Next year we are going to live in France ... (visiter). They will have dinner at 7 o clock. âIls________ à sept heures. (dîner) ... B) Last weekend. 3. Il y a cinq ans.
The Present Tense We use the present tense when we are talking about what we are doing now or what we do in general. A) Match up the translations of these time phrases: 1) Quelquefois A) When it’s sunny 2) Quand il pleut B) Sometimes 3) Quand il fait du soleil C) Generally 4) De temps en temps D) When it’s nice weather 5) Généralement E) From time to time 6) Quand je peux F) When it rains 7) Si j’ai du temps G) If I have time 8) Quand il fait beau H) When I can
1-B
B) Using your resources to help you, complete the table for these regular verbs:
parler
choisir
vendre
je tu il / elle / on nous vous ils / elles
C) Some verbs are irregular which means they don’t always follow the same pattern as regular verbs. Find the translations and colour them in the same colour: Je fais They are Ils/elles ont I am
He/she/one is They go I don’t know j’ai
je veux je dois They have Il/elle/on est
Ils/elles vont I do You are We go
I want I have to I have I can
I go Ils/elles sont We are je ne sais pas
je suis je peux nous sommes je vais
tu es nous avons We have nous allons
The Immediate Future Tense We use the near/immediate future tense when we are talking about something which we are going to do. D) Match up the translations of these time phrases: E) Fill in the gaps below using your resources to help you: 1. Ce week-end A) In the future 1-D 2. Le mois prochain B) Tomorrow We use the immediate future tense when we are talking about something which 3. Ce soir C) Next year __________________________ for example __________________________________________ 4. La semaine prochaine D) This weekend First we take the present tense of the verb ‘ _ _’ then _ plus the i_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. Demain E) Next month 6. Cet après-midi F) This afternoon e.g. ______________________7. À l’avenir G) Tonight G) Translate these sentences into French: 8. L’année prochaine H) Next week F) Unscamble the letters below to find the correct translations: I am going – vjaeis ____ You are going – utsva _______ He is going – laiv _______ We are going - slnuslaoon _____ You pl. are going – avloluesz_______ They are going - slivnot ______
Tomorrow I am going to go to Spain __________________________________________________________________ Next year we are going to live in France _______________________________________________________________ Tonight I am going to eat a pizza____________________________________________________________________ This afternoon they are going to play football__________________________________________________________ In the future I am going to be a teacher_______________________________________________________________
The Future Tense There is also another future tense used when we are talking about something which we will do. H) Add the correct endings to the infinitive to form the future I) Fill in the gaps by adding the correct ending to the infinitive: tense then translate each one into English: je manger___ I will eat He will speak French. – Il _________ français. (parler) tu manger____ ___________________ We will visit the monuments. – Nous________ les monuments. (visiter) il/elle/on manger____ ___________________ They will have dinner at 7 o clock. –Ils________ à sept heures. (dîner) nous manger____ ___________________ I will dance at the disco. – Je_______à la discothèque. (danser) vous manger____ You pl. will eat You will eat a cheese sandwich. – Tu ________ un sandwich au fromage. (manger) ils/elles manger____ ___________________ You pl. will live in Spain. – Vous _______ en Espagne. (habiter) J) Translate the following phrases into English * verbs are irregular Nous irons* à la plage____________________________________Nous visterons quelques musées à Berlin._________________________________________ A l’avenir je ferai * une license en anglais. ________________________________ Quand j’aurai* quarante ans, j’habiterai en Nouvelle Zélande _____________________________________ Est-ce que tu parleras avec ta mère? ______________________________________________ Nous travaillerons ensemble dans le futur. ___________________________________________
