KS4 · French · Year 11
On ira en vacances : future with 'aller', 'avoir', 'être' and 'faire'
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Your learning goal
I can use the irregular verbs aller, avoir, être and faire in the 1-verb future tense to discuss future travel plans.
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I can use the irregular verbs aller, avoir, être and faire in the 1-verb future tense to discuss future travel plans.
Key learning points
- The 1-verb future tense expresses what will happen.
- The 1-verb future stem for 'être' is 'ser-' and for 'avoir' is 'aur-' Regular future endings are added to these stems.
- The 1-verb future stem for faire is 'fer-' and for 'aller' is 'ir-' Regular future endings are added to these stems.
Words to know
- 1-verb future
- a tense of verb that describes what will happen
Common mistakes
There is a separate word for 'will' in French when talking about the future.
The spelling of a verb in the 1-verb future form contains the idea of 'will' + verb e.g. il visitera = he will visit.
For parents, carers and teachers
- After revising all the 1-verb future forms of the irregular verbs, teachers might find it useful to do some quick-fire mini-whiteboard verb practice with their class starting from French to English e.g. elle ira - she will go and then moving to English to French e.g. nous ferons - we will do.