Revision of future tenses This PowerPoint covers the following tenses: Near future Simple future This PowerPoint is designed to revise all/any of these four tenses. Click on the tense headings to go to the relevant slides. © www.teachitlanguages.co.uk 2015 16306

How to form the near future tense Step 1 Step 2 Aller – to go An infinitive Je vais Tu vas Il/Elle/On va Nous allons Vous allez Ils/elles vont regarder faire sortir chanter prendre jouer + Elicit the formation of this tense if possible, encouraging students to recall the conjugation of aller before clicking each time to reveal the answers. Students can then make their own notes or you can provide a printout of the slide if preferred. © www.teachitlanguages.co.uk 2015 16306

Translation: near future 1. Tomorrow I am going to go to town and I am going to buy a present. Demain je vais aller en ville et je vais acheter un cadeau. 2. Next weekend he is going to do his homework and she is going to go out with some friends. Le weekend prochain il va faire ses devoirs et elle va sortir avec des amis. 3. Next week we are going to eat at a restaurant and they are going to watch a film. La semaine prochaine nous allons manger à un restaurant et ils vont regarder un film. Students can translate these three sentences on their own or working with a partner, in their books, on mini-whiteboards or orally. The correct translation for each sentence will appear when you click. As an extension, students could write some of their own sentences. © www.teachitlanguages.co.uk 2015 16306

How to form the simple future tense Step 1 Step 2 The future stem Future endings For regular –er and –ir verbs use the infinitive: jouer finir For regular –re verbs use the infinitive but drop the last ‘e’: vendr Je jouerai Tu visiteras Il/Elle/On finira Nous regarderons Vous vendrez Ils/Elles habiteront Elicit the formation of this tense if possible, encouraging students to suggest more regular er/ir/re infinitives and to predict the endings. See if students can recognise the similarity of the future endings to the present tense of avoir. Students can then make their own notes or you can provide a printout of the slide if preferred. These endings look similar to the present tense of … … avoir © www.teachitlanguages.co.uk 2015 16306

Irregular stems for the simple future tense aller – to go j’irai – I will go avoir – to have j’aurai – I will have courir – to run je courrai – I will run devoir – to have to je devrai – I will have to envoyer – to send j’enverrai – I will send être – to be je serai – I will be faire – to make/do je ferai – I will make/do mourir – to die je mourrai – I will die pouvoir – to be able to je pourrai – I will be able to recevoir – to receive je recevrai – I will receive savoir – to know (how to) je saurai – I will know venir – to come je viendrai – I will come voir – to see je verrai – I will see vouloir – to want to je voudrai – I will want to It may be useful at this point to demonstrate how to use verb tables in a dictionary (or textbook) to check irregular stems. © www.teachitlanguages.co.uk 2015 16306

Translation: simple future 1. Next year we’ll visit the museum and I’ll see the paintings. L’année prochaine on visitera le musée et je verrai les peintures. 2. Tomorrow evening he will run to the sports centre and we will go there on foot. Demain soir il courra au centre sportif et nous irons là-bas à pied. 3. Next month they will play tennis and we will go to the cinema. Le mois prochain ils joueront au tennis et nous irons au cinéma. Students can translate these three sentences on their own or working with a partner, in their books, on mini-whiteboards or orally. The correct translation for each sentence will appear when you click. As an extension, students could write some of their own sentences. © www.teachitlanguages.co.uk 2015 16306

I will eat She will play We are going to want Are you going to eat? They will watch I am going to play We will buy She will finish I will be I will see He is going to go He will do Will you visit? She is going to have I will want to We will visit I am going to have We will be I will finish He is going to buy She is going to They will play We will be able to He will receive They are going to do This game uses both the near future and the simple future. Divide the class into two teams: noughts and crosses. Team one selects a square by giving the English and wins that square by translating it into French. Mark this with 0/X. The first team to get a row of three wins. © www.teachitlanguages.co.uk 2015 16306