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Le Futur OBJECTIVES Saying what you are going to do Using the immediate future and the simple future You have learned lots of verbs in the present tense. They are all very useful when you want to talk about what is happening now, or every day. But you may want to talk about things that haven’t happened yet, that are in the future. One way of doing this is to use the immediate future (in French the futur proche). This is really easy. All you do is take the present tense of the verb aller (to go) and put an infinitive on the end. Je vais – I go / I am going Je vais + manger – I am going to eat But do you remember the verb aller? Decide if what you hear is a future or not and then in the box provided write what you hear in French and the translation in English futur present futur present futur present futur present futur present futur present Check Decide if what you hear is a future or not and then in the box provided write what you hear in French and the translation in English futur futur futur futur futur futur present 1. Je vais rester en famille I am going to stay with my family present 2. Je déjeune chez lui I have lunch at his house present 3. Elle va faire les magasins She is going to go shopping present 4. Tu retrouves les copains You meet your friends present 5. On va faire un Barbecue We are going to have a BBQ present 6. Tu fais une balade en vélo You ride your bike LE FUTUR simple Now another way of saying things in the future is to use: LE FUTUR SIMPLE LE FUTUR simple 1. Verbs ending in ER Take the infinitive (the form of the verb you find in the dictionary) -example: (to eat) = manger add the following endings Je –ai Nous -ons Tu –as Vous -ez Il/Elle/On –a Ils/Elles -ont LE FUTUR simple I will eat je mangerai You will eat Tu mangeras He will eat Il mangera She will eat Elle mangera We will eat Nous mangerons You will eat Vous mangerez They will eat Ils/elles mangeront LE FUTUR simple 2. Verbs ending in IR Take the infinitive (the form of the verb you find in the dictionary) example: (to finish) = finir Add the same endings as you would for –ER verbs: Je –ai Nous -ons Tu –as Vous -ez Il/Elle/On –a Ils/Elles -ont I will finish You will finish He will finish She will finish We will finish You will finish They will finish je finir ai Tu finir Il finir as a Elle finir a Nous finir Vous finir ons ez Ils/elles finir ont 3. Verbs ending in RE Take the infinitive (the form of the verb you find in the dictionary) example: (to sell) = vendre get rid of e = vendr Add the following endings: Je –ai Nous -ons Tu –as Vous -ez Il/Elle/On –a Ils/Elles -ont *Yes, they’re the same endings as for –ER and –IR verbs! I will sell You will sell He will sell She will sell We will sell You will sell They will sell je vendr ai Tu vendr Il vendr as a Elle vendr a Nous vendr Vous vendr ons ez Ils/elles vendr ont Now can you find the future of the following verbs Write them in the table in the next slide: Regarder (je), écouter (tu), chanter (il), danser (nous), choisir (vous), apprendre (elles), prendre (tu), ouvrir (tu), mentir (elles), sentir (vous), rigoler (nous), mettre (je) , penser (il), croire , fermer (nous), étudier (elles), bavarder (je), ranger (tu) , sortir (nous), aimer (vous), jouer (tu), répondre (il), rester (vous), rentrer (il), prêter (vous), acheter (je) , perdre (tu) , fumer (vous), boire (il), voler (nous). Je Tu Il/elle Nous Check Vous Ils/elles Regarder (je), écouter (tu), chanter (il), danser (nous), choisir (vous), apprendre (elles), prendre (tu), ouvrir (tu), mentir (elles), sentir (vous), rigoler (nous), mettre (je) , penser (il), croire (tu) , fermer (nous), étudier (elles), bavarder (je), ranger (tu) , sortir (nous), aimer (vous), jouer (tu), répondre (il), rester (vous), rentrer (il), prêter (vous), acheter (je) , perdre (je) , fumer (vous), boire (il), voler (nous). Je Tu Il/elle Nous Vous Ils/elles je mangerai tu écouteras il chantera nous danserons vous choisirez elles apprendront je mettrai tu ouvriras il pensera nous rigolerons vous sentirez elles mentiront je bavarderai tu croiras il répondra nous fermerons vous aimerez elles étudieront j'achèterai tu rangeras il rentrera nous sortirons vous resterez je perdrai tu joueras il boira nous volerons vous prêterez There are some verbs which do not follow this pattern; here are some of them: Etre (to be) je serai Avoir (to have) j’aurai Faire (to do/to make) Je ferai Aller (to go) J’irai Pouvoir (to be able to) Je pourrai Infinitive stem future translation aller ir- j'irai I will go courir courr- je courrai I will run devoir devr- je devrai I will be obliged to envoyer enverr- j'enverrai I will send faire fer- je ferai I will do falloir faudr- il faudra it will be necessary mourir mourr- je mourrai I will die obtenir obtiendr- j'obtiendrai I will obtain pleuvoir pleuvr- il pleuvra it will rain pouvoir pourr- je pourrai I will be able recevoir recevr- je recevrai I will receive savoir saur- je saurai I will know tenir tiendr- je tiendrai I will hold venir viendr- je viendrai I will come voir verr- je verrai I will see vouloir voudr- je voudrai I will want Common stem spelling changes: Verbs with spelling changes like appeler, employer, and acheter add -r to the present tense je form to create their future stems present tense stem future translation j'appelle appeller- j'appellerai I will call j'emploie emploier- j'emploierai I will use j'achète achèter- j'achèterai I will buy Other -er verbs verbs with spelling changes including préférer, manger, and commençer have regular future stems. More verbs with irregular stems used to form the futur simple. Click on the link to practice and do all the exercises Module 3. Extension exercises. Match the English and the French 1. cet été 2. pendant les vacances 3. ce soir 4. en juillet 5. en août 6. dans quelques mois 7. dans une semaine 8. la semaine prochaine 9. le mois prochain 10. le week-end prochain 1. C C F A J I G D B H E CONTINUE A) B) C) D) E) F) G) H) I) J) this evening next week this summer in a week next weekend during the holidays in a few months next month in August in July Match the English and the French 1. cet été 2. pendant les vacances 3. ce soir 4. en juillet 5. en août 6. dans quelques mois 7. dans une semaine 8. la semaine prochaine 9. le mois prochain 10. le week-end prochain 1. C 2. F 3. A C 4. J F 5. AI JG 6. I 7. D G 8. DE BH 9. H E CONTINUE A) B) C) D) E) F) G) H) I) J) this evening next week this summer in a week next weekend during the holidays in a few months next month in August in July