - you are going to read
Tu vas lire - you are going to read
- 'Tu' means 'you' (singular).


Vous allez lire - you are going to read
Vous allez lire - you are going to read
- 'Vous' means:
- You (plural).
- You (singular, formal).
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1Home & Abroad
1.1Town & Rural Life
1.2Holiday, Tourism & Directions
1.4Everyday Life & Traditions
2Education & Employment
2.1School Life & Routine
2.2School Trips, Events & Exchanges
3Personal Life & Relationships
3.1House & Home
3.2Daily Routine & Helping at Home
4The World Around Us
4.1Global Issues
4.2Weather
4.3Travel & Transport
4.5Information & Tech
5Social Activities, Fitness & Health
5.1Special Occasions
5.2Hobbies & Interests
5.3Numbers
5.4Shopping & Money
5.5Illness & Health
5.6Food & Drink
6Common Tenses
6.1Present Tense
6.1.1Regular ER Verbs
6.1.2Regular IR Verbs
6.1.3Regular RE Verbs
6.1.4Reflexive Verbs
6.1.5Irregular ER Verbs (1/2)
6.1.6Irregular ER Verbs (2/2)
6.1.7Irregular IR Verbs (1/2)
6.1.8Irregular IR Verbs (2/2)
6.1.9Irregular RE Verbs (1/3)
6.1.10Irregular RE Verbs (2/3)
6.1.11Irregular RE Verbs (3/3)
6.1.12Present Participle (1/2)
6.1.13Present Participle (2/2)
6.1.14Irregular Present Participles
6.1.15Avoir & Etre
6.2Perfect Tense
6.3Imperfect tense
6.4Imperfect vs Perfect
7Advanced Tenses
7.1Conditional Tense
8Extra Grammar
8.1The Passive Voice
8.2Pronouns
8.3Asking Questions
8.4Nouns
8.7Quantifiers & Intensifiers
8.8Adjectives
8.9Negative
8.10Conjunctions
8.11Miscellaneous
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