1. 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. ©
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2. 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. ©
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3. 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. ©
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4. 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 ©
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5. 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. ©
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6. 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. ©
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7. 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. ©
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