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The Future tense – Le The Future tense – Le futurfutur

Talking about events in the Talking about events in the futurefuture

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Le Futur - introductionLe Futur - introduction

In French, as in English, there are three In French, as in English, there are three ways to discuss the futureways to discuss the future

1.1. Using the present tense with an adverb Using the present tense with an adverb of time. e.g. ‘We meet tomorrow’of time. e.g. ‘We meet tomorrow’

2.2. Saying what we are Saying what we are going to dogoing to do in the in the immediate future, for definite plans. immediate future, for definite plans. e.g. ‘We are going to meet.’ e.g. ‘We are going to meet.’

3.3. Saying what we Saying what we will dowill do in the future, in the future, even if our plans are not definite.even if our plans are not definite.e.g. ‘We will meet’e.g. ‘We will meet’

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1. Present + adverb of time1. Present + adverb of time

This is a form of the future used more in This is a form of the future used more in French than in English.French than in English.

You must haveYou must have1.1. a present tense verba present tense verb2.2. an adverb of timean adverb of time We are playing football tomorrowWe are playing football tomorrow Nous jouons au football demainNous jouons au football demain He is going on holiday next TuesdayHe is going on holiday next Tuesday Il part en vacances mardi prochain.Il part en vacances mardi prochain.

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PracticePracticeCan you translate the sentences Can you translate the sentences

on the left?on the left? Je joue au tennis Je joue au tennis

demain.demain. Il parle Il parle à sa mère à sa mère

lundi prochainlundi prochain Elle est occupElle est occupée la ée la

semaine prochainesemaine prochaine I am staying at I am staying at

home tomorrowhome tomorrow He is eating at He is eating at

yours next yours next SaturdaySaturday

I am playing tennis I am playing tennis tomorrowtomorrow

He is speaking to his He is speaking to his mother on Mondaymother on Monday

She is busy next She is busy next weekweek

Je reste chez moi Je reste chez moi demaindemain

Il mange chez toi Il mange chez toi samedi prochainsamedi prochain

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2. The immediate future2. The immediate future

We use the immediate future to talk We use the immediate future to talk about future plans that are definitely about future plans that are definitely going to happengoing to happen

We can call this the ‘going to’ futureWe can call this the ‘going to’ future To form the going to future you need:To form the going to future you need:1.1. A subjectA subject e.g. jee.g. je2.2. A part of the verb allerA part of the verb aller e.g. vaise.g. vais3.3. An infinitiveAn infinitive e.g. e.g.

mangermanger We can find infinitives in the …We can find infinitives in the …

……DICTIONARYDICTIONARY

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The immediate future – 2The immediate future – 2To use this tense you must know the To use this tense you must know the

verb aller – to go off by heart!!verb aller – to go off by heart!! Je Je TuTu IlIl ElleElle NousNous VousVous IlsIls Elles Elles

vaisvais

vasvas

vava

vava

allonsallons

allezallez

vontvont

vontvont

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The immediate future – practiceThe immediate future – practiceCan you translate the sentences Can you translate the sentences

into English?into English? Je vais parlerJe vais parler Tu vas boireTu vas boire Il va resterIl va rester Nous allons dormirNous allons dormir Vous allez rireVous allez rire

Ils vont allerIls vont aller Elles vont jouer au Elles vont jouer au

basketbasket

I am going to speakI am going to speak You are going to You are going to

drinkdrink He is going to stayHe is going to stay We are going to We are going to

sleepsleep You are going to You are going to

laughlaugh They are going to goThey are going to go They are going to They are going to

play basketballplay basketball

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Practise -2Practise -2Can you translate into French?Can you translate into French?

I am going to swimI am going to swim You are going to You are going to

winwin He is going to leaveHe is going to leave She is going to go She is going to go

outout We are going to We are going to

lose (perdre)lose (perdre) They (men) are They (men) are

going to askgoing to ask

Je vais nagerJe vais nager Tu vas gagnerTu vas gagner Il va partirIl va partir Elle va sortirElle va sortir Nous allons perdreNous allons perdre

Ils vont demanderIls vont demander

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Le futur – The Future tenseLe futur – The Future tense

The third way to talk about the future The third way to talk about the future expresses what we will do in the expresses what we will do in the future. It is less definite.future. It is less definite.

The tense is easy to form. It uses The tense is easy to form. It uses infinitives of verbs and adds some infinitives of verbs and adds some special endingsspecial endings

There are, however, some important There are, however, some important exceptions!!exceptions!!

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Le futur – formationLe futur – formation

For –er and –ir infinitives you need For –er and –ir infinitives you need only add the correct ending.only add the correct ending.

