KS3 · French · Year 9
Future goals - Taïs Vinolo: 'aller' + infinitive, negation
Future plans and work experience: 2-verb phrases with 'aller', modals, 'il faut'
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Your learning goal
I can use 'aller' with infinitives to say what I'm going to and not going to do in the future.
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I can use 'aller' with infinitives to say what I'm going to and not going to do in the future.
Key learning points
- [en/an] is pronouced as in 'enfant'.
- [on] is pronounced as in 'non'.
- The verb 'aller' is irregular, its present tense forms are 'vais, 'vas', 'va', 'allons', 'allez' and 'vont'.
- To express our future intentions, we use a form of the verb 'aller' followed by a verb in its infinitive form.
- To say what you're not going to do, put 'ne' before the part of 'aller' and pas' after.
Words to know
- [en/n]
- pronounced as in 'enfant'
- [on]
- pronounced as in 'non'
- aller
- French verb meaning 'to go, going'
Common mistakes
[en/an] and [on] sound the same in French.
Although the sounds are simililar and both nasal vowels, [en/an] is a nasal 'a' and [on] is a nasal 'o'. The mouth should be wide for [en/an] and almost closed for [on].
For parents, carers and teachers
- Although there are no images of Taïs Vinolo in this lesson, a quick internet search would bring up many images and a video of her starring in the Amazon Christmas advert.