Future Plans: Work: Grammar and Phonics (AQA GCSE French): Revision Note

There are two future tenses in French - the near future (going to) and the simple future (will). Let's look at the simple future in more detail.

Simple future

Higher tier only

This grammar is only required for Higher tier.

• Use the simple future tense to express ‘will’ when talking about future plans

• For -er and -ir verbs, use the infinitive verb (e.g. travailler) and add the following endings:

• For -re verbs, use the same endings but remove the -e from the infinitive first, e.g. je comprendrai (I will understand)

• Four key verbs have irregular stems in the simple future - aller (to go), avoir (to have), être (to be) and faire (to do / to make)

• Use the same endings as regular verbs:

Future plans: work: phonics

• The sounds [-aill-] and [ail] are pronounced the same in French - like the English word ‘eye’ 

• The [l] is not pronounced

  nous travaillons au travail