Le futur proche

• Frans
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 2

What is "le futur proche" tense?
Research online what it is and type your answer here (3-4 mins)

Le futur proche represents an action which will happen very soon

Exemple: Je vais aller à la plage

How is it formed?

Use the present tense of "aller"

+

the infinitive verb 

(the whole verb ending er/ir/re)

Students write this down in their notebooks

First we need to revise the present tense of aller..

Je vais

Tu vas

Il va

Elle va

On va

Nous allons

Vous allez

Ils vont

Elles vont

I am going

You are going

He is going

She is going

One is going

We are going

You are going

They are going (m)

They are going (f)

Now look at how to make the futur proche

Regardez ce film et notez les trois éléments

How do you form the futur proche?
(there are 3 parts)

Example

Nous allons nager dans la mer cet après-midi.

= We are going to swim in the sea this afternoon.

Nous allons (present tense of aller) nager (infinitive verb) dans la mer cet-après-midi.

Time markers are often used with the futur proche.

Examples:

Ce matin = this morning

cet après-midi = this afternoon

ce soir = this evening

demain = tomorrow

ce weekend = This weekend

Now watch this to practise how to use

le futur proche

when talking about holidays

Qu'est-ce que tu vas faire ce week-end?
Ex: Je vais faire mes devoirs.

Qu'est-ce que tu vas faire ce week-end?

Écris un paragraph sur ce que tu vas faire ce week-end.

(Write a paragraph about what you are going to do this weekend, use time markers and cohesive devices

Faire un petit film

Répondez à la question:

Qu'est-ce que tu vas faire ce week-end?

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