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French Grammar
The future tense, prepositions with towns, countries and continents, the conditional tense, après avoir/être + past participle ('after doing something'), using different tenses.
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9th Grade
01/16/2016

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Regular verbs for the for the future tense from the
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infinitive:
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loger
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je logerai
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partir
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on partira
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prendre
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nous prendrons
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The future endings are the same for all verbs:
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-ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont
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Some common irregular
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verbs are:
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aller j'
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irai I'll go
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avoir j'
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aurai I'll have
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être je
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serai I'll be
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faire je
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ferai I'll do/make
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pouvoir je
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pourrai I'll be able to
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Using prepositions with the
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names of places
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With towns use
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à: Tu iras à Dakar.
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If a town begins with le, e.g. Le Havre, use
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au, as in au Havre
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With countries, continents and the world
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use the following:
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masc. sing
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au, au Sénégal, au monde
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fem. sing
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en, en Allemagne, en Asie
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plural
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aux, aux États-Unis
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Are most countries and continents which end in -e
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masculine or feminine?
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There is one exception to this rule:
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le Mexique.
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To help you remember, memorise a phrase e.g.
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en Australie, au Portugal
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When you want to say what you 'would' do or what 'might' or 'could' happen, use the
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conditional
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You have already been using this in the
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following expressions:
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je voudrais
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I would like
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j'aimerais mieux
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I would prefer
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on pourrait
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one/we could
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ce serait
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it would be
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il y aurait
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there would be
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The conditional is
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easy to form
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It is a mixture of the future tense (which forms the stem) and the
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imperfect tense (which gies the endings).
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Future tense
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Conditional
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je voudrai
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I will like
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je voudrais
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I should like
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tu pourras = you will be able to
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tu pourrais = you would be able to/could
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il/elle/on aura
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he/she/one will have
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il/elle/on aurait
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he/she/one would have
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nous irons
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we will go
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nous irions
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we would go
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vous ferez
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you will do/make
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vous feriez
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you would do/make
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ils/elles seront
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they will be
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ils/elles seraient
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they would be
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Après avoir pris le train, elles...
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After taking the train, they...
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Après être arrivées sur l'île, elles...
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After they arrived on the island, they...
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This form is called is called the
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past infinitive.
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It can only be used when
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the subject is the same for both verbs (they took, they arrived).
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It is similar to the perfect tense, with the same auxiliary verbs (avoir or être)
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and the same rules about the agreement of the past participle with être.
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Talking about the
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future the present and the past
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Le mois prochain (futur)
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je visiterai le Maroc.
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Maintenant je visite le Maroc. (présent)
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Il fait chaud.
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J'ai visité le Maroc. (passé)
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C'était fantastique et j'ai acheté beacoup de beaux souvenirs.
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In this picture strip there is a verb in the future,
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one in the present and the other are in the past.
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Look for other examples of verbs in
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different tenses in Sophie's letter.
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The future
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Look for two different ways Sophie uses to talk about the future.
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The present
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Find two examples of verbs in the present tense.
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The past
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Find two different ways to say what happened (the perfect tense). Find one example of description in the past (using the imperfect tense).
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Time clues
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Find one expression which refers to the past and one which refers to the future.
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