The Conditional Tense The conditional tense is used when we are talking about something which would, could or should happen in the future. K) Add the correct endings to the infinitive to form the L) Underline the correct translation for each of these phrases: conditional tense then translate each one into English: Je parler__ I would speak I would go j’irais tu irais j’irait tu habiter__ ___________________ They would visit ils visiterions elles visiterais ils visiteriont il/elle/on manger___ ___________________ We would eat nous mangerions nous mangeriez nous mangeraient nous travailler____ ___________________ He would live il habitera il habiterait il habiteraient vous visiter____ You pl. would visit I would like je voudrions je voudrait je voudrais ils choisir____ ___________________ It would be ce serions ce seriez ce sera ce serait
j’irions elles visiteraient nous mangerons il habiterais je voudrai
M) The future tense and the conditional tense both have the same irregular stems (the start of the word). You should try to memorise these. Find the translations for these irregular future and conditional phrases and number them. Put a star next to all of the future tense phrases. I will come je ferai I could I will be able to
I will be there will be j’aurai there would be
I will make/do il y aurait I will want je serai
je pourrai I would do je voudrai I will have
je serais j’aurais it will be I would come
je voudrais il y aura I would like je pourrais
I would be I would have ce sera je viendrai
je viendrais it would be je ferais ce serait
The past tense (The perfect tense) Regular Verbs N) Match up the translations of these time phrases: 1. Hier A) Last week 2. Hier soir B) Last weekend 3. Il y a cinq ans C) This morning 4. La semaine dernière D) Five days ago 5. Il y a cinq jours E) Yesterday 6. L’année dernière F) Five years ago 7. Le week-end dernier G) Last year 8. Ce matin H) Last night
The perfect tense is used when we are talking about completed actions in the past. O) Using your reosurces to help you, complete the table for these auxiliary verbs in the present:
1-E
avoir
être
Je tu il/elle/on nous vous ils/elles
P) Translate these phrases into English:
Q) What are the rules for forming the past participle? Fill in the gaps.
J’ai parlé __ _ I spoke _ Elle a écouté ____________________ On a parlé _____________________ On a visité__________________________ J’ai nagé ________________________Il a répondu________________________ Nous avons fini___________________Elles ont choisi______________________ Ils ont attendu __________________J’ai mangé __________________________ Tu as entendu?__________________ Vous avez joué ______________________
1. For regular –er verbs you take off the _______ and add an ______ Exemple: manger becomes ____________ 2. For regular __ verbs you take off the ______ Exemple: finir becomes fini 3. For regular ___ verbs you take off the ____ and you replace it with a ‘u’ Exemple: attendre becomes _________
The perfect tense – Irregular Verbs Some verbs don’t follow this pattern. These are called irregular verbs. You should try to memorise the common ones. R) Fill in the grid for these irregular verbs: S) What do these verbs (all in their infinitive form here) have in common? Infinitive
T) Give 3 examples of verbs which use être as an auxiliary: e.g. je suis sorti
venir*
sortir
rentrer
partir
se lever
se coucher se laver
se casser se doucher
L’imparfait / The Imperfect Tense The imperfect tense is used when we are talking about things which used to happen in the past. U) Complete the grid with the correct imperfect tense endings. V) Fill in the grid with the correct translations: parler
finir
attendre
je
J’étais
Il y avait
tu
C’était
Il n’y avait pas
Il faisait
Ce n’était pas
Je faisais
J’avais
il/elle/on nous
Je mangeais
Je portais
vous
J’allais
Je buvais
ils/elles
On allait
Nous habitions
Quiz 1. Which tense would you use if you want to talk about something which used to happen? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. When would you use the perfect tense? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What is the ending for ‘he’ for a regular IR verb in the present tense? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. How do you say ‘I went’? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. How do you say ‘I am going to go’? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. How do you say ‘I will go?’ ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Scores
1. Ce week-end. A) In the future. 1 - D. 2. Le mois prochain. B) Tomorrow. 3. Ce soir. C) Next year. 4. La semaine prochaine. D) This weekend. 5. Demain.
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When we want to talk about what we've done we use the past tense. e.g I played tennis on Saturday. We watched a film. In French you use the perfect tense.
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