This introduction covers Le futur proche — Your Easiest Route to the Future Time Frame within The near future: aller + infinitive for GCSE French. Revise The near future: aller + infinitive in Time Markers and the Three Time Frames for GCSE French with 15 exam-style questions and 15 flashcards. This topic shows up very often in GCSE exams, so students should be able to explain it clearly, not just recognise the term. It is section 1 of 4 in this topic. Use this introduction to connect the idea to the wider topic before moving on to questions and flashcards.
🔮 Le futur proche — Your Easiest Route to the Future Time Frame
The near future is the single most powerful structure for unlocking the future time frame in your AQA writing and speaking tasks. The formula is simple: present tense of aller + any infinitive. You already know aller; you already know infinitives. Put them together and you can express anything planned or certain about the future — the 90-word task's third time frame, achieved in three words.
Practice questions for The near future: aller + infinitive
What is the correct formula for the near future tense in French?
What does the sentence 'je vais jouer au football' mean in English?
Quick recall flashcards
il va travailler ce soir
he is going to work this evening -- near future: va (is going) + travailler (to work).
on va organiser une fete
we are going to organise a party -- near future: va + organiser. 'On' is often used informally for 'we'.