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Un tour en France : present and future tense of aller, avoir, faire and être

I can use present and future tenses to describe plans for a future trip exploring France.

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Un tour en France : present and future tense of aller, avoir, faire and être

I can use present and future tenses to describe plans for a future trip exploring France.

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Key learning points

  1. It is useful to practise recalling present, aller + infinitive, then simple future e.g. je suis, je vais être, je serai.
  2. It is important to include regular and common irregular simple future verbs when writing about future plans.
  3. Wherever possible in your writing, it is good to demonstrate that you can move between different tenses.

Keywords

  • Aller + infinitive - 2-verb structure meaning ‘going to + infinitive’

  • Simple future - 1-verb future tense meaning ‘will + verb’

Common misconception

The simple future stem of 'aller' is its infinitive, like most -er verbs.

'Aller' is an irregular verb and its stem in the simple future is ir-. The normal simple future endings are added to this stem.


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6 Questions

Q1.
Which words are adverbs of time?
Correct answer: demain
nombreux
nord
sud
Correct answer: tard
Q2.
Match the French and English.
Correct Answer:aller,to go, going
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to go, going

Correct Answer:avoir,to have, having
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to have, having

Correct Answer:faire,to do, doing
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to do, doing

Correct Answer:être,to be, being
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to be, being

Q3.
Match the French and English.
Correct Answer:aout (m),August
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August

Correct Answer:météo (f),weather forecast
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weather forecast

Correct Answer:métro (m),underground, metro
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underground, metro

Correct Answer:montagne (f),mountain
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mountain

Correct Answer:plage (f),beach
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beach

Correct Answer:promenade (f),walk
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walk

Q4.
Order the words to say: 'the tourists position themselves near to the beach'.
1 - les
2 - touristes
3 - se
4 - placent
5 - près de
6 - la
7 - plage
Q5.
Write the correct missing word to say: 'This weekend I am going to visit my family'. - 'Ce week-end je visiter ma famille'.
Correct Answer: vais
Q6.
Write in English: 'il va faire du ski'.
Correct Answer: He is going to go skiing., He is going to ski.

6 Questions

Q1.
Match the infinitives to their future tense stems.
Correct Answer:aller,ir-
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ir-

Correct Answer:avoir,aur-
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aur-

Correct Answer:être,ser-
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ser-

Correct Answer:faire,fer-
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fer-

Q2.
Which sentences refer to the future?
Je vais à Paris.
Correct answer: Je vais aller à Paris.
Correct answer: J'irai à Paris.
Je suis allé à Paris.
J'allais à Paris.
Q3.
Order the words to say: 'you will be in the Alps but I will be in the Pyrenees'.
1 - tu
2 - seras
3 - dans les Alpes
4 - mais
5 - je
6 - serai
7 - dans les Pyrénées
Q4.
Write the missing word to say 'I will have a view'. - 'J' une vue'.
Correct Answer: aurai
Q5.
Write in French: 'you will go on holiday'.
Correct Answer: Tu iras en vacances.
Q6.
Write in French: 'she will go camping'.
Correct Answer: Elle fera du camping.

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