For –re verbs you must take off the –For –re verbs you must take off the –e and add the same endings onto the e and add the same endings onto the -r-r

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-er, -ir and –re verbs-er, -ir and –re verbs

JeJe parlerparler TuTu parlerparler Il/Elle/OnIl/Elle/On parlerparler NousNous parlerparler VousVous parlerparler Ils/EllesIls/Elles parlerparler

These sentences These sentences translate as … will translate as … will speakspeak

aiaiasasaaonsonsezezontont

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Exceptions to the rule!Exceptions to the rule!

Although the endings stay the same, Although the endings stay the same, you need to learn different stems for you need to learn different stems for some useful verbs.some useful verbs.

There is no rule, they need simply to There is no rule, they need simply to be learned! be learned!

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ExceptionsExceptions

alleraller to goto go avoiravoirto haveto have êtreêtre to beto be fairefaire to doto do savoirsavoir to knowto know devoirdevoir to have to have

toto pouvoirpouvoir to be to be

able toable to

ir-ir- e.g. J’iraie.g. J’irai aur-aur- e.g. J’auraie.g. J’aurai ser-ser- e.g. Je seraie.g. Je serai fer-fer- e.g. Je feraie.g. Je ferai saur-saur-e.g. Je sauraie.g. Je saurai devr-devr- e.g. Je e.g. Je

devraidevrai pourr-pourr- e.g. Je e.g. Je

pourraipourrai

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Practice – Translate the following Practice – Translate the following sentencessentences

Je sortiraiJe sortirai Tu choisirasTu choisiras Il mangeraIl mangera Elle joueraElle jouera Nous prendronsNous prendrons Vous attendrezVous attendrez Ils saurontIls sauront Elles ferontElles feront

I will go outI will go out You will chooseYou will choose He will eatHe will eat She will playShe will play We will takeWe will take You will waitYou will wait They will knowThey will know They will doThey will do

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Practice – 2 Translate the Practice – 2 Translate the following sentencesfollowing sentences

I will win (gagner)I will win (gagner) You will danceYou will dance He will finishHe will finish She will leaveShe will leave We will drinkWe will drink You will sayYou will say They (men) will beThey (men) will be They (women) will They (women) will

have have

Je gagneraiJe gagnerai Tu danserasTu danseras Il finiraIl finira Elle partiraElle partira Nous boironsNous boirons Vous direzVous direz Ils serontIls seront Elles aurontElles auront

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The Future – PracticeThe Future – PracticeNow try and translate the Now try and translate the

following sentences.following sentences. Je joue au cricket Je joue au cricket

demaindemain Il va aller en FranceIl va aller en France

Nous ferons nos Nous ferons nos devoirsdevoirs

Vous mangerez des Vous mangerez des frites?frites?

Ils vont rester chez Ils vont rester chez moimoi

I am playing cricket I am playing cricket tomorrowtomorrow

He is going to go to He is going to go to FranceFrance

We will do our We will do our homeworkhomework

Will you eat the Will you eat the chips?chips?

They are going to They are going to stay at my housestay at my house

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Practice - continuedPractice - continued

I am going to drinkI am going to drink Are you (a friend) Are you (a friend)

swimming swimming tomorrow?tomorrow?

She will playShe will play We will likeWe will like They (men) are They (men) are

going to go to towngoing to go to town

Je vais boireJe vais boire Tu nages demain?Tu nages demain?

Elle joueraElle jouera Nous aimeronsNous aimerons Ils vont aller en villeIls vont aller en ville

CONGRATULATIONS – CONGRATULATIONS – YOU CAN NOW TALK YOU CAN NOW TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE ABOUT THE FUTURE IN FRENCH!!IN FRENCH!!

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Le futur!Le futur!

jeje jouerjouer mangermanger asastutu ontont regarderregarder boireboire lirelire aiai resterrester nousnous

ferfer irir serser auraurvousvous ilil aa onsons ilsils parlerparler écouterécouter ellesellesezez elleelle danserdanser nagernagerfinirfinir choisirchoisir travaillertravailler porterporter

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Just a small point!Just a small point!

The conditional which translates as The conditional which translates as ‘would’ can be formed very simply ‘would’ can be formed very simply when you know the future tense!when you know the future tense!

Instead of adding the future endings, Instead of adding the future endings, just add the imperfect endingsjust add the imperfect endings

Je jouerais = I would playJe jouerais = I would play Il ferait = He would doIl ferait = He would doEasy isn’t it!Easy isn’t it!