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.

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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
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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
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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
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'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
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'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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1Family & Home

1.1Family

1.1.1My Name

1.1.2Age

1.1.3Talking About Yourself

1.1.4Hair

1.1.5Eyes

1.1.6Describing Myself (1/2)

1.1.7Describing Myself (2/2)

1.1.8Family Members

1.1.9Family Members: Examples

1.1.10Family Members: Eldest, Youngest

1.1.11Extended Family Members (1/2)

1.1.12Extended Family Members (2/2)

1.1.13Pets

1.1.14Other Pets

1.2Numbers

1.2.1Numbers 1-10

1.2.2Numbers 11-20

1.2.3Numbers 21-29

1.2.4Numbers: 30-39

1.2.5Numbers: 40-49

1.2.6Numbers: 50-59

1.2.7Numbers: 60-69

1.2.8Numbers: 70-79

1.2.9Numbers: 80-89

1.2.10Numbers: 90-100

2Lifestyle

2.1Sports and games

2.1.1Games

2.1.2Sports: Jouer

2.1.3Other Sports: Jouer

2.1.4Sports: Faire

2.1.5Other Sports: Faire

3Education & Future Plans

3.1School

3.1.1Subjects

3.1.2Talking About Subjects (1/2)

3.1.3Talking About Subjects (2/2)

3.1.4School Routine

3.1.5Describing Your School

3.1.6School Uniform (1/2)

3.1.7School Uniform (2/2)

4Grammar

4.1Negatives

4.1.1Using Not

4.2Nouns

4.2.1Nouns: A & The

4.2.2Proper Nouns

4.2.3Days of the Week

4.2.4Months of the Year

4.2.5Masculine Plural

4.2.6Feminine Plural

4.2.7The

4.2.8A

4.2.9De (1/2)

4.2.10De (2/2)

4.2.11À

4.3Adjectives

4.3.1French Adjectives

4.3.2Singular Adjectives

4.3.3Plural Adjectives

4.3.4Possessive Adjectives

4.4Verbs

4.4.1Verbs

4.4.2Verbs Pronouns

4.5Adverbs

4.5.1Adverbials of Manner

4.5.2Adverbials of Manner: Good, Badly, Fast

4.5.3Adverbials of Time

4.5.4Adverbials of Place

4.6Present Tense

4.6.1Regular ER Verbs

4.6.2Common ER Verbs: Parler

4.6.3Common ER Verbs: Porter

4.6.4Common ER Verbs: Rester

4.6.5Avoir - To Have

4.6.6Être - To Be

4.6.7Faire - To Do

4.6.8Aller - To Go

4.7Future Tense

4.7.1Future Tense

4.8Conjunctions

4.8.1To Make Sentences Longer

4.8.2To Add Extra Information (1/2)

4.8.3To Add Extra Information (2/2)

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Aller - To Go

To Make Sentences Longer