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Hey guys 🙋‍♀️ how are you all doing? I’ve got a quick lesson recap on the French Future tense in store for you all today - it’s not one to miss! 📣

📌 Quite simply, the Future is a category of tenses that are used to refer to an event that will take place in the future. It’s important to know that there are two types of Future Tenses in French: the Futur Proche and the Futur Simple. Today, we’ll be covering the Futur Proche (stay tuned for our post on the Futur Simple soon!)

📌The futur proche (near future) is used to talk about something that you’re certain is going to happen. It’s widely used in French; during informal conversations or to make simple statements. For example: Je vais lire un livre. (I am going to read a book) or Je vais avoir 18 ans demain. (I am going to turn 18 tomorrow).

📌The Futur Proche will always require the conjugated form of aller to be placed before the verb. For example: Vous allez échouer si vous n’étudiez pas. (You’re going to fail if you do not study) or Il va manquer la classe. (He’s going to miss the class.)

📝Have a quick look at the Futur Proche table in the picture below, then once you feel ready have a go at the quick exercise I prepared for you!

1. Je (manger) du pain. (I am going to eat bread)
2. Elles (finir) leurs devoirs. (They are going to finish their homework)
3. Vous (prendre) vos sacs? (Are you going to take your bags?)
4. Nous (dessiner) ensemble dans le salon. (We’re going to draw together in the living room)

How did you do? Be sure to let me know what you answered in the comments! 💬

Can you spot the 3 differences between these two pictures? 🔎
Give it a go and let me know in FRENCH what you find!👇

Hi guys! 😎 Who’s ready for a quick French lesson recap? Today we’ll be having a closer look at the notoriously tricky Subjunctive Tense 😱 !

📌 To keep it simple, the French subjunctive is a grammatical mood (un mode).
👉 The ‘mode subjonctif’ is a category that comprises 4 different tenses, but thankfully only one is widely used: the present du subjonctif. As a reference, in English the subjunctive is used in a sentence such as “If I were you, I’d read more books.” or “It’s imperative that you read this book for school.” Now in French, it’s not that dissimilar.

📌 The present du subjonctif is used in a variety of situations:
when a person needs someone else to do something (ie Je veux que tu me lises un livre = I want you to read me a book),
to communicate thoughts (ie Je pense que tu puisses le faire = I think you can do it)
possibilities (ie C’est possible qu’ils soient fatigués = It’s possible that they’ll be tired)
necessities (ie Il faut que je sache le faire = I need to know how to do it)
desires (Je veux qu’elle finisse de manger = I want her to finish eating)

📝 Now, I’ve got a challenge for you! Once you've had a look at the picture below on how to conjugate in the French Subjunctive, have a go at filling in the gaps in the examples here:

1. Il faut que tu _____ (rentrer) à la maison à 6h.
2. Je veux qu’on me ______ (répondre)
3. James souhaite qu’ils ______ (arriver) à l'heure.
4. Je préfère qu’elles ______ (mettre) leurs plus beaux habits.

Don’t forget to leave your answers in the comments! 💬