4.7.1
Future Tense
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The immediate future
The immediate future refers to what you are going to do very soon.

Immediate future
- The immediate future is expressed in English as 'I am going to...'
- This is expressed in the same way in French.
- There are two steps involved in forming the immediate future:
- present tense of 'aller' + infinitive

Aller: je, tu, il, elle, on
- je vais → I am going to
- tu vas → you are going to (singular)
- il/elle/on va → he/she/it is going to

Aller: nous, vous, ils, elles
- nous allons → we are going to
- vous allez → you are going to (plural)
- ils/elles vont → they are going to

'Aller' + infinitive (1/2)
- je vais regarder → I am going to watch
- tu vas regarder → you are going to watch (singular)
- il/elle/on va regarder → he/she/it is going to watch

'Aller' + infinitive (2/2)
- nous allons regarder → we are going to watch
- vous allez regarder → you are going to watch (plural)
- ils/elles vont regarder → they are going to watch
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4.6Present Tense
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1Family & Home
1.1Family
1.1.1My Name1.1.2Age1.1.3Talking About Yourself1.1.4Hair1.1.5Eyes1.1.6Describing Myself (1/2)1.1.7Describing Myself (2/2)1.1.8Family Members1.1.9Family Members: Examples1.1.10Family Members: Eldest, Youngest1.1.11Extended Family Members (1/2)1.1.12Extended Family Members (2/2)1.1.13Pets1.1.14Other Pets
2Lifestyle
3Education & Future Plans
4Grammar
4.1Negatives
4.2Nouns
4.3Adjectives
4.4Verbs
4.5Adverbs
4.6Present Tense
4.7Future Tense
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