Study Hub

Study Guides

This pupil-friendly study guide includes a unit summary, clear notes, common mistakes, and quick questions with answers.

Back to Study HubBrowse Year 10 French Guides

Year 10 - French

Un tour en France : present and future tense of aller, avoir, faire and être

People and Lifestyle: Mes projets

Unit Summary

This unit contrasts the near future (aller + infinitive) with the simple future of regular and common irregular verbs. In addition there is a focus on negation, introducing ne...plus and ne ...pas encore, and a revisit of the use of avoir + noun where the English equivalent is 'BE + adjective'.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to use present and future tenses to describe plans for a future trip exploring France.

Key Notes

  • It is useful to practise recalling present, aller + infinitive, then simple future e.g. je suis, je vais être, je serai.
  • It is important to include regular and common irregular simple future verbs when writing about future plans.
  • Wherever possible in your writing, it is good to demonstrate that you can move between different tenses.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • aller + infinitive: 2-verb structure meaning 'going to + infinitive'
  • simple future: 1-verb future tense meaning 'will + verb'

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • The simple future stem of 'aller' is its infinitive, like most -er verbs.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain what you can now say or understand in this lesson.

It is useful to practise recalling present, aller + infinitive, then simple future e.g. je suis, je vais être, je serai. It is important to include regular and common irregular simple future verbs when writing about future plans.

2. Define this key language word and use it in context. 'aller + infinitive'

2-verb structure meaning 'going to + infinitive'. Say or write it in a short sentence so you use the word actively.

3. Correct this common language-learning mistake.

Mistake: The simple future stem of 'aller' is its infinitive, like most -er verbs. Correction: 'Aller' is an irregular verb and its stem in the simple future is ir-. The normal simple future endings are added to this stem.

More Lessons In This Unit

Browse all guides in the Year 10 French guide library.