Qu’est-ce qu’on fera demain? L’objectif: To understand the use and formation of the futur simple in French

Trouve les verbs au futur simple Discuss how they think it might be formed, are there any irregulars?

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Traduis les verbes On mangera On regardera On jouera On rentrera On écoutera On fera On ira On n’ira pas On ne mangera pas We will eat We will watch We will play We will get back We will listen We will go We will do We won’t go We won’t eat

Écoute le message sur le répondeur. Copie et complète la grille. 9 h 11 h 13 h 14 h 18 h 20 h Activité On jouera au volley. On ira à la piscine On fera un pique-nique On fera du velo On ira au café On regard-era un DVD

What verb might help you learn these endings?

To eat - manger I will eat Je mangerai

To play - jouer He will play Tu joueras

To listen - écouter We will listen Nous écouterons

To sell - vendre I will sell Je vendrai

To work - travailler They will work Ils travailleront

To wait - attendre You (all) will wait Vous attendrez

To finish - finir She will finish Elle finira

To speak - parler I will speak Je parlerai

To write - écrire Will you write? Tu écriras?

To leave - partir We will leave Nous partirons

To take - prendre He will take Il prendra

There are only about 24 verbs which have irregular stems but use the same future endings. Here are the 15 most important…

Verb Future stem acheter To buy achèter- (s’)appeler To (be) called appeller- aller To go ir- avoir To have aur- devoir To have to devr- envoyer To send enverr- essayer To try essaier- etre To be ser- faire fer- pleuvoir To rain pleuvr- pouvoir To be able to pourr- savoir To know saur- venir, devenir To come, to become viendr-, deviendr- voir To see verr- vouloir To want voudr-

The future stem always ends in…

Put the verbs into a sentence. Traduis les verbes… They will have She will be It will be We will do You (all) will have to I will want He will go We will come They will be She will have Extra! Put the verbs into a sentence.

What are the future endings?... Something that I have learnt today is... Using a new phrase I have learnt today, I can now say... Name three irregular future stems... What are the future endings?... The most difficult thing today was... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 What is the difference between le futur proche and le futur simple… What does the simple future translate as in English? What letter does the future stem ALWAYS end in?...

ai jouer Next lesson starter: Divide group into two teams each pupil has 2 or 3 pieces of paper with future stems on and future endings. 2 sets because there will be two teams. I say a word in English – e.g “I will play” and they need to create the sentence by running to the front. jouer ai

Le futur proche Le futur simple Aller + infinitive Le futur proche vs. Le futur simple Although they are virtually interchangable it is worth pointing out a few differences Aller + infinitive Something that is going to happen More informal Used more in spoken language More immediate and certain Le futur proche Endings added to future stem Something that will happen More formal Used more in writing More distant future Le futur simple