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Title: The future tense


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The future tense
  • 1- Use
  • 2- Formation
  • 3- Time indicators

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1- Use
  • The future tense is used to describe something
    that will / shall happen later on.
  • As in English, there are three main ways of
    describing the future action.

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2-1- The immediate future(in English going to
verb)
  • The French structure is aller verb in the
    present tense an infinitive (that is to say a
    verb ending in ER, IR or RE).
  • Je vais jouer
  • Tu vas jouer
  • Il, Elle, On va faire
  • Nous allons faire
  • Vous allez finir
  • Ils, Elles vont finir ()

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Examples
au foot
Je vais
jouer
une glace
manger
Tu vas
du shopping
Elle va
faire
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2-2- The future tense(In English, will/shall
verb)
  • The French structure is the infinitive form of
    the verb the specific future endings.
  • Dont forget to remove the e of RE verbs
    before you do so!
  • Je jouer ai
  • Tu jouer as
  • Il, Elle, On choisir a
  • Nous choisir ons
  • Vous boire ez
  • Ils, Elles boire ont

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2-3- The present (!)
  • You may express a future idea with a present
    tense.
  • Examples
  • Ce week-end, je reste à la maison.
  • Lannée prochaine, je pars en Italie.

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2-4- Irregular verbs
  • Here is the list of verbs that alter their stem
    in the future tense. Once it is altered, it stays
    the same at all persons.
  • Être ser endings
  • Avoir aur endings
  • Aller ir endings
  • Faire fer endings
  • Pouvoir pourr endings
  • Savoir saur endings
  • Vouloir voudr endings
  • Venir viendr endings

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3- Time indicators
  • Demain (tomorrow)
  • Après (later)
  • Ce soir (tonight)
  • Cet après-midi (this afternoon)
  • Ensuite (after)
  • Plus tard (later on)
  • Pendant les vacances (during the holidays)
  • Le week-end prochain (Next week-end)
  • Lannée prochaine (Next year)
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