Le futur…

e.g. I am going to go shopping.

He is going to play football.

We are going to watch T.V.

Remember: To achieve a Level 5, you need to be able totalk about the present and the past OR the future.

To achieve a Level 6, you need to be able to talk about the present,the past AND the future. This is also one of the criteria for getting an A*-C grade at GCSE.

“Demain va être une journée assez longue parce que nous allons fairebeaucoup. Je vais me lever à 7h15 et je vais prendre le petit déjeuneravec ma famille. Puis, mon père va aller en ville et ma mère va fairele ménage. Je vais sortir avec mon frère et nous allons jouer au footdans le parc. Après, nous allons aller en ville et mon père va être là, doncmon père et mon frère vont faire du shopping ensemble et je vais rentrerchez moi. Ma mère va faire la cuisine et nous allons manger à une heure.L’après-midi, mes parents vont regarder la télé et mon frère et moiallons écouter de la musique et faire de la natation avec des copains.Qu’est-ce que tu vas faire demain ?”

Pick out the following phrases in the text and write the French and English in your book:

1) I’m going to have breakfast

2) My dad is going to go to town

3) My mum is going to do the housework

4) We are going to play football.

5) My dad and my brother are going to go shopping.

6) I am going to go home

7) What are you going to do tomorrow?

1) I’m going to have breakfast

2) My dad is going to go to town

3) My mum is going to do the housework

4) We are going to play football.

5) My dad and my brother are going to go shopping.

6) I am going to go home

7) What are you going to do tomorrow?

Je vais prendre le petit déjeuner

Mon père va aller en ville

Ma mère va faire le ménage

Nous allons jouer au foot.

Mon père et mon frère vont faire du shopping.

Je vais rentrer chez moi

Qu’est-ce que tu vas faire demain ?

The future tense uses the verb ‘aller’ (to go). This is an irregularverb, so doesn’t follow the rules and you have to learn it. Can you match the different parts of the verb together? Write the Frenchand English in your book.

I am going/I go

You are going/You go (informal)

He/She is going / He/She goes

We are going/We go

You are going/You go (polite/plural)

They are going/They go

vont allez va

vais allons vas

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Je

Tu

Il/Elle

Nous

Vous

Ils/Elles

vais

vas

va

allons

allez

vont

aller = to go

So, the future tense is rather easy…

Just take the correct part of ‘aller’, depending on ‘WHO is going

to do the verb’ and add the INFINITIVE of the verb.

The INFINITIVE is the part of the verb that comes straight fromthe dictionary and usually means ‘to…’ In French, there are three possible endings… -er, -ir and -re

e.g. jouer = to play sortir = to go out

faire = to do

Try and write these sentences in the future tense in your book beforeclicking for the answers…

1) I am going to do shopping.

2) We are going to play basketball.

3) They are going to swim.

4) He is going to go to town.

5) You are going to listen to music (tu)

6) They are going to read a book.

7) I am going to go to bed.

8) You are going to go out with friends (vous)

9) Bradley is going to do diving.

je vais faire du shopping

nous allons jouer au basket

ils vont nager / ils vont faire de la natation

il va aller en ville

tu vas écouter de la musique

ils vont lire un livre

je vais me coucher

vous allez sortir avec descopains.

Bradley va faire de la plongée