FUTUR PROCHE (FUTURE TENSE)
In French when you want to say something is going to happen, you use "Futur Proche" tense.
The Structure:
SUBJECT + aller CONJUGATED (to fit the subject) + 2ND VERB (INFINITIVE/UNCHANGED FORM)
+ REST OF SENTENCE...
To use the Futur Proche tense, you need to use ALLER CONJUGATED.
Aller Conjugation Chart
Je vais
Tu vas
Il va
Elle va
Nous allons
Vous avez
Ils vont
Elles vont
** Aller means to go!
Futur Proche Examples:
Je vais manger un sandwich.
(I am going to eat a sandwich.)
Tu vas voyager a Edmonton.
(You are going to travel to Edmonton)
Ils vont etudier a l'ecole.
(They are going to study a the school)
Elles vont chanter a l'eglise.
(They are going to sing at church)
Kieran va manger un sandwich sous-marin.
(Kieran is going to eat a submarine sandwich).
** Note that when you have a name of a person, use "va")
Futur Proche Practice - Use the following to write sentences in french... using the futur proche tense.
1. Brianna/chanter/a l'ecole
2. Carl et John Mark/vister/sur l'autobus
3. Je /regarder /le television
4. Ils/voyager/a la foret
5. Elles/prendre/un vacance sur l'ile tropicale
6. Vous/aller/a un parc national
7. Nous/manger/a la restaurant
8. Tu/faire/un gateau
PASSE COMPOSE
If you want to say that something happened in the past, use PASSE COMPOSE. Passe Compose means past tense.
Passe Compose Structure
SUBJECT + AVOIR CONJUGATED + INFINITIVE VERB + REST OF SENTENCE
EX) J' AI MANGER UN SANDWICH SOUS-MARIN.
ENGLISH: I ATE A SUBMARINE SANDWICH.
Tu as parler avec tes amis.
You talked with your friends.
AVOIR CONJUGATED
J'ai
Tu as
Elle a
Il a
Nous avons
Vous avez
Elles ont
Ils ont
Passe Compose Practice - Use the following to write sentences in french... using the passe compose tense.
1. Brianna/chanter/a l'ecole
2. Carl et John Mark/vister/sur l'autobus
3. Je /regarder /le television
4. Ils/voyager/a la foret
5. Elles/prendre/un vacance sur l'ile tropicale
6. Vous/aller/a un parc national
7. Nous/manger/a la restaurant
8. Tu/faire/un gateau
Other things you need to know...
je = I
tu = you (informal or singular)
elle = she
il = he
nous = they
vous = you (formal or plural)
ils = they (for a group of boys or a group of boys and girls)
elles = they (for a group of girls)
